Numantine defense conducted this Thursday by Sevillian cyclist Juan Pedro López in the queen stage of Touring the Alps, which is 141.3 kilometers apart Leifers and Borgo Valsugana; a day of 141.3 kilometers, with two 1st category ports and more than 4,000 meters of elevation gain.
He Lidl-Trek leader He started 31 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Tobias Foss and 45 in Australian Ben O’Connor. The first will not end up being a rival and Juanpe He will find the legs necessary to defend himself against all rivals and the intelligence necessary to know how to read with judgment all situations of the day, especially in the last third of the day, in -climb the last mountain of the highest difficulty, Vetriolo Pass (9.3 kilometers of climbing at an average slope of 8.6%), where Juanpe knows how to suffer in order not to disconnect from the day’s escape.
Ahead, the Australian Simon Carr, which will end up achieving a great single victory, the second of the season after the first day in Calvià Trophy of Mallorca, the seventh as professional and the second in Touring the Alps after what was achieved last year in the last stage.
The Australian too Chris Harper He had the courage to take a few meters and risk the descent, and misfortune would lead him to suffer a severe fall 24.5 kilometers from the finish line when he was trying to connect with Carr. It could be serious, but fortunately, it all seems to be a scare.
Juanpe asked for the cooperation of his co-workers (Tiberi, Poels, Bardet, Storer, O’Connor) especially when the French Valentin Paret-Peintre He reached several meters 8.4 kilometers from the finish line, representing a danger for Juanpe’s leadership. At times, the Sevillian, seeing no one to take over, opened up and forced the pace, an attitude that allowed him to easily keep the green jersey of the leader while waiting for the final stage this Friday, where he will defend 38 seconds of margin with respect to Ben O’Connor.
Source: La Verdad
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