The other heroes, sometimes not so well-known in the media, always try to find opportunities when they are presented, when the platoon leaders allow their attack and when it is too late for the reaction of the real beasts to arrive and those that, except for surprise, They will score the victory of Paris-Nice on Sunday.
Santiago Buitrago, a Colombian cyclist from Bahrain, is not unknown either. At 24 years old, he already knows what it means to win a stage of the Giro and even finish the 2023 Vuelta in the top ten overall. For this reason, he wanted to take advantage, at the first contact of the mountain, of the marking among the favorites to escape in the company of the double Australian time trial and road champion, Lucas Plapp23 years old, new leader, to win the fourth stage of the ‘race of the sun’ on Mont Brouilly.
It was not, by any means, the decisive day of Paris-Nice, since the final pass, which was passed on two occasions, was not a place hard enough to destroy the race. Remco Evenepoel tried it, much more explosive than Primoz Roglic in short climbs, but only got a two-second advantage over his rival. Another two loads for the Slovenian star who is already 40 seconds behind Evenepoel with one day less to offset the negative difference.
The improvement of Egan Bernal
The stage served to verify that Egan Bernal continues to improve and that he is increasingly closer, practically at the same height, to the opponents with whom he has always wanted to fight for victory in the general classifications since his accident in January 2022.
As for the Spanish runners, Carlos Rodríguez, despite giving up 20 seconds in reference to Roglic, made a lot of progress compared to O Gran Camiño, held 15 days ago. The Andalusian cyclist went through many problems in Galicia due to the bad weather that prevailed during the four days of competition. Pello Bilbao was in the group of favorites in an obligatory position of calm since Buitrago He is his teammate in Bahrain.
The Arab team experienced a double day of success since they also achieved victory in the third stage of the Tyrrhenian-Adriatic where Juan Ayuso continues to lead the general classification without apparent problems. The day, like Tuesday, was resolved in a sprint, somewhat eventful due to the fall of Jasper Philipsenwith the victory of the German runner Phil Bauhaus.
Two sprints in a row in a seven-day race – this Thursday the profile does not invite optimism either – are too much, a lot of waste to encourage an attack of runners like Jonas Vingegaard. The route is the work of the Giro, responsible for the race, and it does not seem that they are chastening from the disappointment that the layout of the Italian round has caused in recent years. At least, on paper, in the next edition it seems that everything will change.
2024-03-06 17:17:29
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