In the aftermath of the time trial and on the eve of the terrible ascent of Bola del Mundo, the runners of The return had the right to a quieter day this Friday on the occasion of the 19th stage between Rueda and Guijuelo (161.9 km). And for the first time from Zaragoza (9th stage), the sprinters were able to explain, with the victory of Jasper Philipsen. The Belgian, perfectly launched by his team Alpecin-DECEUNINCKahead of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-trek) et Orluis Aula (Movistar) to come and offer his 3rd victory on this Tour of Spain. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) took advantage of the intermediate sprint to resume 4 seconds in JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG), which now point to 44 “from the red jersey.
VIDEO – Jasper Philipsen, winner of this 19th stage
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The summary
From the first kilometers, two men take off: Jakub poison (Rural-Sigur Caja RGA) et Victor Guernalec (Arkéa-B & B Hotels). But no one wants to join them, Guernalec therefore decides to get up and leaves alone OTRUBA in his galley. Behind the Czech, these are the teams Alpecin-DECEUNINCK of Jasper Philipsen et Lotto d’Elia Viviani which controls. The intermediate sprint is located 59 kilometers from the finish line and in the peloton, it is Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) who goes out in the lead and who takes advantage of it to scrape 4 small seconds to a JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) Not attentive enough. We arrive in the final, which offers clear portions and a side wind. The tension rises, there are on several occasions on attempts at borders and several breaks. There Burgos Burpellet BH even try to attack SERGIO GEOVANI CHUMIL et Mauricio Apariciobut everything ends up going back to normal and we should attend the long -awaited final sprint.
Sprinteurs teams take matters into their own hands. We find in particular the training INEOS Grenadiers et Movistar in the first positions. On the other hand, the Alpecin-DECEUNINCK Hold on the back … before going back to the last moment. Under the red flame, Jonas Rickaert takes the head of the peloton, then is relayed by Edward Planckaert. Jasper Philipsen is perfectly deposited 200 meters from the line. Despite this end-up-out final, the Belgian will never be reassembled and won this 19th stage. He is ahead of the line Mads Pedersen (2E, lidl-trek), Orluis Aula (3E, Movistar), Jenthe Biermans (4th, Hotels' and Legs (5th, grenadiers ineos). On the French side, note the beautiful 9th and 10th places of Thibaud Gruel (Groupama-FDJ) and Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon AG2R).
