He Italy is spinning He returns to the fray this Wednesday in his fifth episode. is waiting 178 kilometers in between Genoa and Lucca which promises a fierce battle between the breakaway and the sprinters’ teams but where the cyclists want, above all, peace of mind after the busy start of the race experienced these days.
It’s been four days of racing where he hasn’t kept pace with the peloton. The first two stages were marked by differences in general classification and the third by the leader’s attempt at surprise. Tadej Pogacar. The fourth, although the leader and his team lived it with full control and minimal wear, was carried out this Monday of continuous fall on a day marked by rain. Therefore, it will be necessary to see if the trend continues or if the fifth stage gives the peloton some rest.
It is expected that several teams will try to move as there is ground to challenge the superiority of the peloton. Expect a long climb Bracco Pass in the initial part of the stage, 15.3 kilometers with a summit at 62. This is a third-class pass that will force the cyclists to make a constant effort and that can be the place to put together a getaway and to See if how some sprinters hold up.
Later, after the descent, the terrain will be flat, with an ascent to Montemagno, fourth stage of about 6.7 kilometers, twenty-two kilometers from the finish line in Lucca. It will be necessary to see, if the sprint is reached, which sprinters can hold the front group and if this is a terrain that a runner can take advantage of to try to challenge the peloton.
Of course, every day counts and cyclists are already accumulating riding days in their legs. All of them, are aware of an important day like that test time friday. Pogacar maintained his differences of 46 seconds to Geraint Thomas and 47 to Daniel Felipe Martínez in the general classification and the day he aims to try to repeat the experience of Tuesday.
In it, both the Slovenian and the UAE Emirates limited themselves to saving energy, knowing that the prize of the fight for the stage had to be fought by teams of sprinters. They are expected to repeat the strategy this Wednesdaywithout having quarrels that cause destruction that they can pay for when that trial comes.
Source: La Verdad
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