Simon Yates won the Budapest time trial

Ang Italy is spinning continues its journey to Hungarian lands, which began this Friday with the first of three stages that will run in this country. The organization has chosen an explosive finish for its start that will allow some of the great career names to be seen and placed on second stage this saturday 9.2 kilometer time trial on the streets of Budapest. The second stage taken Simon Yachts (Bike Exchange).

It was on a short day against the clock, a more common stage to start a good tour, but with previous references that were in the general classification and, due to the characteristics of that initial stage, with many of the favorites are leaving in the latter part. Simon Yates (11:50) is the one awarded the stage in a fight with Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma, three seconds away) and with a Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix, five) keeping his ‘pink jersey’.

The time test can be divided into two parts, despite its short length. The first, just over seven kilometers long, with a flat ground suitable for the best specialists, where maintaining position and rhythm seem to be the keys. Then came the only intermediate point of the day, at kilometer 7.9. So, it relates to the second part of the stage, the last two kilometers, with the road stinging upwards and even with a section of a broad cobblestone before the finish straight, again in cement. A land for the strongest men to be found in search of the best weather.

So it has become. The general’s men showed their cards at a stage that, although it didn’t serve to establish major differences, it caused the men called to be important in the race to lose a few seconds. For example, in a Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) who, with a record of 12:32, left 42 seconds in relation to Simon Yate. Also Alexander Valverde (12:31) yielded 41 in the first ‘time trial’ of his last Giro, where the other big names in the race finished closer to the winner.

The other candidates for victory in this Giro were also defeated in the second, albeit to a lesser extent. Wilco Keldermann (Bora-hansgrohe) dropped 13 seconds to Yates, while a Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) who made an impressive test in time yielded 18, namely joao almeida (UAE Emirates). Richie Porter (Ineos Grenadiers) is 22 behind the winners, including Romain Bardet (DSM) at Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) to 24. In part, Mikel Landa | (Bahrain Victorious) yielded 33 seconds with the British cyclist. It was in the first stage that he established differences in this Giro, even though there was plenty of ground ahead for all riders to neutralize them.

The favorites hit the road at the end of the stage. Before his turn came, the specialist alex dowsett (Israel Premier-Tech), with a record of 12:23, was the first to set the important reference, which he touched hundreds shortly after, though unsuccessfully, his partner Alessandro deMarchi. however, Edward Affini (Jumbo-Visma) He passed shortly after 12:10 and Lennard Kamna (Bora-hansgrohe), with 12:07, is waiting for the favorites from the stage leader’s seat.

They didn’t leave a good feeling either Miguel Angel Lopez not either Ivan Ramiro Sosa, the latter is no doubt the male of the favorites to leave the stage worse. The Colombian from Movistar yielded 1:23 with Yates. So it is matthew (BikeExchange) was the first to beat Kämna’s time with a time of 12:03 which almost forced the big names in the race to go down below twelve minutes to win the stage.

Simon Yates defeated Dumoulin and Van der Poel

I accepted the challenge Tom Dumoulin, flying to the intermediate point at, with 9:32, lower the reference established by Kamna by four seconds. The Dutchman forced the final climb of the test to launch himself in the final kilometer until a record 11:55 that put him as interim leader.

Even the fun is fleeting. Behind him came a Simon Yate who squeezed himself into the final meters and was able to pass the finish line in 11:50, a goal declaration in the battle for the stage. In fact, no one was able to reduce the time of the British, which ended up winning that victory.

Because most of the men’s attempts at the general classification were far from falling below the twelve minute barrier. Mikel Landa | He crossed the finish line in 12:23, close to crucial men’s time despite losing a few seconds on the road. Romain Bardet ended at 12:14. Vincenzo Nibali, at 12:09 p.m. Also Mauro Schmid (12:08), I’m Tulett (12:03) o joao almeida (12:08) They finished within the time range of the other men in the general classification, a situation in which they also ended up in Bauke Mollema (12:11), Richard Carapaz (12:18) o Pello Bilbao (12:16). The specialist Jonathan Castroviejo signed 12:21.

One man focused attention and eyes as the main candidate to prevent Simon Yates ’victory. Leader Mathieu van der Poel, with success on stage but with his unlimited hunger, he launched himself from the start for another notch in his record. Threatened at the start and with little fear of some curve he was able to control, Van der Poel reached the first intermediate point practically tracing Simon Yates ’records (0.65 seconds behind). Took on the bike on the last climb and fully involved in the fight for victory on stage, the Dutchman saw how his 11:53 helped keep his leader’s jersey, but it wasn’t enough to repeat your success the day before.

In this way, Simon Yate continued the excellent state of form he displayed before the Giro at the Vuelta a Asturias, where he won two stages. This is his fourth victory of the season and his fifth partial victory in the Giro. Simon Yates, however, is less than eleven seconds behind the ‘pink jersey’ that Van der Poel will continue to wear this Sunday, who is now eleven seconds ahead of the Briton and sixteen at Dumoulin.

wait today Sunday is the first time for sprinters, a long day of 201 kilometers that will start in Kaposvar and end in Balatonfüred where the race will inform Hungary before the rest day on Monday, where the transfer to Italy will take place. A small port of the fourth category, thirteen kilometers from the end, is regarded as the greatest difficulty of the day.

Classifications

Stage 2, Budapest-Budapest, 9.2 km (CRI)
1. Simon Yates (Great Britain/BikeExchange) 11:50
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands/Alpecin-Fenix) in 0:03
3. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) in 0:05
4. Matteo Sobrero (Italy/BikeExchange) at 0:13
5. Ben Tulett (Great Britain/Ineos Grenadiers) id.
6. Tobias Foss (Norway/Jumbo-Visma) at 0:17
7. Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands/Bora-hansgrohe) id.
8. Lennard Kämna (Germany/Bora-hansgrohe) id.
9. Mauro Schmid (Switzerland/Quick-Step) at 0:18
10. Thymen Arensman (The Netherlands/DSM) id.
…
18. Pello Bilbao (Spain/Bahrain Victorious) at 0:26
26. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain / Ineos Grenadiers) in 0:31
30. Mikel Landa (Spain/Bahrain Victorious) at 0:33

General
1. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands/Alpecin-Fenix) 4:47:11
2. Simon Yates (Great Britain/BikeExchange) at 0:11
3. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) in 0:16
4. Matteo Sobrero (Italy/BikeExchange) at 0:24
5. Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands/Bora-hansgrohe) id.
6. Ben Tulett (Great Britain/Ineos Grenadiers) id.
7. Tobias Foss (Norway/Jumbo-Visma) at 0:28
8. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands/Trek-Segafredo) id.
9. Pello Bilbao (Spain/Bahrain Victorious) in 0:29
10. Mauro Schmid (Switzerland/Quick-Step) id.
11. Joao Almeida (Portugal/UAE Emirates) id.
12. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy/Astana) at 0:30
13. Richie Porte (Australia/Ineos Grenadiers) in 0:33
14. Romain Bardet (France/DSM) at 0:35
15. Richard Carapaz (Ecuador/Ineos Grenadiers) id.
…
21. Mikel Landa (Spain/Bahrain Victorious) at 0:44
32. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) at 0:52