The walls of Lucca experienced a new epic battle, this time starring brave horsemen without fear of failure, riding on horses with wheels that defied the logic written before it left. Genoa the fifth stage of Italy is spinning.
One of those days called transition, where the main doubt is whether the stage will be decided in a sprint or in a breakaway I can reach the finish line successfully. With a stage of 178 kilometers and 1,700 meters of elevation gain, all eyes are on the climb to 4th category port of Montemagno (3 kilometers at 4.3% average slope) located 20 kilometers from the finish line. A climb that the fastest sprinter shouldn’t have much trouble completing.
But the stage, marked by several waterfalls, will begin to decide earlier, just after the intermediate sprint of Ceparana, 78 kilometers from here, the point where one of the disasters of the day occurred, starring Frenchman Laporte.
At the start of the sprint and 76 kilometers from the finish line, four brave men took advantage of the calm that prevailed in the privileged positions of the peloton. Thomas, Valgren, Paleni and Pietrobon were brave and risked it.
Just over 60 kilometers ahead. The top four runners understand each other and play their cards well. They were never satisfied with so much difference, but they never gave up in their efforts. Behind, the teams of sprinters, especially the Lidl-Trek and the Alpine They worked overtime to hunt down the escapees, but in the end they stood up.
Matter of faith
At 18 kilometers from the finish line, the difference between the four escapees was 55 seconds, 44 at 10 km from the finish line and 25 at 2,000 meters from the finish line, until they lifted their foot. Victory on the stage lies in the escapees. The first to try it was Pietroboni runner of Alberto Contador’s Polti-Kometa. He let loose at the end and attacked in the last kilometer. He made it a few meters, but his strength failed him and in the end his comrades chased him in exhaustion, with victory in the sprint going his way. French Benjamin Thomasthat gave the team Cofidis the first victory of the season, the 424th in its history and the 36th in a three-week cycling grand tour.
while, Tadej Pogacar Stretched his legs and kidneys ahead of Thursday’s sixth stage, with three stretches of dirt awaiting the riders. survivors of the Giro.
Source: La Verdad
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