And the third is the charm! He French Julian Alahilippe (31 years old) achieved a sensational victory after being the strongest in escaping and resisting the attack of his immediate pursuer, the Colombian Jonathan Narváez and the belgto Quinten Hermans, They tried to catch him but could not. This is the third stage where ‘loulou’ He sneaked into a breakaway and as they say, the third time was the charm. It has been more than a year since the French double world champion won, since then Last June 5 in the second stage of the Critérium del Dauphiné.
After the last few months where luck was not on his side, where injuries passed him by, where it was difficult for him to find form and where he had to cope as best he could with the usual burst of head of the team, the Belgian Patrick Lefevere, Alaphilippe has achieved a victory that only the stars are capable of achieving, in a difficult stage, with constant ups and downs, full of climbs and where a real battle breaks out starting at kilometer 50 of the day .
The first breakaway of the day consisted of about nine runners, among which were the Spaniards Rubén Fernández, Pelayo Sánchez and Juan Pedro Lópezuntil there is 100 kilometers left Alaphilippe and the Polti-Kometa team rider, Maestri, They were both ahead, while behind them the race was divided into a thousand pieces and while the UAE team of the leader. Pogacar found the support of Bahrain-Victoriuswho carried the weight of the celebrity team.
The difference of Alaphilippe and Teacher It is never too much and the main moment of the day is coming 11 kilometers from the finish line, climbing the Monte Giove, not grading, but with ramps of up to 20%. Alaphilippe He decided that the time had come to attack his fellow tired and left. Maestro could not follow him and Narváez and Hermans jumped from behind to chase Alaphilippe.
He Soudal corridor A 10-kilometer individual time trial was marked. He knew how to suffer and maintained a 30-second margin over Narváez who won the game against Hermans at the finish line.
42nd professional victory for ‘Loulou’, the first of the season. A success in which Alaphilippe he is holding himself back and showing that he still has many battles left to fight.
Source: La Verdad
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