Termini Imerese – Caronia 180km
Photo by Plomi
1 VALVERDE Alejandro Movistar Team 4:42:29
2 COVI Alessandro UAE-Team Emirates
3 RESTREPO Jhonatan Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
4 VELASCO Simone Gazprom – RusVelo
5 BARDET Romain Team DSM
6 SCARONI Cristian Gazprom – RusVelo
7 FORTUNATO Lorenzo EOLO-Kometa
8 MCNULTY Brandon UAE-Team Emirates
9 MARTINELLI Alessio Team Colpack Ballan
10 EG Niklas Trek – Segafredo
As Pontes – Santiago de Compostela – 108 Km
1 KOPECKY Lotte BEL LIV RACING 02:29:37
2 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:00
3 HENDERSON Anna GBR JUMBO-VISMA WOMEN TEAM 00:04
4 VAS Kata Blanka HUN TEAM SD WORX 00:06
5 ZANARDI Silvia ITA BEPINK 00:06
6 BALSAMO Elisa ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:06
7 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON//SRAM RACING 00:06
8 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 00:08
9 MACKAIJ Floortje NED TEAM DSM 00:08
10 MARKUS Riejanne NED JUMBO-VISMA WOMEN TEAM 00:08
Gesamt:
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 08:40:18
2 REUSSER Marlen SUI ALE‘ BTC LJUBLJANA 01:34
3 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON//SRAM RACING 03:12
4 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 03:30
5 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 03:59
6 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON//SRAM RACING 04:04
7 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 04:13
8 MACKAIJ Floortje NED TEAM DSM 04:38
9 VAS Kata Blanka HUN TEAM SD WORX 04:57
10 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED LIV RACING 07:58
Annemiek van Vleuten rises to the challenge
Annemiek van Vleuten delivered an attacking masterclass from the mountain resort of Manzaneda to Pereiro de Aguiar on Saturday. The Dutch star made the most of her unique abilities on a hilly terrain to claim victory after a 50km solo ride that also saw her take the overall lead from Marlen Reusser, who still leads the points standings.
“I’m surprised after a good block of altitude training. I thought I wasn’t well rested but maybe the first two days helped me a bit and today I felt great. We had a very good plan with the team. There was a tricky downhill and I thought it was the moment to go right after that. I had a chance if we were able to isolate Marlen Reusser and that was the case. My team is confident that we can defend the leader’s jersey tomorrow in the last stage.”
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) went on the move with Kasia Niewadoma (Canyon//SRAM), Kata Blanka Vas (SD Worx) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) after the first hour of racing. The four attackers had a lead of 20’’ at km 45. Only Longo Borghini was able to keep going with Van Vleuten ahead of a group of seven chasers with the race leader Marlen Reusser (Alé BTC Ljubljana), Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope), Elise Chabbey (Canyon//SRAM), Liane Lippert and Floortje Mackaij (Team DSM) joining Niewadoma and Vas.
After 60km, Van Vleuten dropped Longo Borghini and pushed on her own to try and bridge as big a gap as possible to Marlen Reusser, who enjoyed a significant gap with her victory in stage 1. The Dutch attacker crossed the line in Pereiro de Aguiar with an advantage of 2’48’’ on Lippert and Niewadoma, and 3’03’’ to Reusser, now trailing by 1’34’’ in the overall standings ahead of the final stage from As Pontes to Santiago de Compostela, with a grand finale in the Galician city ahead of the closing ITT of La Vuelta 21.
Annemiek van Vleuten rises to the challenge
1 Van VLEUTEN Annemiek NED Movistar 2:44:41
2 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 02:48 39,99
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON//SRAM RACING 02:48
4 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 02:51
5 MACKAIJ Floortje NED TEAM DSM 02:55
6 VAS Kata Blanka HUN TEAM SD WORX 03:01
7 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON//SRAM RACING 03:01
8 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 03:01
9 REUSSER Marlen SUI ALE‘ BTC LJUBLJANA 03:03
10 BALSAMO Elisa ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 07:13
Gesamt:
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 06:10:25
2 REUSSER Marlen SUI ALE‘ BTC LJUBLJANA 01:34
3 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON//SRAM RACING 03:20
4 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 03:38
5 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 04:07
6 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON//SRAM RACING 04:14
7 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 04:35
8 MACKAIJ Floortje NED TEAM DSM 04:46
9 VAS Kata Blanka HUN TEAM SD WORX 05:07
10 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED LIV RACING 07:30
Annemiek van Vleuten delivered an attacking masterclass from the mountain resort of Manzaneda to Pereiro de Aguiar on Saturday. The Dutch star made the most of her unique abilities on a hilly terrain to claim victory after a 50km solo ride that also saw her take the overall lead from Marlen Reusser, who still leads the points standings.
