He Norwegian Andreas Luknessund (DSM), the new leader of the Giro d’Italia, said that wearing the ‘pink jersey’ was a “very special and incredible” event.a secondary objective at the beginning, since the idea is to fight for victory on the stage.
“The pink jersey is very special, something incredible. Once in the race and on the combined breakaway, I knew pink was possible”directed the Nordic cyclist at the finish line.
Luknessund, who was 1.40 minutes behind Evenepoel overall, took a big risk on the final climb to come out on top and launch himself over the final 3km to the finish line..
“I made an attack to break the escape and I succeeded, but Paret Peintre caught me on the way down. My legs hurt a lot, but it’s so special to be in pink. That was the goal before the stage but as everyone knows, riding a bike is not that easy and achieving it is incredible,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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