This Saturday, August 9, it was the great final of this 47th edition of the Tour de Burgoswith the arrival deemed at the top of the Neila Lagunas (6.4 km at 9.1 %). Leader of the general classification before this queen stage following his superb victory two days ago, Léo Bisiaux (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) fought well but could logically not compete with the Cadors present in Spain. At the top of this legendary ascent, it is Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) which has been the strongest, winning before Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), which at the same time wins the general classification. The young Frenchman hung on and finished 11th at the finish, conceding 51 seconds to the winner of the day. A very correct result which allows him to stay on the 3rd step of the final podium behind the Maxican and Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS – Astana Team), his first career podium on a race of such a scale.
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“I feel ready for the Tour of Spain, even if …”
“It was a very nice week“, Reacted the promising 20 -year -old runner in the press release published by his team.”I spent two days with the leader's jersey, it was a discovery for me. It is necessarily different, there are more solicitations. In the peloton, I applied myself to do things well and stay focused. We checked the race and the team did a great job to protect me all week. Today I fought to try to keep the jersey, but our opponents were stronger. This third place in the general classification is a great result, I am happy for myself and for the team. I feel ready for the Tour of Spain, even if there is still a few days of preparation“, the conclusion Léo Bisiauxwhich can therefore tackle with confidence the departure of The return And his very first big round in two weeks, in Turin (August 23).
