Rui Costa takes the Volta to the Valencian Community; Pello Bilbao, fourth

Euskaraz irakurri: Rui Costak bereganatu du Valentziako Itzulia; Pello Bilbao, laugarren

the portuguese cyclist Rui Costa (Intermarché) surprised everyone with two kilometers to go and won not only the fifth and final stage of the Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, between Paterna and Valencia, but also the overall.

The Portuguese knew how to take advantage of the close marking between the main favorites and jumped two kilometers from the finish line because only 15 seconds separated him from the yellow jersey.

The Italian Giulio Ciccone (Trek), more pending bilbao hair (Bahrain) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos), reacted late and Rui Costa successfully played the sprint victory with Thymen Arensmann (Ineos).

the russian Alexander Vlasov He launched an attack to which the leader Ciccone responded well, followed by Tao Geoghegan Hart, who were joined shortly after by Pello Bilbao and Marc Soler (UAE Emirates), bringing the top four in the standings into the group.

At the flying finish line, the favorites staged a tight sprint in search of a few bonus seconds that could be crucial for the overall standings.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION:

1 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché) 2:07:16

2 – ARENSMAN Thymen (INEOS) mt

3 – BATTISTELLA Samuele (Astana) + 0:07

4 – SOLER Marc (UAE) + 0:08

5 – CICCONE Giulio (Trek) + 0:21

6 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) + 0:23

7 – MCNULTY Brandon (UAE) + 0:28

8 – WRIGHT Fred (Bahrain) + 0:30

9 – MOHORIC Matej (Bahrain) mt

10 – FRIAR Omar (INEOS) + 0:31

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché) 19:10:06

2 – CICCONE Giulio (Trek-Segafredo) + 0:16

3 – GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (INEOS) + 0:19

4 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) + 0:21

5 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) + 0:25

6 – GLOAG Thomas (Jumbo) + 0:34

7 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) + 0:40

8 – MCNULTY Brandon (UAE) + 0:45

9 – ARANBURU Alex (Movistar) + 0:46

10 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt