Egan Bernal disarmed the pilot 60 kilometers from the finish line on stage 17 of the Tour of Spain. The Colombian starred in a major attack, but did not hold the last stretch of the profile. The winner of the fraction was Primoz Roglic, who took Lakes of Covadonga and recovered the red t-shirt of the leader of the Iberian round.
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The day did not take place better than in the high mountains with four complicated ports of third and two of first category in La Collada. However, the highlight was Lagos de Covadonga, the legendary port where Colombia has managed to achieve glory from the hand of Oliverio Rincón, Lucho Herrera or Nairo Quintana.
An out-of-category ending was the stage where the legs began to suffer, but the differences occurred in the general classification which moved forcefully with a new podium and owner of the red.
Team Ineos stood in front of the squad as they climbed the Llomena first. At this point they measured the legs of the other opponents and Egan Bernal launched a precise attack where the only one that could remain Primoz Roglic.
They both did a junta in search of the victory of the day, make more of an overall difference or fight for the podium, direct goal of Bernal.
Although the difference was close to the 2:14, in the background before Covadonga the lot was discounted about a minute. Everything was going to be defined in the out-of-category award.
Roglic and Bernal they maintained their truce up the mountain, at which point the Colombian began to suffer and could not stand the pace of the Slovenian, who went alone in search of the victory of the day. The one of Zipaquirá, with great effort, tried to waste as little time as possible to subtract seconds from rivals, but failed. In the end he was connected.
The fight for the title will continue tomorrow at stage 18 of the Tour of Spain. The mountain returns with a route between Sales and Alt de l’Gamoniteiro with 159.2 kilometers of high mountain. Four ports will be present: two first, one second and finally out of category.
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More attacks are expected between cyclists fighting for the podium and the red jersey. The pedalists will try to cut time to the Slovenian in the face of the time trial in the last fraction of the competition.