Pogacar wins the Walloon Arrow and Mikel Landa finishes third
Euskaraz irakurri: Pogacarrek irabazi du Flèche Wallonne klasikoa eta Landa hiugarren izan da
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) has won the victory in the Walloon Arrow 2023 this Wednesday, April 19, and the Basque cyclist Mikel Landa (Bahrain – Victorious) has been on the podium after being third. the danish of Trek – Segafredo Mattias Skjelmose has crossed into second place the finish line in the Wall of Huywhere, as every year, the Walloon Arrow has finished and on whose hard ramps, as usual, the winner of the test has been decided.
The Slovenian cyclist has thus achieved his second triumph in the Ardennes Triptych of this 2023given that last Sunday, in the Amstel Gold Race, he also took victory; next Sunday at the Liège-Bastogne-LiègePogacar could complete the plenary session in the three prestigious classics that are held every year in April in Belgium.
deserves special mention Michael Landa. The Murgia rider, who showed an excellent level in the Itzulia Basque Country, with an outstanding second place in the final overall and with the strength to remain alongside Jonas Vingegaard in many of the decisive moments, has overcome a cold that he has suffered after Itzulia and has returned to be with the best. The third place of him in the Wall of Huy supposes the first podium place for Basque cycling since in 2003 Igor Astarloa and Aitor Osa, first and second in that edition, achieved one of the first three places for the last time so far for the riders from Euskal Herria.
ADVANCE
RACE CLASSIFICATION:
1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 4:27:53
2 – SKJELMOSE Mattias (Trek) mt
3 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) mt
4 – WOODS Michael (Israel) +0:03
5 – CICCONE Giulio (Trek) mt
6 – LAFAY Victor (Cofidis) mt
7 – BENOOT Tiesj (Jumbo-Visma) mt
8 – VAN GILS Maxim (Lotto) mt
9 – BARDET Romain (Team DSM) mt
10 – BARGUIL Warren (Team Arkéa) mt
13 – ARANBURU Alex (Movistar) +0:10
27 – IZAGIRRE Ion (Cofidis) +0:15
44 – OKAMIKA Ander (Burgos-BH) +0:37
Source: Eitb

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