Euskaraz irakurri: Meintjesek irabazi du Legution, Roglicek, Vingegaardek eta Evenepoelek lasterketa utzi behar izan duten stagen

The South African cyclist Louis Meintjesof the team Intermarché-Wantyha cattle the fourth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country of 2024this Thursday, in Legutiowhile the Danish runner of the team Lidl-Trek Mattias Skjelmose is he new leader of the test, after this fourth day of racing. That is the sporting balance of a day that has been marked by the serious fall suffered by several men, including the yellow jersey of the event Primoz Roglic (BORA-hansgrohe)second overall Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and last year’s winner and great favorite for victory Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike); The three, along with other cyclists, have had to abandon Itzulia, and Jonas Vingegaard has been taken to the hospital.

So, Meintjes has won a stage whose victory has been disputed by only six cyclistswhich were the ones who were at the head of the race, escaped, when the peloton fell, about 34 kilometers from the finish. The Intermarché rider has been the best of that group of six, as he demonstrated in the climb to Gatzaga, where he left behind all his rivals, among whom were two cyclists from Euskal Herria: Mikel Retegi, from Barañainda, from Kern Pharma, and Joseba López, from Vitoria, from Caja Rural-Seguros RGA. Retegi has ended room on the stage, and López has been sixth; The organization has decided that only those six men will compete for victory in the stage, and that the rest of the participants were going to reach the finish line in a neutralized manner, from Eskoriatza. This Thursday’s times do not count for the general classification.

The other three runners who have been in the breakaway have been Reuben Thompson, from Groupama-FDJ, Mathieu Burgardeau, from TotalEnergies, and Karel Vacek, from Burgos-BH. The breakaway was already formed for kilometer 20 of the race, and the protagonists of it have understood each other adequately; When the accident occurred, the peloton had reduced its lead to two minutes, and, with the passes of Untzilla and Gatzaga ahead, it seemed that the escape was controlled; Finally, circumstances have made it possible that, although they have done so under very special conditions, the escapees have been able to fight for victory, which Meintjes, leader of the mountain classification, has won emphatically.

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Source: Eitb

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