Leader Thomas fights a reborn Roglic before tomorrow’s queen phase

Seen for judgment the first of three decisive mountain stages that remain for Italy is spinning to see which runner was proclaimed the winner of the 106th edition of the ‘Corsa Rosa’. One of the main doubts of the 18th stage of the Giro is to see what role the three top favorites of the race will play and what the state of form of Roglic is a cousinfor until now he had not shown his best face, before a ruler Geraint Thomas which seems very solid and a João Almeida where his team manager Joxean Fernández ‘Matxín’ I saw serious options at the end of wearing the ‘pink jersey’ on Sunday in the city of Rome.

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Thursday’s cycling assault profile promised a battle from the start, with up to five mountain passes and the first of them in the first category (Passo della Crosetta) at kilometer 40 of the day, which produced some very hectic, exciting first kilometres, of give and take starring runners looking to get into the day’s breakaway. After several attempts and skin removal, Paret-Peintre, Pronskiy, Pinot, Frigo, Gee, Barguil and Zana They managed to leave the peloton behind, which they eventually let him do.

Ineos he left the leading sextet to do, which enjoyed the highest earnings of about six minutes, where only the position of Pinotwho started the 13th day in 6’48”. But the Frenchman has the mountain jersey etched between his eyebrows and is trying to achieve victory on the stage that has come against him.

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On a day that marked the sixth anniversary of the spectacular attack by Chris Froome way of windows, in one of the most glorious pages given by contemporary cycling, there are fans who dreamed of witnessing a show with similar characteristics, but unfortunately this cycling seems to have been relegated to the past. The strongest team in the peloton picked up the pace, but it wasn’t until the final climb of the day that the favorites really started to show.

In the lead of the race they were left alone Pinot and zanaremembering what the Frenchman himself and the Colombian fought a few days later Einer Rubio in crans montana. the corridor of Groupamawho will retire on December 31, wanted to play his cards well, but made the mistake of entering the final meters first and attacking from distance, making the Italian de Thiene He will reach his fourth victory as a professional and first World Tour with a sigh.

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in the back, roglic he will be the first to step. On the last climb to Coy said (5.8 km at an average slope of 9.7% but with a ramp of 19%) puts the luxury domestique to work as Cuss eight kilometers from the finish line, pushing as fast as I could. on his wheel, Roglic, Thomas, and Dunbarwhile Almeida he lost contact and was lucky to have a Arrived that the wound did not go to the major.

Three kilometers later he was there roglic accelerated and his tire hit a Thomas who doesn’t seem to be struggling too hard to keep the leader’s jersey in a Roglic is a cousin which adapted second place from Almeida.

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With the absence of the queen’s stage this Friday and the more demanding time trial on Saturday, the uncertainty of the order of the final podium of the Giro remains uncertain, seeing the disappointment sown by the race last week is the best news that I can run.