The Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal was in the fourth box of the general classification of the Adriatic Tyrrhenian, after the last stage this Tuesday, a 10km time trial, dominated by Wert van Aert, While Tadej Pogacar was the champion ..
Bernal arrived on this last day in search of a podium. It was 30 seconds from the third, Mikel Landa, but the distance and the difference was not the most suitable for cutting the path.
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In the intermediate point, Bernal managed to beat Landa by 12 if at the finish line he achieved a 12-minute lead of 01 seconds. T in goal the Spaniard only yielded 14 s with with runner of the Inos.
The Colombian cyclist made a good appearance in this first part of the season, as of the five competitions he finished three times on the podium, a fourth time.
He was second in the Tour of Provence, Third a White roads and second in the Laigueglia Trophy, In a good start to the season, facing the Giro d’Italia, his main goal for 2021.
Pogacar had no rival. He always proved to be the strongest and yet Wert van Aert he put it at some point against the ropes, for when the high mountain came he brought to light its best qualities.
The Slovenian runner fits his second title of the year, then prevailing in the Tour of the United Arab Emirates and this year aims to defend the title in the Return to France.
Nairo Quintana he had few options to enter the top 10 dfe classification, but the terrain of the final day was not for his conditions.
The big surprise of the fraction was that the Italian Filippo Ganna, Current world champion in the clock, fell into the hands of Van Aert, in the individual effort.
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