The mid-mountain stages provide a spectacle like no other The Return. Four days from the end of the Spanish round, with the right force and with two main stages tomorrow and the next day, this Thursday presents a minefield for those who want to take advantage of it. Ahead, 179.6 kilometers apart Vitoria-Gasteiz and the end at Maestu-Izki Natural Parkwith two ports scattered along the route, Alto de Rivas de Tereso (2nd) and Puerto Herrera (1st) that they have a trap, as will be seen throughout the day, although few could have predicted what would happen on another great day of cycling at La Vuelta.
A large group of 43 cyclists quickly formed, with high-quality runners and to the four members of the Kern Pharma Team, Berrade, Castrillo, Iribar and Miquelwhere it was a declaration of intentions, while the group of favorites studied each other carefully and limited themselves to passing kilometers, in the end the Pamplona cyclist Urko Berrade the great winner of the day. He can be the hero of the day, when other names are Ben O’Connorwho was able to keep the leader’s red jersey through suffering; Marc Soler, new king of the mountain and Mikel Landawhich is the cross of a day in a phase that the man from Alava will never forget in his life. He started the day 5th overall and ended it by closing out the top ten.
Richard Carapaz dynamited the race
The speed is high and the climb to Puerto Herrera (5.6 km climb at 8.4% average and 14% ramps) This will mark the outcome of the day. Stage victory, barring a disaster, will be decided between the breakaway cyclists and the question is whether any of the best classified cyclists in the general classification will take advantage of the hard Herrera ramps. And the one who did it was a nonconformist runner and always a brave number Richard Carapaz. He only dresses the group of famous people.
All the best ranked cyclists in the general classification responded to the Ecuadorian movement. all except Mike Landa who remained The select group crowned Herrera with a 28″ margin landa. Carapaz pulled out all the stops and his team, EF Education, played their cards well. James Shaw and Owain Doull They waited for him and helped their leader, who finished 4th overall and was hot on the heels of Enrique Mas.
EF actions are contracted to that of T-Rex by Mikel Landa. Alavés was left more alone than the other and it took an eternity for his team to stop any of the three runners in the front group, and when they did it was too late. So Landa bid farewell to his aspirations to make the podium at La Vuelta and dropped to tenth place overall. Debacle.
Kern Pharma They kept three of their four escapees from the day at the head of the race and another day competed as the best team of the World Tour, when their category was Professional, one step lower. With 15 kilometers to go, there are 15 cyclists in the lead of the race. The group will separate on slope 6 from the finish line. Berrade responded very well to the movement of Kruijswijk and not content with draining him, he at once attacked him.
Meter by meter he gained seconds. At 2.7 kilometers he had a 15-second margin, an advantage he did well to achieve a historic victory for him, first, and for his team, Kern Pharma, signing a Vuelta to frame, just remember Pablo Castrillo’s two wins and the way the team is running.
The favorites reached the finish line 6’39” behind the winner and the group of landa 3’20” from them. O’Connor, Roglic, Mas and Carapaz Victory at La Vuelta and the podium are at stake over the next two days, on a gray day for Landa and his team, T-Rex. We still have three great days of cycling ahead of us.
Source: La Verdad
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