“I’m surprised after a good block of altitude training. I thought I wasn’t well rested but maybe the first two days helped me a bit and today I felt great. We had a very good plan with the team. There was a tricky downhill and I thought it was the moment to go right after that. I had a chance if we were able to isolate Marlen Reusser and that was the case. My team is confident that we can defend the leader’s jersey tomorrow in the last stage.”
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) went on the move with Kasia Niewadoma (Canyon//SRAM), Kata Blanka Vas (SD Worx) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) after the first hour of racing. The four attackers had a lead of 20’’ at km 45. Only Longo Borghini was able to keep going with Van Vleuten ahead of a group of seven chasers with the race leader Marlen Reusser (Alé BTC Ljubljana), Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope), Elise Chabbey (Canyon//SRAM), Liane Lippert and Floortje Mackaij (Team DSM) joining Niewadoma and Vas.
After 60km, Van Vleuten dropped Longo Borghini and pushed on her own to try and bridge as big a gap as possible to Marlen Reusser, who enjoyed a significant gap with her victory in stage 1. The Dutch attacker crossed the line in Pereiro de Aguiar with an advantage of 2’48’’ on Lippert and Niewadoma, and 3’03’’ to Reusser, now trailing by 1’34’’ in the overall standings ahead of the final stage from As Pontes to Santiago de Compostela, with a grand finale in the Galician city ahead of the closing ITT of La Vuelta 21.
Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda ICTT – 7,3 Km
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 00:19:08
2 REUSSER Marlen SUI ALE‘ BTC LJUBLJANA 00:20
3 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 00:28
4 FAULKNER Kristen USA TEAM TIBCO – SILICON VALLEY BANK 00:48
5 THOMAS Leah USA MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 00:59
6 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 01:00
7 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 01:15
8 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON//SRAM RACING 01:20
9 ŽIGART Urška SLO TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 01:23
10 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED LIV RACING 01:24
Gesamt:
1 REUSSER Marlen SUI ALE‘ BTC LJUBLJANA 03:27:03
2 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED LIV RACING 01:36
3 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 01:39
4 RIVERA Coryn USA TEAM DSM 01:45
5 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON//SRAM RACING 01:48
6 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE 02:06
7 FAULKNER Kristen USA TEAM TIBCO – SILICON VALLEY BANK 02:26
8 THOMAS Leah USA MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 02:37
9 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 02:38
10 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 02:54
The Dutch star Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) dominated on Friday the second stage of the CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta 21. After a first hilly stage, day 2 saw the field take on a 7.3km uphill time-trial leading to the mountain resort of Manzaneda with slopes at an average gradient of 5.8%. Following her Olympic title in Tokyo’s ITT, Van Vleuten set a winning time of 19’08’’. The overall leader Marlen Reusser (Ale’BTC Ljubljana), also a silver medallist in the Olympic ITT, finished 2nd on the day (+19’’) and Marta Cavalli (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) rounded out the podium with a gap of 27’’.
“I chose the time-trial bike because it was faster for me and I was just happy to ride it”, Van Vleuten said. She announced a big battle to try and overturn Reusser’s lead before the race reaches Santiago de Compostela on Sunday: “Tomorrow, I have nothing to lose and everything to win. I hope other teams feel like that and we can put on a big show.”
With another strong performance, Marlen Reusser has an advantage of 1’36’’ overall on Pauliena Rooijakkers (LIV Racing) and Annemiek van Vleuten is now third (+1’39”). The Swiss champ also leads the points standings. On Saturday, the penultimate stage will see the peloton take on another hilly course from the mountain resort of Manzaneda to Pereiro de Aguiar.
