Iván Cobo (Kern Pharma) could not maintain the lead in the final stage of the Tour of Taiwanwhere Israeli Itamar Einhorn won and his British teammate from Israel Premier Tech Joseph Blackmore took the title.
The fifth stage, which starts and ends in Kaohsiung City, with a route of 146.4 kilometers, smiled in Israel with the victory of Einhorn, the fastest of the group that competed in the sprint, and especially Blackmore, who got the main prize.
The Spaniard will not win the Tour of Taiwan, because He lost nearly a minute on the decisive day and dropped to 12th place of the general.
After Wednesday’s day, the worst possible race scenario became a reality and the Kern Pharma Team, forced to chase the day’s escape almost alone for more than 100 kilometers, lost all chances of achieving a good result in last day. .
In the beginning, the Kern Pharma Team riders had to react to multiple attacks launched by the other top 10 contenders. After closing a dangerous cut in which the Japanese Koishi, second overall, presented himself as a big threat, it was 110 kilometers from the end when a group of about 40 units managed to distance themselves from peloton and put pharmacists in difficulty.
A complicated situation that ended up being unsalvageable. Kern Pharma had to work hard to reduce the difference and even Iván Cobo himself started first, as a last choice after the efforts of his teammates.
The Cantabrian is 25 seconds behind the race leaderbut he did not finish the contact due to the speed with which the runners of IPT, BBH and JCL were printing in front, mainly.
The kilometers passed and the difference between the two groups always remained stable at around one minute until the finish line located at the Kaohsiung National Stadium. At the end of the round, Ivan Cobo dropped to 12th position in the general classification.
“We want to control everything so inexperience leads us. in these types of situations, and in a group of five we did not solve it,” explained the team’s director, Pablo Urtasun.
Blackmore succeeded Dutchman Jeroen Meijers, winner in 2023, on the list of winners.
Source: La Verdad
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