The summary
From the first kilometers and the JuliLpass (7.3km at 6.5%), the attacks fuse and there is a group of five solids at the front with Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Aleksandr vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Javier Romo (Movistar) et Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana). Behind, it's the training UAE Team Emirates XRG of JOAO ALMEIDA which makes the tempo. In the San Bernardino (7.5km to 6%), the peloton is reduced and we will start the double ascent of the Castaneda (4.5km to 9.8%and 6.3km at 9.5%). At the foot of the first passage, the fugitives are less than a minute ahead.
The rhythm in this first passage is very strong, it explodes everywhere. While Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) puis Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Prime Tech) forcing, the yellow jersey Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) was quickly put into great difficulty. Even if he is helped by Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), French is drifting. At the top, Hair, Bilbao et Powless tip over with a secondary wrist on a small group of favorites where we find Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) et Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels). The group reforms a little in the descent and the small valley that follows, the top trio is taken up, but Grégoire is still far away.
The final explanation
Everything will therefore be played between the favorites in this terrible second pass of the Castaneda (6.3km at 9.5%). This is the Decathlon AG2R training Felix Gall Who is forcing and the group explodes again. And it is Julian Alaphilippe which launches hostilities 4 kilometers from the finish. But the French is countered Oscar Onley (Picnic Postnl), then joined by JOAO ALMEIDA. Behind the runners are one by one, Felix Gall, Kévin Vauquelin, Julian Alaphilippe, Matthew Riccitello… Everyone is at the breaker on these terrible slopes. Onlyy et Almeida Do not be able to decide on, the victory will therefore be played with the sprint … And it is the British who is the strongest, by ahead of a wheel the Portuguese! Then the runners arrive one by one, all at the end of the effort. Felix Gall finished 2nd to 23 “, Kévin Vauquelin 3rd to 57 “, Matthew Riccitello 4e to 1'05 “, Ilan van Wilder (Sudal Quick-Step) 6th at 1'14 “, Julian Alaphilippe 7th at 1'22 “… Romain Grégoire To him completely exploded and passed the line in 25th position with 6'38 “late.
In the general classification, the differences are therefore tightened, since Vauquelin Take the yellow jersey, but only 29 seconds ahead of Alaphilippe and especially 39 “on Almeida. Oscar Onley (4th at 1'21 “) and Lennard Kaven (5th to 1'44, “complete the top 5.
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