The Spaniard from the UAE Emirates, Juan Ayuso This Thursday he lost to the leadership of 59th Tirreno-Adriatico Crédit Agricole in favor of by Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)sprint winner of 4th stage, 207 km, between Arrone and Giulianovaand where the race of the two seas reaches the shores of the Adriatic.
Milan won in a leg-breaking sprint without getting his bottom out of the saddle after a 200km chase for a breakaway that lasted until the last 100 metres.
Milan beat Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at the end of the picture and broke the heart of the lone survivor of the day’s escape, Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), after the Norwegian took one last blow in search of glory under the red fire. Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) was third.
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) He led the sprint after it looked like Abrahamsen might take the victory, but the sprinters who had survived a tough day in the Apennines were waiting in the wings to pounce for the prey, which they did.
Philipsen took the lead, but Milan caught up as the Italian squeezed the pedals and used his body to make sure Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) I didn’t put pressure on him, to improve his second place on Wednesday.
A few seconds after finishing the stage, Milan declared: “I have to thank my teammates, who did an incredible job. I had a puncture on the climb and they recovered me. It was not an easy day . I’m positioned well. It ” I want this victory tomorrow, after being third and second in the first two stages. We came for a result and we achieved it.”
Milan wore the blue jersey as the overall leader ahead of Juan Ayuso, thanks to the ten bonus seconds gained for the victory. He is four seconds ahead of the Spaniard heading into the two main days of the overall standings, this Friday and Saturday. While Jonas Vingegaard was fifth in 26 seconds.
Source: La Verdad
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