Van Eetvelt’s childhood mistake: he celebrated the victory early and Roglic beat him in the fourth stage of La Vuelta

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This is not the first to whom this has happened and it probably will not be the last, but this salvation does not hide the mistake of the person who committed this act. Rising fend of the fourth stage of La Vuelta a Pico Villuercas The surprise of the day was to see the Belgian Lennert Van Eetvelt follow quite easily on the wheel of an experienced runner like Primoz Roglichardened by a thousand battles.


The corridor of Lotto Dstny, After the performance he put in yesterday, he can be considered one of the underdogs of the race. Not only did he hold on like a champion behind Roglic and Enric Mas, but with 500 meters to go, he launched a powerful attack that almost lost. he in Slovenian.


The fourth stage had an ending on a curve and once Van Eetvelt took a few meterss Roglic He went at it full speed and on the outside he managed to get past it and win the day, that was a feat ‘Rogla’ might not have succeeded if Van Eetvelt, in a youthful error, had not celebrated the victory early. He looked so strong, so clear that the Binkom cyclist raised his right arm to celebrate the victory. A gesture of celebration that after a few meters turned to anger when he saw the cost of his overconfidence, which was accompanied by a scream that was heard throughout Extremadura.

“This is stupid. I thought I had won when I made that arm gesture. It’s something you learn as a beginner, that you have to sprint directly to the finish line, and not before. “I didn’t feel Roglic approaching, so I more or less thought I had won,” he told Belgian media However, this cyclist – who wants to learn Spanish because of the long time he spent in Spain and if he could reincarnate into an animal he wanted to be a panda bear so he could spend all day sleeping and eating – showed himself to be a great organizer by saying “there will be more opportunity. I went to La Vuelta to fight for the general classification and my performance yesterday proves my good condition.”

He has four victories as a professional, he is competing in his second Vuelta and days before the Spanish round he is 3rd in Classic of San Sebastian.

Source: La Verdad

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