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

Colombian cyclists Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal continue with the title options in Tyrrhenian Adriatic, after the second stage held on Thursday between Camaiore and Chiusdino, of 202 kilometers, and with a high end and in which Wert van Aert kept the leader’s shirt after the faction won by Julian Alaphilippe.

Both Nairo and Egan were attentive to the movements at the end of the day, which was the first encounter with the mountain located at the finish line, although the differences were not so significant.

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As always, escape was the order of the day and they entered it Simon Pellaud, Burghardt, Albanese, Archibald, Velasco and Vanspeybrouck, who ended up over four minutes behind Van Aert’s group.

Pellaud is an old acquaintance of Colombian fans, because the runner has been living in the country for some time.

Partner al Daniel Munoz, Jhonatan Restrepo and by Santiago Umba to Androni, Pellaud was, among the fugitives, the one who worked the most.

Jumbo Visma, the leader’s team, started working to reduce the difference and this was evident when the race was 61 kilometers from the end, when the lead for the leaders was 2 minutes 59 seconds.

34 km from the finish line, and when the escapees were neutralized, Egan launched an attack on a steep slope. And in the back Sergio Higuita I went with Marc Soler, embarrassing the leader, Van Aert. The movement in that ascent broke the group. Jumbo marked a step. Simon Yates he was going to reach Bernal’s group.

The main group reached the group of Colombians. Yates continued, beside him Pavel Sivakov, Mikel Landa Yes Joao Almeida.

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26 km from the finish line, 20 seconds is the difference between Yates’ group and that of the leader, Van Aert, in which Egan, Nairo, Higuita and the other Colombians were traveling.

The group, pulled by a minimized Jumbo Visma, managed to reduce the distance with escapes to 16 km from the finish line, but those in front noticed and accelerated the pace.

The race was over. When the key part was introduced, 13 km from the finish line, the difference was already 32 seconds.

At the start of the final climb, the pointers’ income was 16 seconds. The United Arab Emirates has pledged to oust them.

Yates was 2 km away, the group was at the top. Sivakov attacked before and Almeida and Landa were hit. Geraint Thomas attacked and hunted Almeida to define the scene.

The fourth section will take place this Friday on 219 kilometers, which will join Monticiano and Gualdo.

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