the Tour of Spain finds the final mountain, key to defining the overall classification and in the last week of the race.
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This Wednesday’s stage will be important as it kicks off Any and you get to Lakes of Covadonga, After 185 kilometers, with three mountain awards as anteroom.
And cyclists, when they go 30 minutes of running, make the route much more difficult, as there are attacks in search of escape.
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The getaway could not be specified. There are several attempts, but the batch is nervous and won’t let anyone go.
There is already a leak. At 100 km from the finish line at the top are 16 at the head of the race, among them, Mikel Landa, Michael Storer, Sergio Henao, David de la Cruz, Diego Camargo, Which already have an advantage of 1 min 51 s.
Already the low income is in 50 seconds. And a guest appears: the rain. First-class mountain prize goes up.
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61 km from the finish line Egan Bernal attack. It takes to Primoz Roglic. There is no reaction behind it.
López tries to reach Roglic and Bernal. But he stays in the group. The Slovenian is leading the competition.
‘Superman’ preferred to wait for the group. Egan takes the step, Roglic does not give him relief. There are 57 kilometers to go.
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Bernal and Roglic passed the first-class mountain award, throwing themselves downhill. Bernal almost leaves the road. Wet floor.
The leader fell, as did Aleksandr Vlasov. Sergio Henao was harmed as well.
Bernal and Roglic go to the front, a difference of one minute 54 seconds over the main lot.
The Slovenian gives Bernal a hand and went to the front. 33 km to the finish line.
With 21 km to go, Bernal and Primož Roglič are still at the front, a difference of 2 minutes 13 seconds from the large group in which López, Mas, Haig go.
Today’s effort gives Egan Bernal the option to get on the podium, in part, in the Vuelta. He beats Eiking, Mas and his compatriot López.
If Bernal gives a precise blow, Roglic is another who comes out on top at this stage, as he returns to the lead of the race.
The two leaders start the final climb, with a difference over the batch of López, Mas and Haig, among others, of one minute 30 seconds.
In the most difficult part of the stage, the final climb, Bernal gives in a bit, Roglic looks stronger, the difference is 1 min 37 s. 7.8 km are missing for the arrival.
The Slovenian exhausts the step and leaves Bernal behind. 7 km to the finish line.
Roglic already takes 46 to Bernal, López comes to a min 47 s of the pointer.
Mas leaves the group, which he got to Lpopez and in which he goes Jack Haig. Sepp Kuss try to close the gap.
Egan loses 1 min 05 s with Roglic, who will win the stage and be the leader. Spolido the corridor of the Jumbo Visma.
Roglic enters the last two miles.
Bernal is captured by the batch of López, Mas, Kuss, Haig.
Roglic wins the stage in Lagos de Covadonga, ninth of the year for him.
See you tomorrow.