Landa is amazed at Hindley’s success at Blockhaus and Juanpe clings to the pink

The first drums of war were dreamed of 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia. Its roar was not as loud as expected, but it served to show the state of maturity of some cyclists who, before the beginning of the Corsa Rosa in Hungary started with all the pools as clear favorites with the final victory in the Verona. This ninth round of the Giro was a battle without a quarter, a stew cooked over a slow fire, not better said because of the prevailing heat throughout the day, which they won. Joao Almeida, Romain Bardet, Richard Carapaz, Emanuel Buchmann and most of all Mikel Landa and Juan Pedro Lopez. The cross of the sun, for Tom Dumoulin, Ciccone, Bouwmann, Kelderman, Carthy or Simon Yateson a stage with more than 5,000 meters of altitude difference and five climbs to be done, with the dread block house at the end (13.7 km of climb averaging 8.5% and ramps 14%), where a young Eddy Mercx In less than 22 years, he reached the table a long way in 1967.

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The first week of Italy is spinning It ended this Sunday in the first of three five-star stages, with the highest difficulty, defined by the test organization. One day where almost at the beginning, as expected, a breakaway of nine units was formed, with the most defensive being the Italian Diego Rosa, who was defeated in the end. Nans Peters and Joe Dombrowski and that was what gave the first shock to Spanish fans when Pello Bilbao It landed on the ground in a section of slight ascent.

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A collapse that initially caused concern, the marks on the body were evident, and that after approaching the medical vehicle did not prevent him from continuing to perform at a high level, although at the beginning of block housenow he climbed up to 1,660 meters, he dropped from the best.

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At the very beginning of this massive, they sought out the three strongest fugitives, thanks to an Ineos who had emptied the Richard Carapazand what he found in Richie Porter the best together. The Australian, who has already announced this as his last Grand Tour, has set a devilish pace to reach the peloton.

The first that remained was Tom Dumoulin, Ciccone, Simon Yatesthe touched true was on one of his knees after falling in the fourth stage, bouwmann either Carty, not so a joao almeida who went from less to more and were able to hook on stage and in the races.

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The first three in the overall classification are at 14 seconds (López in pink, Almeida in 12 ″ and Bardet in 14). This is the smallest difference since 2001, when the first three (Frigo in pink, Azevedo in 3, Olano in 14) were separated by the same difference.

Ahead, there are 4.6 kilometers more, and at the moment it opens bearing, Carapaz fhe luffed the rhythm and Bardet and Landa, that he had also suffered a fall. Neither did Juanpe, who made a sharpener with the wheel on the back of the Valverde and go to the ground. The Sevillian tried to be hooked on the head of the race, but he couldn’t and far from sinking he pulled the intelligence and after the workout of a real hog he was able to keep the pink jersey with a 12 second margin on. Almeida is Portuguese.

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An Almeida who benefited from excessive study, use of calculator, Carapaz, Bardet and Landa. Mikel looked very strong and he became easy. Sometimes they had about a 12 second margin on their pursuers, but they didn’t stop their efforts and ended up in contact 2 kilometers from a finish line they faced in the lead before the final drop that ended in a small that slope. And the result is almost a photo finish, with Hinley first, second for him in Italy after Lake Cancano in 2020, Bardet second and Carapaz third, with a smart Mikel, who is seventh overall and with all the favorites in one handkerchief. Tomorrow, it is worth resting, especially for Juanpe Lopez. Bravo for Sevillian.