Salas – Altu d’El Gamoniteiru – 163 Km
1 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL MOVISTAR TEAM 04:41:21
2 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO-VISMA 00:14
3 MAS NICOLAU Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 00:20
4 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL INEOS GRENADIERS 00:22
5 HAIG Jack AUS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:58
6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David ESP UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:58
7 MÄDER Gino SUI BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:58
8 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 00:58
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 01:06
10 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 01:07
11 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED JUMBO-VISMA 01:57
12 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM 02:49
13 LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro ESP TREK – SEGAFREDO 03:07
14 BOUCHARD Geoffrey FRA AG2R CITROEN TEAM 03:38
15 POELS Wouter NED BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 03:57
Gesamt:
1 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO-VISMA 73:24:25
2 MAS NICOLAU Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 02:30
3 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL MOVISTAR TEAM 02:53
4 HAIG Jack AUS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 04:36
5 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL INEOS GRENADIERS 04:43
6 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 05:44
7 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 06:02
8 MÄDER Gino SUI BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 07:48
9 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 08:31
10 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 09:02
11 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David ESP UAE TEAM EMIRATES 09:24
12 EIKING Odd Christian NOR INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 13:15
13 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT BORA – HANSGROHE 13:35
14 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED JUMBO-VISMA 17:55
15 LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro ESP TREK – SEGAFREDO 18:03
Schwerer Tag für Felix Großschartner am Alto del Gamoniteiro
War die gestrige Etappe schwer, so folgte heute eine noch brutalere 162 km lange Etappe, die mit der Bergankunft am Alto del Gamoniteiro, einem Monsterberg in Asturien, den Abschluss eines sehr harten Tages im Sattel bildete. Für die GC-Anwärter war dies die beste verbleibende Chance, sich in der Gesamtwertung zu verbessern und diejenigen, die einen schlechten Tag hatten, konnten ihre GC-Chancen verlieren. Mit noch 70 km setzte sich M. Storer von der Ausreißergruppe ab, wurde aber im letzten Anstieg wieder von seinen Verfolgern eingeholt. Als M. Lopez 3 km vor dem Ziel attackierte, konnte ihm keiner folgen und der Kolumbianer holte den Etappensieg. Felix Großschartner, der gestern gestürzt war, hatte leider im letzten Anstieg den Anschluss an die Favoritengruppe verloren und überquerte die Ziellinie auf dem 27. Platz, was den 13. Rang in der Gesamtwertung bedeutet.
Reaktionen im Ziel
„Ich habe mich von Anfang an schlecht gefühlt und ich hoffte, dass es mir am letzten Berg besser gehen würde, aber das war nicht der Fall. Ich habe mein Bestes gegeben, aber am Ende war es nicht genug. Ich muss das akzeptieren und jetzt schauen wir, wie es in den nächsten Tagen weitergeht.“ – Felix Großschartner
„Heute war kein besonders toller Tag für uns. Felix hatte nicht die besten Beine und ist am Ende vier Plätze im GC abgerutscht, was im Radsport passieren kann. Da kann man nichts machen und wir werden schauen woran es gelegen hat. Wir werden auf den nächsten Etappen weiter kämpfen und vielleicht können wir noch erwas Zeit gutmachen. Wir hoffen morgen auf einen besseren Tag. Alle anderen haben ihn gut unterstützt und Ben war bei ihm bis in den letzten Berg, um ihm zu helfen. “ – Steffen Radochla, Sportlicher Leiter
Lopez tames the mighty Gamoniteiru
Miguel Angel Lopez took victory on the gruelling slopes of the Altu d’El Gamoniteiru (14.6km with an average gradient of 9.8%) on Thursday. The Colombian attacked inside the last 4km of the queen stage of La Vuelta 21, featuring 4,500m of elevation, to claim the solo win ahead of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and his Movistar Team companion Enric Mas. Lopez takes his third stage win in the Spanish Grand Tour, four years after the previous two. In 2020, he had already dominated a similar ascent, Col de la Loze, in the Tour de France.
After a crazy day towards the iconic Lagos de Covadonga, the peloton of La Vuelta 21 discover a new monster. The stage features 4,500m of elevation, with classics such as the Puertu de San Llaurienzu, La Cobertoria and El Cordal before an unprecedented summit finish at Altu d’El Gamoniteiru, atop a 14.6km climb with an average gradient of 9.8%.
After 10km of battle, a group of 32 attackers make the break of the day, with riders such as Michael Storer (Team DSM), Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) and Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) hunting for another stage win on the roads of La Vuelta 21.
Arensman sets Storer’s move
The gap is up to 3’ after 20km, and 5’ on the first ascent of the day, the cat-1 Puerto de San Llaurienzu (9.9km, 8.6%). Bahrain Victorious drive the bunch. Storer goes first over the top to defend Romain Bardet’s polka dot jersey and maybe eventually power to the lead of the KOM standings.
