Belgian Steff Cras (total energies) won this Thursday in the Llanes the first stage of the 67th return to Asturias after a tight sprint in which he surpassed the Spanish Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates).
The first phase, which came out of Oviedo, came to his passage through Posada de Llanera with Spanish Sergio Trueba Cagiga (Illes Balears -Along) and the Víctor Martínez García (Anicolor/Tien 21) and the Swiss Jan Sommer (Myvel Pro Cycling) who led they passed the kilometer 40 Pola de Niero.
After the squad passed through Villaviciosa, a small leakage of six runners managed to open a hole before beginning to climb the top of Fitu (1st), the first of the two important ports of this first day back to Asturias.
This leak graduated and after passing through Arriondas and Cangas de Onís, the squad was gathered again and in the kilometer 151.3 The increase of Alto de la Tornería (1st) began, where the stage should decide on a sprint where Steff Cras (total energy) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) arrived and won Belgian (UAE Team Emirates).
In the background, in just a minute, the Italian Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) and Guatemalan Sergio Chumil (Burgos Burpellet BH), two cyclists have called to fight for success at one of the stages that make up the centenary Asturian round.
After the contention of this first phase, the first Spanish of the general was the Carlos Soler (UAE Team Emirates), and in the ‘Top 10’ Fernando Barceló (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), the seventh, Pau Martí (Spanish Sub-23), eighth, Iván Cobo (Kern Pharma), which was ninth, and veteran Antonio Parroro (Movistar Team) ,,,,, Si Ikampu.
This Friday the second phase is to play, the second shortest in Asturian’s spin, which is more than 144 km and the Benia de Onís and Pola de Lena (th -3).
Source: La Verdad
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