Euskaraz irakurri: Jon Izagirrek Tourreko 12. stage bereganatu du bakarka ihes eginda

The Gipuzkoan cyclist from Cofidis Jon Izagirre has taken the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2023with a tour of 168.8 kilometers between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais. With 30 km to go to the finish line, the man from Ormaiztegi went solo, leaving the group behind and maintaining a one-minute lead over his pursuers. is the second stage of the Tour that he achieves, after the one he won in 2016.

Jon Izagirre adds, in this way, for cycling in the Basque Country, the second stage of this Tourafter the one obtained on Tuesday by bilbao hair; is the stage victory number 56 awarded to a Basque runner in the 110 editions of the race, just on the day that the 20 years of the one achieved, in 2003, by Iban Mayo. On the Tour that left Euskal Herria a few days ago, our cycling scores at least two stage wins for the first time since 2009when Mikel Astarloza and Juanma Garate they set that mark for the last time so far.

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) keeps the yellow jersey of the Tour, and there have been no major changes in the overallyes ok Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) has managed to get into the top ten. Despite this, the fact that the day had hardly any impact on the general classification, it was a crazy day, uncontrolled for many kilometres, with a lot of fighting. Friday’s stage is one of the big ones, with the final ascent to the Grand Colombier, but the participants left nothing behind in their effort and had a vibrant race.

All of this, on a once again historic day, on a day in which the winner was a cyclist, Jon Izagirre, who has an amazing track record. At 34 years old, the man from Ormaiztegi has managed to win two stages on the Tour (2016 and 2023), one in the Giro d’Italia (2012) and others in the Vuelta a España (2020), in addition to the Itzulia Basque Country in 2019 , among other triumphs. Jon has been one of the best for a decade, and he is one of those who never fails. In this Tour he had already tried, he had tried to take the good breakaway, and, finally, he achieved that objective on Thursday; he entered a breakaway in which he had very tough rivals, but he was the strongest, with an attack 30 kilometers from the finish that was decisive.

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Source: Eitb

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