Thymen Arensman (Team DSM) sets the pace at the front on the second ascent of the day, the cat-1 Altu de la Cobertoria (7.9km, 8.6%). Storer goes solo inside the last 2km of the climb, with 70km to go. Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) sets off in pursuit but Storer pushes his advantage. On the downhill, he enjoys a lead of 2’ to his first chasers, and 5’30’’ to the peloton.
Storer hangs on
Movistar Team start working at the front of the bunch alongside Bahrain Victorious and the gap is down to 2’30’’ at the bottom of the penultimate climb of the day, the cat-2 Alto del Cordal (8.2km, 5.8%).
UAE Team Emirates and Ineos Grenadiers up the ante on the climb. Romain Bardet and Mikel Bizkarra (Team DSM) briefly go on the move but Storer is alone at the front with a gap of 2’10’’, at the bottom of the mighty Gamoniteiru.
Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R-Citroën Team) attacks 12km away from the summit. Then David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) goes on the move with a bit more than 10km to go while Bahrain Victorious still set the pace in the GC bunch.
Superman attacks
De la Cruz catches Storer with 7km to go. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux up the pace to bring the gap down to 35’’ when De la Cruz goes solo (5.5km to go). Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) attacks with 5km to go. And Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar Team) counter-attacks inside the last 4km.
The Colombian quickly catches and drops De la Cruz. He goes solo to the finish to complete his set of summit victories in La Vuelta, after Calar Alto and Sierra Nevada in 2017, 14’’ ahead of Roglic and 20’’ ahead of Enric Mas.
Drøbak – Halden 142km
1 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 3:36:06
2 Coryn Rivera (USA) Team DSM
3 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
4 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx
5 Sarah Roy (Aus) Team BikeExchange
6 Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
7 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx
8 Alison Jackson (Can) Liv Racing
9 Eugénie Duval (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
10 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Drops-le Col Supported by Tempur
Endstand:
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 14:46:31
2 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx 0:00:39
3 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:50
4 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale‘ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:54
5 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:58
6 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:00
7 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:01:13
8 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM 0:01:22
9 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
10 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:01:24
Drammen-Norefjell 145 km mountaintop finish
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 3:52:17
2 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx 0:00:35
3 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale‘ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:41
4 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale‘ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:44
5 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:48
6 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:50
7 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Parkhotel Valkenburg
8 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 0:01:01
9 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:12
10 Juliette Labous (Fra) Team DSM
Gesamt:
1 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team Women 11:10:25
2 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Team SD Worx 0:00:39
3 Mavi Garcia (Spa) Ale‘ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:47
4 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:50
5 Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale‘ BTC Ljubljana 0:00:54
6 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:58
7 Rachel Neylan (Aus) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:00
8 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Team SD Worx 0:01:11
9 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:01:13
10 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:22
Tardajos – Briviesca – 175 Km
1 MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian COL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:55:39
2 DAINESE Alberto ITA TEAM DSM 00:00
3 TRENTIN Matteo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
4 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
5 ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon ESP CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 00:00
6 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH 00:00
7 EINHORN Itamar ISR ISRAEL START-UP NATION 00:00
8 LAWLESS Christopher GBR TOTALENERGIES 00:00
9 SARREAU Marc FRA AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:00
10 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00
Gesamt:
1 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 07:30:21
2 PLANCKAERT Edward BEL ALPECIN-FENIX 00:00
3 ALBANESE Vincenzo ITA EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM 00:01
4 BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:01
5 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM 00:03
6 STANNARD Robert AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 00:09
7 BOL Jetse NED BURGOS-BH 00:09
