Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the queen stage of the Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana

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The British Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos) won the queen stage of the Return to the Valencian Communitybetween Burriana and the Sanctuary of the Cova Santa, of 181.6 kilometers long, with five mountain passes, while the Italian Giulio Ciccone (Trek) successfully defended the leader yellow jersey.

The Ineos rider prevailed in the sprint in the group of favorites to take the stage with a time of 4.32:00 hours, after beating his young compatriot Thomas Gloag (Jumbo), while Ciccone was third and added four bonus seconds that They allow him to continue in front of the general classification with one day to go before the end of the Volta.

With a road full of small slopes as a prelude to the final ascent of the Cova Santa, the groups split up in the run-up to the final battle for stage victory and the general.

Carlos Rodríguez lined up everyone in the last kilometer and launched Tao Geoghegan Hart, who, with a powerful sprint, prevailed at the finish line and placed second overall, four seconds behind Ciccone, while bilbao hair down to third positionseven seconds behind the Italian.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION:

1 – GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (INEOS) 4:32:00

2 – GLOAG Thomas (Jumbo-Visma) mt

3 – CICCONE Giulio (Trek) mt

4 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) mt

5 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) mt

6 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) mt

7 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché) mt

8 – PALZER Anton (BORA) mt

9 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt

10 – ULISSI Diego (UAE) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – CICCONE Giulio (Trek-Segafredo) 17:02:46

2 – GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (INEOS) + 0:04

3 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) + 0:07

4 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) + 0:08

5 – GLOAG Thomas (Jumbo) mt

6 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché) + 0:14

7 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) mt

8 – ARANBURU Alex (Movistar) + 0:20

9- CHARMIG Anthon (One-X) mt

10- RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt