The Belgian Remco Evenepoel He debuted in the 2024 season with a performance that allowed him to win the Figueira Classic, in Portugal, by himself.
The leader of the Soudal-Quick Step team, where the Spaniard made his debut Mikel Landalaunched a devastating attack 55 kilometers from the finish line.
No one caught him despite serious attempts behind the UAE Team Emirates.
The Belgian champion, whose main goal is the Tour de France, for the first time in his career, spent 4 hours and 42 minutes covering 192 kilometers of the race.
He arrived with a lead of 1’48” in a group where the Belgian also won the sprint Vito Braet, from Intermarché-Wanty. Third is the Italian from Astana Simone Velasco.
Fourth, the Dutch Lars Boven (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and the German finished fifth Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor).
The first Spanish was Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar Team), tenth in this first chasing group, which is also included Gotzon Martin (Euskaltel Euskadi/14º), Pablo Castrillo (Kern Pharma/16th), Ivan Romeo (Movistar Team/18th) and Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), who came in nineteenth.
Source: La Verdad
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