Danish Jonas Vingegaard reached two stage victories in this edition of the Tour of Spain. He had already imposed on the second.
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Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease to Bike) took the victory in the ninth stage of the Tour of Spain, a half -mountain day of 195.5 kilometers that culminated in a demanding first category promotion at the Valdezcaray ski resort.
Vingegaard demonstrated his strength with a decisive attack in recent kilometers, leaving behind his rivals and crossing the goal alone. The leader of the general classification, the Norwegian Torsten brings (Bahrain – Victorus), managed to keep the red shirt, although now by a narrow margin.
THE VISMA FIGURE | Lease Bike benefited from the excellent work of his team in the first -class port that closed the stage. On a rainfall day, the Danish launched his attack in the absence of 10 kilometers for the goal, driven by his partner Matteo Jorgenson.
The Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) was the only one who could keep up with a couple of kilometers before yielding. The podium of the day was completed 26 seconds later Thomas Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) and Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), who finished second and third, respectively.
The Danish cyclist, who comes from being runner -up of the most recent Tour in France, faced the last rise as if it were a chronoscalad. With the rain whipping, he proved to have good legs. He crossed the goal with open arms and significantly reduced the time that separates him from the leadership.
In the final stretch, Vingegaard had a persecutor composed of three runners: Almeida —tero in the general classification – Pidcock and Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), who could not maintain the rhythm of the pursuer duo.
More than a minute behind them, a group of climbers, with the Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) included, struggled not to waste too much time. The Cundinamarqués ended in box 15 and lowered two places in the general, so he is now eleventh in that classification.
More than two minutes from Vingegaard, concluded the leader of the general classification, the Norwegian Torsten brings. Although he suffered at the climb, Bahrain's cyclist – Victorous managed to hold the red shirt. He lost his comfortable 2:33 advantage, which has now been reduced to only 37 seconds.
The stage, with an accumulated slope of 3,311 meters, left for Alfaro and set up to Valdezcaray's ski resort. He promised to be one of the most challenging of the first week, and the demanding final increase prior to the first rest day was the ideal outcome for changes in the general.
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