Mathieu van del Poel was imposed in the third stage of Tyrrhenian Adriatic, which took place this Friday between Monticiano Yes Gualdo Tadino, 219 kilometers, in which Wert van Aert defended the leadership, and Colombians Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal and Sergio Higuita, who was fourth, are still fighting.
The race had several animators, who almost from the beginning of the faction flew in search of prominence, cycled for a few hours and had a difference from the main group of over nine minutes.
You may be interested in: (Classifications of Tirreno Adriatico, after stage 3)
Mark Padun, Davide Bais, Tobias Ludwigsson, Guillaume Boivin Yes Niki Terpstra they were in charge of animating the competition for much of the trip.
Mathieu van der Poel, At 98 kilometers of arrival, the group accelerated and stretched. They tried to take advantage of the winds. Then it was Julian Alaphilippe the one who tried. Caleb Ewan suffered, could not return to the group.
Higuita, Nairo and Egan were attentive to the general’s rival movements. Ewan couldn’t stand it anymore and got off the bike. Thibaut Pinot he paid dearly for the front attacks and stayed.
Each time the end drew to a close, the escapees’ bet was to try to stay in the lead, to fight for victory, but it wasn’t easy.
The rent was 2 minutes and 30 seconds, when the stage was 25 kilometers from the finish line, a difference that decreased as the end was near.
When the caravan entered the 19 km for arrival, the rent was only one minute 09 seconds. The distributions of the packers were the ones that pressed the step back the most and the massive arrival was imminent. At 2 km of arrival the escape is over.
Before the 3 km there was a fall and, although they did not walk on the ground, the runners Ineos, Egan Bernal, Pavel Sivakov Yes Geraint Thomas they lost the wheel of the group and gave up 38 seconds, which forces them to react this Saturday in the queen stage.
The day will be between Terni Yes Meadows of Tivo, of 148 km, with two mountain prizes, the first at km 106 and the other at the finish line, of 13 kilometers.
sports