Oier Lazkano wins the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior and achieves the first Basque of the 2024 season
The gasteiztarra cyclist of Movistar Oier Lazkano ha cattle this Monday the Classic Jaén Interior Paradise of 2024, and has thus added the first victory for Basque cycling of the season. Lazkano, who had an outstanding performance in the race between Baeza and Úbeda, He entered the finish line alone, with 30 seconds ahead of the group of escapees that were trying to reach him; He left them behind with 15 kilometers left in the race.
The Jaén Paraíso Interior Classic was held on a 158.3 kilometer route, and Oier Lazkano remained on the run for the last 110. As has been said, he was ahead of all his rivals in the decisive kilometres, before passing under the finish banner. Lazkano is having a great start to the season, given that, on January 31, in the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a Valencia, he also achieved a creditable third place.
The current champion of Spain, thus, has surpassed riders such as Tim Wellens (UAE Emirates), who was fourth, Sepp Kuss (Visma), sixth, and Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS Grenadiers), seventh, in a high-level test. Lazkano succeeds Alexei Lutsenko and Tadej Pogacar in the record of this race, winners in 2022 and 2023.
Source: Eitb
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