Juanpe López debuts his record in the Tour of the Alps and is the new leader of the race
Euskaraz irakurri: Juanpe Lopezek Alpeetako Tourrean lortu du bere ibilbideko aurreneko garaipena, eta lider jarri da
The Spanish Juan Pedro Lopez“Juanpe”, (Lidl-Trek) achieved a feat with his first professional victory and the lead by winning alone in the third stage of the Alps Tour disputed starting and finishing in Schwaz, a city in Austrian Tyrol, with a route of 124.8 kilometers.
Juanpe (Lebrija, 26 years old), embraced solo glory as a reward for an offensive initiative in the most complicated phase of the race. The Andalusian went on the attack with 26 km left to go and four climbs ahead. The 20-year-old Italian also left with him. Giulio Pellizzari (Bardiani).
With 2.2 kilometers to go to top the last ascent of the day (Pillberg) and 6.6 kilometers to go, Juanpe He let go of his companion and went over the top with 30 seconds to manage along a potentially dangerous wet descent.
However, nothing unwanted happened, which allowed the Andalusian to surpass the second placed, the young man, by 23 seconds. Pellizzariwhile the main group with 8 runners and the former leader Tobias Foss He entered 38 seconds behind with the Norwegian in the lead.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1 – LÓPEZ Juan Pedro (Lidl – Trek) 3:16:11
2 – PELLIZZARI Giulio (Bardiani) +0:22
3 – FOSS Tobias (INEOS) +0:38
4 – BARDET Romain (Team DSM) mt
5 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (Decathlon AG2R) mt
6 – TIBERI Antonio (Bahrain) mt
7 – POELS Wout (Bahrain) mt
8 – O’CONNOR Ben (Decathlon AG2R) mt
9 – PARET-PEINTRE Valentin (Decathlon AG2R) mt
10 – SOSA Iván Ramiro (Movistar) mt
GENERAL RANKING:
1 – LÓPEZ Juan Pedro (Lidl – Trek) 11:22:34
2 – FOSS Tobias (INEOS) +0:31
3 – O’CONNOR Ben (Decathlon AG2R) +0:45
4 – TIBERI Antonio (Bahrain) +0:48
5 – BARDET Romain (Team dsm) mt
6 – POELS Wout (Bahrain) mt
7 – PARET-PEINTRE Valentin (Decathlon AG2R) mt
8 – PELLIZZARI Giulio (Bardiani) +0:57
9 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (Decathlon AG2R) +1:19
10 – SOSA Iván Ramiro (Movistar) mt
Source: Eitb
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