2023-07-16 18:32:55
Vingegaard and Pogacar run oblivious to what is happening around them. The yellow and white jersey are inseparable. The Slovenian tried in the last kilometer, but could not take off the leader. And they entered together, almost hand in hand. Without anyone being able to add a second of advantage.
A new guest has slipped into their fight, the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez, who is in charge of defending the podium. He took down Hindley, who seemed to be his rival, but the UAE is not satisfied with fighting for the general for Pogacar and gave Adam Yates freedom to try to get closer to the podium. He was pulling the first two until he went alone in search of third place. Later they gobbled him up, when they started their fight, but the Briton managed to cut twenty seconds off the Spanish, which could be important.
Ahead was Wout Poels, a veteran of the Tours de Froome, an inseparable domestique of the British from Africa. Now he runs in Bahrain, with Pello Bilbao and with Mikel Landa, who was traveling with him in the breakaway of the day, a massive breakaway of more than 30 runners.
His escaping companions gave up and he was left alone with Van Aert. Later they were joined by Marc Soler. but Poels was the strongest. Years ago, in 2017, he missed victory at Angliru when he worked for Froome because of Contador’s display, the last of his career. He arrived like a motorcycle behind Alberto. But late. This time he entered the finish line alone, without anyone looking closely at him. Meanwhile, Pogacar and Vingegaard continued to do their thing.
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