8 LANDA MEANA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:09
9 FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo COL TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:09
10 LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan ESP CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 00:09
Pierrefitte-Nestalas – De Mourtis -192 Km
1 PEDRERO Antonio ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 05:22:05
2 HERRADA Jesus ESP COFIDIS 00:40
3 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar ESP ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 00:43
4 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian ESP TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE 00:46
5 CARR Simon GBR EF EDUCATION – NIPPO 00:46
6 CICCONE Giulio ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:46
7 KUDUS Merhawi ERI ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 01:18
8 GESBERT Elie FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 01:21
9 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel ESP EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 01:23
10 AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen ESP CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 01:26
Gesamt:
1 PEDRERO Antonio ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 14:23:11
2 HERRADA Jesus ESP COFIDIS 00:44
3 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar ESP ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 00:49
4 CICCONE Giulio ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:56
5 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian ESP TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE 00:56
6 CARR Simon GBR EF EDUCATION – NIPPO 01:19
7 KUDUS Merhawi ERI ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 01:28
8 GESBERT Elie FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 01:31
9 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel ESP EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 01:33
10 AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen ESP CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 01:36
154 Km
8. Juni 2021
1 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL MOVISTAR TEAM 04:30:04
2 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar ESP ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 02:26
3 MAS NICOLAU Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 02:33
4 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 03:30
5 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian ESP TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE 03:30
6 ELISSONDE Kenny FRA TREK – SEGAFREDO 04:02
7 RIES Michel LUX TREK – SEGAFREDO 04:45
8 CARR Simon GBR EF EDUCATION – NIPPO 05:41
9 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 05:48
10 BOUCHARD Geoffrey FRA AG2R CITROEN TEAM 06:10
11 CHEVALIER Maxime FRA B&B HOTELS P/B KTM 06:17
12 BERNARD Julien FRA TREK – SEGAFREDO 06:32
13 BERTHET Clément FRA DELKO 06:50
14 KUDUS Merhawi ERI ASTANA – PREMIER TECH 07:38
Photo by Plomi
Loriol-sur-Drôme – Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse (167 km)
1 ALEJANDRO VALVERDE (MOVISTAR TEAM) 3:52:53
2 TAO GEOGHEGAN HART (INEOS GRENADIERS) 0:00:00
3 PATRICK KONRAD (BORA – HANSGROHE) 0:00:00
4 WILCO KELDERMAN (BORA – HANSGROHE) 0:00:00
5 ENRIC MAS (MOVISTAR TEAM) 0:00:00
6 SEPP KUSS (JUMBO – VISMA) 0:00:00
7 ALEXEY LUTSENKO (ASTANA – PREMIER TECH) 0:00:00
8 JACK HAIG (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) 0:00:00
9 BEN HERMANS (ISRAEL START-UP NATION) 0:00:00
10 STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK (JUMBO – VISMA) 0:00:00
11 GERAINT THOMAS (INEOS GRENADIERS) 0:00:00
12 NAIRO QUINTANA (TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC) 0:00:00
13 RICHIE PORTE (INEOS GRENADIERS) 0:00:00
14 DAVID GAUDU (GROUPAMA – FDJ) 0:00:00
15 ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI (ASTANA – PREMIER TECH) 0:00:00
Gesamtwertung
1 ALEXEY LUTSENKO (ASTANA – PREMIER TECH) 20:52:16
2 ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI (ASTANA – PREMIER TECH) 0:00:08
3 WILCO KELDERMAN (BORA – HANSGROHE) 0:00:12
4 GERAINT THOMAS (INEOS GRENADIERS) 0:00:13
5 ILAN VAN WILDER (TEAM DSM) 0:00:13
6 RICHIE PORTE (INEOS GRENADIERS) 0:00:15
7 PATRICK KONRAD (BORA – HANSGROHE) 0:00:27
8 JACK HAIG (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) 0:00:34
9 STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK (JUMBO – VISMA) 0:00:39
10 MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ (MOVISTAR TEAM) 0:00:42
Ein Traum in Gelb geht zu Ende, Konrad auf Rang drei auf der ersten Bergetappe des Critérium du Dauphiné
Mit einem unglaublichen Tempo von mehr als 50 km in der ersten Rennstunde wurde die heutige sechste Etappe des Critérium du Dauphiné eröffnet. Entsprechend lange dauerte es auch, bis sich letztlich 14 Mann vom Feld absetzen konnten. Doch Astana begann augenblicklich im Feld zu arbeiten, bevor BORA – hansgrohe einmal mehr die Kontrolle übernahm, um den Abstand unter drei Minuten zu halten. Auch heute arbeitete das Team aus Raubling perfekt und am Fuße des ersten Anstiegs war der Vorsprung der Gruppe auf unter eine Minute gesunken. In der Folge drückte Movistar auf das Tempo und Lukas Pöstlberger fiel leider aus der Gruppe der Favoriten zurück. Doch mit Konrad und Kelderman hatte man immer noch zwei Fahrer vorne, die um den Sieg kämpfen konnten. Nachdem alle Ausreißer gestellt waren, eröffnete Ineos früh den Sprint, A. Valverde konnte aber auf den letzten Metern noch den Sieg holen. Dahinter landeten Konrad und Kelderman auf den Rängen drei und vier.
