2023-07-11 17:44:35
Basque Pello Bilbao brought Spain its first Tour de France stage victory in five years by winning in sweltering heat on Tuesday at Issoire, where he dedicated his victory to Gino Mäder.
The rider from Bahrain settled a small group of breakaways in a sprint to win ahead of the German Georg Zimmermann and the Australian Ben O’Connor.
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— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 11, 2023
Twelfth overall on the morning of the stage, he moved up to fifth place, 4 min 34 behind the yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard, who finished with all the favorites in the peloton, nearly three minutes behind the winner.
In memory of his teammate
The last Spanish victory dates back to 2018 with the success of Omar Fraile in Mende. It is, at 33, Bilbao’s first victory on the Tour. And she has a special taste, a month after the death of her teammate Gino Mäder in a fall on the Tour de Suisse.
“This victory is for Gino. I wanted to do something for him in this Tour. I wanted to do it from the first week which was also very important for me with the departure from the Basque Country. It hadn’t worked. But I worked to live this moment”he said.
The Basque had announced at the start of the Tour that he would donate one euro to an environmental association for each rider finishing behind him at each stage, following the example of Gino Mäder who had taken this initiative at the Tour of Spain in 2021.
► The classification of the 10th stage, Vulcania-Issoire, Tuesday July 11
1. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) the 167.2 km in 3 h 52 : 34.
(average: 43.2 km/h)
2. Georg Zimmerman (GER / ICW) at 0 seconds.
3. Ben O’Connor (AUS/ACT) 0.
4. Krists Neilands (LAT/IPT) 0.
5. Esteban Chaves (COL/EFE) 0.
6. Antonio Pedrero (ESP/MOV) 3.
7. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN/LTK) 27.
8. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/IGD) 27.
9. Warren Barguil (FRA/ARK) 30.
10. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/SOQ) 32.
► The general classification after the 10th stage
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TJV) 42 h 33 : 13.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAD) at 17 seconds.
3. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOH) 2:40.
4. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP/IGD) 4:22.
5. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) 4:34.
6. Adam Yates (GBR/UAD) 4:39.
7. Simon Yates (GBR/JAY) 4:44.
8. Thomas Pidcock (GBR/IGD) 5:26.
9. David Gaudu (FRA/GFC) 6:01.
10. Sepp Kuss (USA/TJV) 6:45.
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