Tim Wellens wins alone in Alcalá de los Gazules
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the belgian Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) won this friday third stage of the 69th edition of the Andalusia-Ruta del Sol Cycling Tourdisputed between Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville) and Alcalá de los Gazules (Cádiz), with a layout of 160 kilometers and in which he arrived alone after participating in a break with about twenty runners.
The Belgian runner scored a time of 3:47:12 on this day that marked the halfway point of the Andalusian round, in which the Slovenian Tadej PogacarWellens’ teammate, follow leader for the third consecutive day in the general classification after having won two of the three stages held.
The Belgian knew how to wait for the right moment to launch an attack, although before he got into a breakaway with 19 other riders, including José Manuel Díaz (Burgos BH), Samuele Basttistella (Astana), Ibai Azurmendi (Euskaltel), Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar)Connor Swift (Ineos), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural) and Dries de Bondt (Alpecin), among others.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE THIRD STAGE
1.- WELLENS Tim (UAE) 3:47:12
2.- LATOUR Pierre (TotalEnergies) +0:14
3.- BATTISTELLA Samuele (Astana) + 0:15
4.- BATTISTELLA Samuele (INEOS) mt
5.- REX Laurenz (Intermarché) mt
6.- BAIS Davide (EOLO) +0:18
7.- ZAMBANINI Edoardo (Bahrain) mt
8.- BARTHE Cyril (Burgos) +0:26
9.- FETTER Erik (EOLO) +0:28
10.- IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) mt
GENERAL RANKING
1.- POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 12:35:57
2.- BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) +0:48
3.- LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) +0:52
4.- RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt
5.- MORE Enric (Movistar) +1:47
6.- GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (INEOS) +2:12
7.- DÍAZ José Manuel (Burgos) +2:19
8.- IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) +2:21
9.- CARUSO Damiano (Bahrain) +2:22
10.- WELLENS Tim (UAE) +2:26
Source: Eitb
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