Mattias Skjelmose surprised at Tadej Pogacar na REMCO evenEPOEL and the tho -59 edition of Golden raceThe first of the Triptico de las Ardenas. A success decided thanks to the photo-finish, in a final sprint where the danish, of 24 yearsstarted from the rear and ended the conqueror Pogacar With the last blow to the rock. Unexpected success of the corridor of Lidl-Trekwho left two great favorites who did not speak after 256 kilometers Between Maastricht and Berg in terblijt. Danish has shown that, even though most of the time it doesn’t seem, both Pogacar and EvenEPOEL are human and can be defeated.
Skjelmose He knew how to read the career perfectly and played his weapons to win for the first time in the Ardenas. Tenth Victoria as a professional for Danish, the most important of her note, who broke the forecasts of the expected hand between Pogacar and EvenEPOEL.
New mood set for the World Champion, which re -encounters honey in its second place at ROUBAIX. EvenEPOELOn the other hand, he tried all the way and showed, as in Brabanzone ArrowThat left the injuries he suffered by the end of last year after collision with a van in a practice. And all this despite suffering in a fall in the initial stretch.
The ‘classic beer’ has a completely unexpected final script. In the absence of 42 kilometers for the purpose, Pogacar He left one of his classic distant movements. Slovenian took advantage of a start -up Julian Alaphilippe In it Gulperberg to open the gap to the remaining favorites. The French could barely withstand five kilometers Pogacar Before exploding. Attack made a bad place of an evenpoel, which, however, had legs.
Then began a tracking between other strong race men, an incident that Pogacar I took the opportunity to get more margin. After many unsuccessful attacks, Skjelmose He was able to open the hole and left.
This is not up to the third attack when, finally, EvenEPOEL Played with the tracking of his group comrades to follow the awakening Skjelmose. Both understand from the beginning, Danish offers the necessary relays so that the double Olympic champion can take air and continue hunting Pogacar.
The difference is about 20 seconds, but with the passage of kilometers, Pogacar He began to show weakness. In the absence of 8 kilometers for the end, the leader of UAE He decided to wait for the persecution to recover from the effort and not spend more energy.
Surprisingly, none of the three heads, with very fair forces, move to final step by Cauberg and formed to play the glory in sprint. A final arrival raised Skjelmose And that, surely, they want to avenge so much Pogacar as evenEPOEL At Valley Arrow this Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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