The cycling in German The year began with his greatest idol, Jan Ullrich, admitted to a Swiss rehabilitation clinic after celebrating his 48th birthday in Cuba with an alcohol and drug party that ended with the only German champion of the Tour de France ( 1997) on the ground. In his golden days he was the greatest admiration of the sports media and the symbol of an entire country, which until then did not talk much about cycling. When Ullrich climbed the mountains with big exhibitions without leaving the saddle, he was raised in the clouds, he was laughed at and everything was worth it until Lance Armstrong appeared to beat him year after year. His figure faded, his head exploded and the broken toy went from oblivion to rejection. And the Germans stopped believing in peaks to seek solace in straight roads.
Naa Munich European set up a circuit 209 kilometers made to measure so that the great German wheelers could stand up. A scenario that is not so favorable for Spanish cyclists. In addition, the proximity to La Vuelta, which starts six days later in Utrecht, has reduced the level of available cyclists. And with this scenario, the one who really took advantage of it was Fabio Jacobsenwho after recovering from a severe fall that left him unconscious at the 2020 Tour of Poland is living the best year of his life.
The Dutchman was the fastest in the final sprint with a huge force and took the gold lead over the Frenchman Arnaud Demaresecond and the Belgian Tim Merlierthird. Jon Aberasturi He was the best of the Spaniards, ninth, and the only one to participate in the final sprint since misfortune struck. Ivan García Cortina, spearhead of the team, with a fall in a roundabout 5 kilometers from the finish line. “Two kilometers to go, Morkov and Pedersen were in front of me and I lost position. I came out a bit behind the last corner and faced the sprint from a distance”, explained the Basque.
The script of the race is what the coach saw Pascual Momparler, a grueling race with no history that ended up being decided in the final stages. After he left, the Swiss Silvan Diller and the Austrians Lukas Postlberger They staged a treacherous breakaway where they were a little over three minutes ahead of the peloton. Things picked up with just 65 kilometers to go as they entered the street circuit in the center of Munich and the two escapees with just over a minute’s lead knew their courage would not go far. In the straight finish, the Belgian Tim Merlier had earlier fired a sprint and was accidentally stoned Fabio Jacobsen straight to success.
Cycling returns to the streets of Munich this Thursday with the women’s (2:00 pm) and men’s (5:30 pm) individual time trials.
Source: La Verdad
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