The danish Jonas Vingegaard, current two-time Tour de France championdealt a heavy blow to its main rivals in the O Great Roadwith a real exhibition in the last ascent of Alto de San Pedrowhere he took the Colombian Egan Bernal with a devastating change of pace.
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Vingegaard responded in all his classes a day after his disappointing debut this season, the preliminary ‘time trial’ of O Gran Camiño held on Thursday: the time trial does not count in the general classification due to the danger of the course and the Dane is reserved. himself to the point where he finished in 45th place, 2’26” behind the winner, the British Joshua Tarling.
However, the leader of Team Visma rented a Bike This Friday he extended his love affair with the Galician race, where he remains unbeaten. Four stages and four wins, as yesterday’s stage did not count in the general classification, nor did the first last year, in both cases due to harsh weather conditions.
Vingegaard promised to return to O Gran Camiño this year after his victory in the 2023 edition, and he did so with ambition. He hasn’t run since he joined the Back to Spainbut that didn’t stop him from showing his good form in the second period to take the lead.
His team controlled the escape of twelve runners at all times, with the Basque able to survive ahead of the peloton. Xabier Azparren and the dutch Alex Molenaar until Wilco Kelderman changed pace in the main group. He stretched the main pack, and Vingegaard finished him off. Only the Colombians put up with him Jefferson Cepeda and Bernal. They soon pursued Molenaar, who held as long as he could against them.
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Vingegaard expressed good feelings. Several times he tried to get his companions to escape, but without success; until one kilometer from the top of the pass he beat Bernal to face the finish line alone, where he beat the Colombian duo by 24 seconds and the group of his main rivals by 46 seconds.
Source: La Verdad
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