Reaktionen im Ziel
„Das war heute ein erster echter Test. Unser Team hat wieder extrem gut gearbeitet und die Gruppe im Flachstück immer unter Kontrolle behalten, damit ich noch um den Sieg fahren kann. In den Anstiegen haben Astana und Movistar das Tempo erhöht und Pösti ist dem leider zum Opfer gefallen. Am Ende waren dann Wilco und ich noch vorne dabei. Ich hatte im Finale einen super Speed und bei 150m dachte ich, das klappt noch. Aber es hat leider nicht ganz gereicht. Rang drei ist dennoch sehr gut und gibt Selbervertrauen für das Wochenende.“ – Patrick Konrad
„Es war extrem schnell und am Ende wieder ein guter Tag für uns. Meine Beine werden immer besser und ich bin optimistisch für morgen. Natürlich ist es schade, dass wir Gelb verloren haben, aber es war schon eine tolle Dauphiné für uns mit dem Sieg von Pösti und vier Tagen in Gelb. Darum haben wir auch keinen Druck mehr. Ineos und Movistar sind sehr stark hier und werden wohl das Rennen machen, wir müssen da nur dranbleiben.“ – Wilco Kelderman
„Wir wollten im Flachen die Lücke zur Gruppe kontrollieren, damit Patrick am Ende die Chance hat, um den Sieg zu fahren. Das hat alles sehr gut geklappt und dass am Ende eine sehr kleine Gruppe ankommt, war gut für uns. Mit Rang drei und vier sind wir sehr zufrieden. Natürlich ist es schade, dass Lukas da nicht ganz mithalten konnte, aber das war zu erwarten und ist völlig ok. Wir haben uns bis hierhin sehr stark präsentiert und ich denke, da geht auch die nächsten Tage was.“ – Enrico Poitschke, sportlicher Leiter
Valverde, 13 years later
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) mastered the uphill finish in Le Sapey-en-Chartreuse to claim his third stage win on the roads of the Dauphiné, thirteen years after the last one! Again, the pace was relentless for the whole stage, with tailwinds pushing the peloton towards the hilly challenges of the demanding final 50km. Ineos Grenadiers tried to outsmart their rivals like they did in Saint-Vallier, this time with Tao Geoghegan Hart at the front, but Valverde perfectly paced himself in the final 400m to overtake the winner of the 2020 Giro d’Italia on the line. Already dropped on the climb of the Col de Porte, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) loses the yellow and blue jersey to Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) ahead of a gruelling week-end in the Alps.
A flying start through the wind
A 137-man peloton starts from Loriol-sur-Drôme, quickly heads north and thus enjoys tailwinds in the first part of the stage. In these conditions, many riders want to break away from the bunch but it’s hard for the attackers to open and hold a gap. After many unsuccessful attempts, nine riders manage to open a gap at km 43.
They soon receive the support of five more attackers to establish the break of the day: Lawson Craddock (EF Nippo), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R), Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation), Laurent Pichon (Arkéa Samsic), Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal), Sven-Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates), Josef Cerny (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Barnabas Peak (BikeExchange), Martin Salmon (DSM), Franck Bonnamour (B&B-KTM) and Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert).
Holmes and Craddock dominate the first climbs
They cover 50.3km in the first hour… and again in the second hour. But Lukas Pöstlberger’s Bora-Hansgrohe don’t give them much breathing room. The gap never gets higher than 3’05’’ at km 97. And it quickly gets down as the riders hit the first climbs of the day, after 115km covered at a very high pace.
With the polka-dot jersey already on his shoulders, Matthew Holmes takes 5 KOM points atop the Col de la Placette. Julien Bernard opens the battle on the slopes up the Col de Porte but nobody can keep up with Lawson Craddock when he sets off in the final 2km of ascent.
Ineos vs Movistar
In the bunch, Tony Martin ups the pace on the way to the Col de Porte. Astana-Premier Tech takes over and the yellow and blue jersey Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) is dropped with 22km to go. Movistar up the ante on the final slopes and keep pushing on the descent towards the final 10 kilometres of the stage, bringing the gap down to 30’’.
Craddock is eventually dropped when Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) attacks at the bottom of the final climb (3.3km at 6.2%). Ineos Grenadiers set the pace and the South-African climber can’t move very far. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) also try to go, but Ineos still control.
Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) drives the bunch inside the last kilometre but Ineos move past him again, and Geraint Thomas opens a split in favour of Geoghegan Hart… But that move didn’t fool Alejandro Valverde, who paces himself perfectly to overtake the winner of the 2020 Giro d’Italia right on the line.
@ASO