The Spanish cyclist Javier Romo achieved the ‘double’ this Thursday in the Tour Down Under in prevail in the third stage147.5 km, starting at Norwood and ending at Uraidla, in the Adelaide region, to be the head of the general classification.
The Movistar team cyclist He overtook the favorites with five kilometers to go and managed to maintain a five-second lead at the finish line.
It was the first professional victory for Romo, 26, whohe leads the first World Tour round of the seasonthree stages from the end.
The Ecuadorian Jonathan Narvaez, new signing for the UAE team by Tadej Pogacarwon the sprint for second place ahead of New Zealander Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
This success also allows Romo to lead, eight seconds ahead of Narváez.
After his double victory today, Romo declared that “This is a very important achievement. “This winter I’ve worked really hard, there are always sights in the Tour Down Under and I can’t imagine a day like today.”
“I’m very happy. I want to thank my team, because today they worked perfectly to achieve this result, they had a lot of trust in me and we achieved it. I pushed in the last kilometer and I already know the victory is mine. . I also dedicate this success to my family, to my girlfriend and to all the people who have helped me throughout this time”, finished
It’s great The ‘loser’ of the day was the current champion, the British Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech), which fell into the provisioning area and He is now 35 seconds behind Romo in the general classification.
The bad news of the day was the strong fall of the Spaniard Martín López (Astana), already He hit his head and was forced to leave the examination and was taken to the hospital.
DOWN UNDER TOUR
Classifications – 3rd stage and general
3RD STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1. Javier Romo (ESP/MOV) – 3h 46’01”
2. Jhonatan Narváez (ECU/UAD) at 5″
3. Finn Fisher-Black (NZL/RBH) mt
4. Albert Philipsen (DEN/LTK) mt
5. Thomas Gloag (GBR/TVL) mt
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Javier Romo (ESP/MOV) – 10h 13’51”
2. Jhonatan Narváez (ECU/UAD) at 8″
3. Patrick Konrad (AUT/LTK) at 10″
4. Finn Fisher-Black (NZL/RBH) at 10″
5. Bastien Tronchon (FRA/DAT) at 12″
Source: La Verdad
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