Van Vleuten’s feat at La Vuelta and leading before the finish at Lake Covadonga

The best version of Annemiek Van Vleuten. the runner of Movistar He started five seconds from his compatriot DeMi Vollering (Team SD Worx) in the penultimate stage of The female Toura journey of 106.1 kilometers between the Cantabrian towns of castro urdiales and Laredo.

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A day where the survivors of the peloton had to crown two second category ports in the second half of the route (Height of Fuente de las Varas and El Hayal Field Port). Exactly, the leader of the race Demi Vollering (Team SD Word) was cut off before climbing the Alto Fuente de las Varas and the Campo el Hayal Pass in the middle of the stage, an event that the world champion, winner of the last two editions of the Spanish race, took advantage of to put the reversed race and promised in the general classification after a memorable escape with the Italian Gaia Realini (Trek-Segafredo).

Both opened up a gap, and from a 38-second margin they went to over a minute after the second level of the day. The stage would be decided between two breakaways in a thrilling sprint that fell to the edge of runner of Pescarawho achieved his second victory since he turned professional and the second this season, after achieved in Gold Trophy at the Euros.

Maybe van vleuten lost the Laredo sprint, but he has more than half the Vuelta in his pocket, with a 1’11” margin over his compatriot demi volleringwaiting for what might happen this Sunday in the seventh and final episode ofand La Vuelta.

A day of 93.7 km, with a climb of Moandi Pass (2nd) half of the route and the final climb to the special category port of Lakes of Covadonganothing like coming to the Spanish women’s round.

RANKINGS

6th stage: Castro Urdiales-Laredo, 106.1 km
1.Gaia Realini (Ita/Trek-Segafredo), 2h49’23”
2.Annemiek Van Vleuten (PB/Movistar Team), id.
3.Loes Adegeest (PB/FDJ-Suez), at 1’04”
4. Silvia Persico (Ita/UAE Team ADQ), id.
5. Demi Vollering (PB/Team SD Worx), id.
General
1.Annemiek Van Vleuten (PB/Movistar Team), 16h16’17”
2.Demi Vollering (PB/Team SD Worx), at 1’11”
3.Riejanne Markus (PB/Team Jumbo-Visma), 1’23”
4. Juliette Labous (Fra/Team DSM), at 1’58”
5.Marlen Reusser (Sui/Team SD Worx), at 2’11”