Demi Vollering left this Friday from the top of the Black Lagoon with the Vuelta more tied and almost with a minute of safety over her immediate pursuer, the Italian runner Elisha Long Borghini. The Dutch star is the strongest and with an abysmal difference over all her rivals, although at the Soriano summit victory eluded her since the French Avoid Musicwho had become attached to her wheel, beat her in the final sprint.
There are two stages left, one flat and one mountain, this Saturday is a day of some recovery, with a probable sprint or escape and arrival in Sigüenza, and on Sunday the final day that visits the Guadarrama mountain rangein the most faithful style of the Spanish men’s round when the men are the protagonists in a field in which it is difficult to fail, regardless of gender, whoever wears the red jersey on their skin.
Distant threat
Vollering gives security, perhaps she does not look as strong as last year, both in the Vuelta and in the Tour, because the start of the season has not been what she expected. However, even if she is not at 100 percent of her fitness level, all she has to do is set a strong pace, push her rivals with her climbing speed, and without detracting from the fact that only the Frenchwoman musiciansixth overall and therefore a distant threat to her interests, holds her off in the last meters of the stage.
If the Dutchwoman wanted the stage, she got a much better prize, increasing the lead to almost half a minute with Longo Borghini, second overall, 56 seconds behind the leader of the Vuelta. The difference with the rest is abysmal, so it is presumed almost as an impossible mission, unless unforeseen at the last minute, that Vollering loses the victory in the Spanish round.
Local runners are still unable to shine with their own light mainly because Mavi Garcia He cannot find himself as he wanted. Three kilometers from the top of Laguna Negra, when Vollering increased the pace of the climb, the Mallorcan runner and Spanish champion dropped to cross the finish line at 2.19 minutes. She is 18th overall, 6.23 minutes behind Vollering. The next Spanish classified is the Catalan Mireia Benito 22 minutes from the red jersey.
2024-05-03 17:04:30
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