Pello Bilbao prevails in the third stage of the Tour Down Under

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The Biscayan cyclist bilbao hair (Gernika, 1990), from the Bahrain Victorious team, won this Friday in the third stage of the Tour Down Under, a UCI World Tour category event, while the Australian Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) became the new leader of the general classification.

The 32-year-old Basque knew how to read the attack he made Came on the tough climb to Corkscrew, with ramps of up to 13 per cent, and broke away alongside the Australian and Brit Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula), taking down the leader Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma).

The UAE runner was ambitious in seeking to snatch the garment from his compatriot and found the collaboration of his two escape companions, which allowed them to play the victory between them. There, Bilbao He was the fastest and could with yachts in the final sprint, while Camethird, found the award for leadership.

Thus, Bilbaoachieved his fifteenth victory as a professional to place second in the general classification, 15 seconds behind Vine before facing the fourth stage of the Australian test, which will run over 135 kilometers around Willunga.

“I had some difficulties catching up with Yates and Vine. I had to do my best and join them for the last 300m of the climb. I knew I was going to have a good chance as they were also looking for the overall, and I I was more focused on doing my best sprint and trying to win”, the man from Gernikarra celebrated after his victory.

For his part, the Ormaiztegiarra Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) finished 11th in the stage, 28 seconds behind the winner, and advances to 10th place overall, 1:01 behind Jay Vine.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE 3RD STAGE:

1 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) 2:48:10

2 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) mt

3 – VINE Jay (UAE) mt

4 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) +0:28

5 – BYSTRØM Sven Erik (Intermarché) mt

6 – TESFATSION Natnael (Trek) mt

7 – TIBERI Antonio (Trek) mt

8 – VADER Milan (Jumbo) mt

9 – Ben O’CONNOR (AG2R) mt

10 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) mt

11 – IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – VINE Jay (UAE) 10:32:50

2 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:15

3 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) +0:16

4 – SHEFFIELD Magnus (INEOS) +0:45

5 – SCHMID Mauro (Soudal) +0:46

6 – Ethan HAYTER (INEOS) +0:50

7 – BYSTRØM Sven Erik (Intermarché) +0:54

8 – TIBERI Antonio (Trek) +0:58

9 – Ben O’CONNOR (AG2R) +1:00

10 – IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) +1:01