De Bondt escaped before the decisive mountain and Landa clung to the podium

It looks like it will be a quiet stage, given its profile, flat for almost all of its 151 kilometers, marked with only two 4th category climbs, where the sprinter teams will be the protagonists, but in the moment of reality. this day has been more of an event than I expected.

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Moved before its beginning, when the uae team confirmed the non -release of the Portuguese joao almeida, fourth classified overall, of Covid-19. bad news for him Turn around and for the show itself, but well, a priori, for the anticipation of Mikel Landa | finally stepped on another podium at Italy is spinning and who knows whether to desire more. And it was between Alava, 3rd, 1’05 ”from the leader Richard Carapaz, and the fourth classified now, the eternal and passionate Vincenzo Nibali, with about four minutes. An abandonment which also benefited the Sevillian Juan Pedro Lopezsince the bearer of pink magic for ten days, now also wearing a white jersey as the best young man.

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One day, where at first the ears were hard, when there were 146 kilometers left a break was formed that few could think of to reach the finish line. First because of their difference in career leader Dries de Bondt, Davide Gabburo, Magnus Cort Nielsen and Edoardo Affini, was never excessive, no more than two minutes, but perhaps having them for almost the entire stage probably played against sprinters. A more nervous stage than expected, where at first there was intense contention between those who wanted to be part of the escape and those who did not want to form it, where ‘Juanpe ‘Lopez He went through hardships and needed the support of his entire team, Trek-Segafredoworks as a block, where there are many nerves and where alarms sound inside Bora for the prick of Jay Hindleythe second type of general.

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Eventually, the escape of the splendid four is planted straight by Treviso with enough margin to dispute victory between them, it was for the Belgian De Bondt p.or a very small margin in Italian Afini, in the third win for Alpecin-Fenix in Giro and sixth for It dried up as a professional cyclist.

AT THE FASTEST RUN

At an average speed of 46.486 km/h, this is the fourteenth fastest straight stage in history. (in Reggio Emilia it is 10th, with 47.015 km/h; the record is from 2020, stage 7, Matera-Brindisi, won by Arnaud Demare at 51.234 km/h)

A day of anxiety before the two mountain stages left, with the stage on Saturday, before the decisive final time test on Sunday, where podium positions are still deciding, in an uphill territory we can define as Dutch territory. Will you plant the flag?