Giro stage: Victory of Colombian Buitrago and Landa on the podium

The Colombian Santiago Buitrago there was nothing to do on Sunday when he came in second Cogne behind the Ciccone, and this Wednesday I changed the tears of anger for happiness, by achieving the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia, of 168 kilometers, the victory, the first of the season and the first for him on a three -week Grand Tour. A day in which the abandonment of the British was confirmed Simon’s Yachtswinner of two stages, burdened by his knee problems, and which also confirmed the danger of a stage that brought him, with three big climbs in the last 80 kilometers of the fifth day of the mountain, which probably has a reputation . ng block house or of Mortirolobut showed enough arguments for things to happen.

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And boy did they happen! The day has already begun on the beach, along with Tonale Pass which tightened the rope and facilitated the construction of a quality fugue, where there was again a Mathieu van der Poel. The Dutchman is once again sweating in the jersey for real and he sometimes gives the impression that he may aspire to win his second stage in the Giro, the first in the mountains, but it seems that sometimes R’s grandson.Aymond Poulidor he still has to finish the efforts well. the leader ofl Alpecin-Fenix I tried alone on the last climb of the day (Mount Rovere, 7.9 km of climb on average 9.9% and maximum ramps 15%), then break kilometers behind a breakaway where names like Felix Gall, Martin, Covi, Buitrago, Hirt, Vansevenant or Bouwman; but first Leemreize and then Buitrago they overtook him. In the last quarter of the ascent, the Colombian from Bahrain knew he had Van der Poël and Leemreize a minute ahead, but he trusted the commands that came from the car and at his feet. He was patient, he hunted Leemreize a few meters from the crown, the eight -kilometer descent ensures sufficient margin to achieve the due success.

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Two were the focus of the stage, the winner of the day and knowing what was going on with the group of selections. In the revia stage too Landa Yes Carapaz they clarified that the aim was to alienate the Portuguese Joao Almeida. Carapaz first to secure the first place and Landa to snatch the podium from him. They tried yesterday and now the plan turned out to be perfect. Una Porte (Ineos) did the work for his partner Carapaz Y Mikel Landa | benefited from the Australian’s strong run, but Bahrain, along with Poels and Landa himself, knocked down Almeida, who temporarily gave up third place on the podium in Verona for the benefit of a Landa already on the Giro podium. Certainly in the last meters he lost six seconds compared to Carapaz and Hindleyand he doesn’t seem to be finishing them with his arreones, but the first goal of Mikel’s plan was already fulfilled when he stepped on the podium and there were still plenty of Giro left.