Geniuses appear when you least expect it, and not only do they have the virtue of showing their intelligence and ability when everyone expects it, but they also have enough skill to show it when no one expects it. And if there was ever a smart, patient, meticulous and intelligent cyclist in the peloton, it was the Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
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Chief of the race, the Belgian runner is able to hide in Alpecin team blue and in the green of his corridor Kaden Groves to surprise them at the last moment and go through first Nules bonus sprint banner, located 10.9 kilometers from the finish line, adding six seconds to the profit he has over his biggest rivals in the general classification. A small margin that at first does not seem like much, but in a three-week race can be worth its weight in gold. This is not the first time that Remco has applied this technique in a race, and his rivals will have to take the plate for the next stages.
Overcome the sprint, evenepoel looked a surprised GroveIt’s like saying, “don’t worry, I’m not going to fight for the stage win, I’ll leave it to you”. The Australian Team Alpecin-Deceuninck accepted the explanation and then he followed the finish line of Burriana (Castellon), although this time he had to push himself to achieve a second second victory in the Lap before the Italian ‘locomotive’ Filippo Ganna (Ineos), that he was about to seize the glory from Gympie.
Thus ended an entertaining stage of 186.2 kilometers, in between Morella and Burriana, that he is tougher than his profile might suggest. The man of the day was the Uruguayan Eric Fagundez (Burgos-BH)who led the stage for many kilometers, until the Argentine Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny) accelerated first to pass the port banner of 3ª category of Collado de Ibolaeven the adventure of the hero of the day is doomed to failure.
The depletion of foundez It was clear and teams of favorites sped up the harbor ramps to get the best positions on a narrow and fast descent. On the descent the peloton was stretched hard and the last 30 kilometers were dizzying, rolling at full speed.
After the bonus sprint, the leading role went to the teams of sprinters, in a result marked by a fall in one of the last roundabouts -the most affected was the Danish Andreas Kronwinner of Barcelona– and in the last right corner before the long straight to the finish line. Alpecin worked well for another day, but Groves had to slog to get on stage before ‘Pippo’ Ganna.
This Thursday, a change of scenery, with a mountain stage that ends in the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatoryon a difficult climb that could mark the strong favourites.
Source: La Verdad
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