Naiero and Egan save the second day of Tirreno Adriatico, summary of the stage – Cycling – Sports

Colombian cyclists Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal continue with title options in the Adriatic Tyrrhenian, after the second stage contested this Thursday between Camaiore and Chiusdino, of 202 kilometers, and with a high finish and in which Wout van Aert retained the leader’s jersey, after the faction that was won by Julian Alaphilippe.

Both Nairo and Egan paid attention to the movements at the end of the day, which was the first encounter with the mountain at the finish, although the differences were not that great.

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As always, escape was the order of the day and they went in Simon Pellaud, Burghardt, Albanese, Archibald, Velasco and Vanspeybrouck, who were more than four minutes away from Van Aert’s fate.

Pellaud is an old acquaintance of Colombian fans as the runner established his residence in the country for some time.

Partner of Daniel Munoz Jhonatan Restrepo and from Santiago Umba Bee Androni, Of the fugitives, Pellaud was the one who worked the most.

Jumbo Visma, the team of the leader, went to work to narrow the difference and this became apparent when the race was 61 kilometers from the end, when the lead for the leaders was 2 minutes and 59 seconds.

34 km from the finish line, and when the escapees were neutralized, Egan launched an attack on a steep slope. And behind Sergio Higuita i have gone with Marc Soler, embarrass the leader, Van Aert. The movement in that climb broke the group. Jumbo marked a step. Simon Yates he was going to go to Bernal’s group.

The main party reached the group of Colombians. Yates went wide Pavel Sivakov, Mikel Landa Y Joao Almeida.

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At 26 km from the finish line, 20 seconds is the difference between the Yates lot and that of the leader, Van Aert, in which Egan, Nairo, Higuita and the other Colombians traveled.

The party, pulled by a minimized Jumbo Visma, managed to close the gap with the escapees 16 km from the finish line, but the predecessors noticed and accelerated the pace.

The race was over. When entering the most important part, 13 km from the finish, the difference was already 32 seconds.

At the start of the final climb, the income of the hands was 16 seconds. UAE Emirates took it upon themselves to pursue them.

Yates stayed with 2 km to go, the lot was on top. Sivakov fell forward and Almeida and Landa were hit. Geraint Thomas attacked Almeida, chasing to define the stage.

The fourth faction will take place next Friday over 219 kilometers, which will join Monticiano and Gualdo.

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