Mathieu van del Poel was imposed in the third phase of the Adriatic Tyrrhenian, that took place this Friday between Monticiano Y Gualdo Tadino, from 219 kilometers, in which Wout van Aert defended the lead and Colombians Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal and Sergio Higuita, who finished fourth, are still in the fray.
The race had several animators, who flew almost from the start of the faction in search of prominence, peddled for several hours and had a difference from the main batch of more than nine minutes.
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Highlight padun Davide Bais Tobias Ludwigsson, Guillaume Boivin Y Niki Terpstra they were responsible for animating the competition for much of the trip.
Mathieu van der Poel, 98 kilometers from the finish the group accelerated and stretched. They tried to take advantage of the wind. Then it was Julian Alaphilippe the one who tried. Caleb Ewan suffered, could not return to the group.
Higuita, Nairo and Egan They watch the movements of the general’s rivals. Ewan couldn’t take it anymore and got off the bike. Thibaut Pinot he paid a heavy price for the coming attacks and stayed.
Every time the end drew near, the breakaway’s bet was to try to stay in the lead, to fight for the win, but it wasn’t easy.
The rent was 2 min 30 s, when the stage was 25 kilometers from the finish, a difference that narrowed as the finish approached.
When the caravan drove up 19 km before arrival, the rental was only one minute 09 seconds. The packers’ casts were the ones who pushed back the most and mass arrival was imminent. The breakaway was over at 2 km from the finish.
For the 3km there was a fall and although they didn’t go to the ground, the Ineos runners, Egan Bernal, Pavel Sivakov Y Geraint Thomas they lost the wheel of fate and gave up 38 seconds, forcing them to react in the queen stage on Saturday.
The day will be in between Terni Y Prati di Tivo, of 148 km, with two mountain prizes, the first at km 106 and the other at the finish, of 13 kilometers.
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