When a stage shows a flat profile, the most common thing is that it is decided in a sprint, which is what happened in third day of the fourth edition of the AlUla Tour. A day where Luis Ángel Maté and Polychronis Tzortzakis They had their moment of glory, an escape with very little chance of success.
The sprinter teams will not allow this, as the finish of the event fits their fastest men like a glove and the opportunities are there to be taken advantage of. The teams Movistar and UAE They were seen in front of a peloton, where the tension went from less to more, especially in the long straight, where the wind was blowing from the side, favoring the formation of the dreaded fans.
A tension that also translated into crash and mechanical problems, as experienced by the leader Soren Waerenskjold which forced him to change bikes and say goodbye to his chances of continuing to lead the general classification.
7 kilometers from the metro the bell rang indicating the last passage in the final circuit and the front group, formed behind the fans, had a margin of 106″ with respect to the second group.
The approach to the two kilometer final stretch was tight, with everyone looking for their place. Fortunately there were no incidents and the smartest and the one who chose the best was the Belgian Tim Merlier (Soudal), to achieve the first victory of the season and the 35th as a professional, in a career he had in the Dutch Casper Van Uden (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) as the new leader.
Source: La Verdad
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