Making good use of the saying that the best defense is a good attack, the Belgian Remco Evenepol wanted to control from start to finish the final climb of the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Xorret de Cati. I know the of Soudal Quick-Step that effort will take him to the explosive last meters against his main rivals, but it is the best way to control the wasps of Jumbo-Visma, Roglic is a cousin and Jonas Vingegaard, and avoid a bite. Seven is the last kilometer in a difficult climb of almost four kilometers, before facing a slight descent at full speed and reaching the finish line, where the maximum speed of ‘Rogla’ may have a evenepoel that deep inside he knows he is the moral winner of the day. He won his particular match.
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The American Sepp Kuss He was 7th, after playing cards very well, he and his team, after knowing that the leader until now, the French Lenny Martinez He was at the beginning of the final climb. Eight seconds separated the Durango of a red jersey that is his already, on a good day for Jumbo, where it can be said that the Dutch formation pulled the calculator, letting one of his luxurious companions, Kuss, have his day of glory and knowing that there still there are many mountain days where they know they are superior. We will see.
So far, this Saturday, in an explosive stage of 165 kilometers, Evenepoel, champion of the Vuelta 2022, they responded. The starting line has been warned Alas that the eighth stage could be decisive, so when they neutralized the four strongest cyclists with many escapes during the day of 30 units –Caruso, Kron, Costa and Lazcanothe champion of Spain – will send his comrades to lead the group of celebrities. Mattia Cattaneo he placed himself under the orders of his master and began to set a strong rate of ascent. is not the Jumbo-Visma those who passed in front, but those Soudal-Quick Step.
enric mas, Juan Ayuso and Marc Soler they handle acceleration well on a climb with ramps of up to 22%. A smaller percentage, 17% attacked Sepp Kuss, knowing that Martinez could not follow them. He reached a few meters, they let him go, but he did not leave, until a small group formed with the best of the race, and there Evenepoel took the lead.
Evenepoel, the boss’s plan
His tactic was clear, set a strong upward speed that prevented the release of a Jumbo-Vismatrying to create doubts on roglic and vingegaard. No one moved and after being crowned, they launched at full speed, with Evenepoel full throttle and Roglic glued to his rear wheel. For a moment it seemed that way enric mas margin lost in decline, Juan Ayuso he passed him like a rocket, and sometimes Enric thought that he suffered and feared the descent, but the from Movistar He knows how to hold on to the steering wheel. He closed his eyes and quickly and easily stuck to his rivals in the last meters, where roglic He once again revealed the explosion he has in his legs with this kind of arrival.
Eighth individual victory of Roglic is a cousin preceded by a satisfied one Remco Evenepoehe, companion Juan Ayuso 3rd and enric mas 4th. Sepp Kuss he commands the race on his own merits and the generosity of his team, as Marc Soler 2nd and, we forgot, Michael Landa, 5th. The Vuelta is rising in temperature.
Source: La Verdad
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