the new zealand Finn Fisher Black (UAE Emirates) is the first leader of the Giro de Sicilia after winning the opening day between Marsala and Agrigento, with a distance of 159 km, his first professional victory at the age of 21.
Fisher Black took advantage of his team’s dominance in the kilometers approaching the finish line, when a strong run put him in the lead, opening up a small gap enough for him to reach the ancient Greek city by one, where he raised his arms for the first time in his professional career with a time of 3h.24.07.
The chasing group reached the finish line 8 seconds behind the winner, led by Italians Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo Kometa) and Diego Ulissi, from the UAE.
The first stage, the Sicilian turn, featured seven escapees continuing the adventure for 140 km. The last survivors were Belleri, Schonberger and Thalmann, who were overtaken by the peloton with 5.5 km to go.
The final is the climb to Agrigento (3.8 km at 5.3 percent) as the main difficulty, a section in which the UAE leads, because it has the trump card of Ulissi. The Emirati outfit’s pace picked the field of candidates, but few expected Fisher Black to get off as easily as he did.
The New Zealander, who is based in Girona and comes from the Jumbo Visma subsidiary team, has appeared in society with brilliant success. His first opera. This Wednesday the second stage will be held between Canicattì and Vittoria, 193 km long.
Source: La Verdad
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