By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 59 minutes ago, Updated now
Alberto Dainese. OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP
The Italian from the DSM won in the sprint ahead of his compatriot Filippo Ganna and the Dutchman Marijn Van den Berg. Sepp Kuss remains leader.
The Italian Alberto Dainese (DSM) won the 19th stage of the Tour of Spain in a sprint on Friday in Iscar, where the American Sepp Kuss took a further step towards the final victory. Two days before the arrival in Madrid, Kuss is still ahead of two of his teammates in the general classification, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard by 17 seconds and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic by 1 minute and 8 seconds.
The three riders from Jumbo-Visma are well on their way to achieving an unprecedented hat-trick in the Vuelta since that of the Kas-Kaskol team in 1966. The three hornets finished without damage in the peloton on Friday during this 178km straight stage promised to the sprinters . “It was a slightly easier day but you had to stay focused at all times” said Kuss, congratulated by his mother and wife upon arrival.
I really wanted to finish the season in a good way and leave DSM in style.
Alberto Dainese
Once the breakaway resumed 20 kilometers from the finish, it was Dainese, 25, who sprinted to settle a peloton cut in two after a fall under the red flame involving several of his teammates as well as the favorite of the stage, Australian sprinter Kaden Groves. “With the wind in my face, I let Ganna do it. I was waiting for the moment to accelerate. I really wanted to finish the season in a good way and leave DSM in style. I had a lot of pressure because I knew it was probably my last opportunity to thank the team», declared the Italian who will join the Tudor team in the off-season.
There remains a difficult, seesaw stage on Saturday, with no less than ten third category climbs, to shake up the general classification, but the hierarchy now seems clearly established at Jumbo-Visma. After several days of hesitation, Richard Plugge, the boss of Jumbo-Visma, declared a ceasefire on Wednesday evening and definitively ordered Vingegaard and Roglic, the two leaders, to line up behind the one who is responsible for supporting them in time. normal. The last stage in Madrid presents no difficulty and is more akin to a parade modeled on the finish of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysées.
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