Filippo Ganna, in the chrono stage.
Photo: EFE – Javier Lizón
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Filippo Ganna demonstrated again, this Thursday in the chrono of stage 18 of the Tour of Spain, why he is the great speed specialist.
The Italian of the Ineos Grenadiers dominated the time trial with a time of 13:00 minutes and added his victory number 29 in this type of tests.
“In the first part I did not find the rhythm, but in the end I gave everything. It has been hard to return after the tour and suffer in the mountains, but today I am very happy,” said the corridor. Jay Vine was less than a second, confirming his great state as a mountain leader.
This was the general classification
The battle by the general was focused on Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida.
The Portuguese was third in the stage, with 13:08 minutes, and managed to discount the Danish ten seconds, who stopped the stopwatch at 13:18. Almeida had been faster in the two intermediate points, so there was the feeling that on a longer route it could have trimmed more difference.
Despite the effort, Vingegaard solidly maintains the leadership. Now command the general classification with 40 seconds of advantage over Almeida and 2:39 on Tom Pidcock, which remains third. Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari complete the Top-5, although more than three minutes from the leader.
The surprise of the day was the rise of Matthew Riccitello to the sixth position of the general, benefited by his good performance in the chrono. Sepp Kuss gave up a position and is now seventh, while Santiago Buitrago climbed to the fifteenth box thanks to a good performance.
The Colombians had a positive day: Harold Tejada remains 12 ° to 12:24, while Egan Bernal follows 16 ° to 34:47. Buitrago, on the other hand, was 34:19 and continues to dream of getting the top-10 in the remaining mountain stages.
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