Naiero and Egan saved the second day of Tyrrhenian Adriatic, summary of the stage – Cycling – Sports

Colombian cyclists Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal continue with title options at the Adriatic Tyrrhenian, after the second stage disputed this Thursday between Camaiore and Chiusdino, of 202 kilometers, and with arrival in ascent and in which Wert van Aert he held the leader ‘s shirt, after the fraction he was 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 at the finish line, although the differences were not as significant.

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As always, the getaway was the order of the day and they got into it Simon Pellaud, Burghardt, Albanese, Archibald, Velasco and Vanspeybrouck, who managed to overcome the four minutes difference on the batch of Van Aert.

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

companion of Daniel Muñoz, Jhonatan Restrepo and of Santiago Umba in the Androni, Pellaud was, of those of the flight, the one that worked more.

Jumbo Visma, the leader’s team, started working on the quest to bridge the gap and this was evidenced when the race was 61km from the end, when the pointers ’run was 2 minutes 59 seconds.

34 km from the finish line, and when the breakaways were neutralized, Egan launched an attack on a climb. And back Sergio Higuita he went with Marc Soler, putting in trouble the leader, Van Aert. The movement in this ascent thwarted the group. Jumbo took a step back. Simon Yates he was going to get to Bernal’s group.

The main lot came to the group of Colombians. Yachts go on, on the side of Pavel Sivakov, Mikel Landa i Joao Almeida.

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26 km from the finish line, 20 seconds is the difference of the batch of yachts to that of the leader, Van Aert, in which Egan, Nairo, Higuita and the other Colombians were traveling.

The lot, pulled by a minimized Jumbo Visma, managed to shorten the gap with the breakaways 16 km from the finish line, but those in front noticed and hurried the pass.

The race furrowed at the end. When you entered the key part, 13 km from the uphill finish, the difference was already 32 s.

At the start of the final climb, the pointers’ income was 16 seconds. UAE Emirates took over chasing them.

Yachts ran out of 2km, the lot was coming up. Sivakov attacked forward and Almeida and Landa were hooked. Geraint Thomas they attacked and hunted down Almeida to define the stage.

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

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