Cavendish wins the first sprint of the Giro

Euskaraz irakurri: Cavendishek bereganatu du Giroko lehen sprint

the british cyclist Mark Cavendish (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) took a sprint victory this Sunday in the third stage of the Italy spin201 kilometers between the Hungarian towns of kapovar Y Balatonfuredwhile the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) retains the leader’s ‘pink jersey’ for one more day.

At 36 years old, the veteran cyclist from the Isle of Man has shown that he always comes back by confirming himself as the strongest in the very long final sprint to achieve his sixteenth victory in the transalpine round – the first since 2013 – and the 160th of his career. sporty.

On a day with a route with slight undulations and a fairly slow pace, the Italians Samuel Rivi (Aeolus-Kometa), Filippo Tagliani Y Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) embarked on the break of the day, which enjoyed a rent that ranged between one minute and four and a half minutes, while Pello Bilbao Y Mikel Landa they lost an important cash in the Bahrain Victorious with the early abandonment of the Slovenian Jan Tratnik.

The leading trio reached the Nagykanizsa intermediate sprint alone and also crossed the Badacsony sprint unopposed, with about 50 kilometers to go, but the peloton had already started to prepare. Tagliani was the first to be swallowed, while Bais Y Rivi they held their own until they were finally caught with 28 kilometers to go.

Israel-PremierTech took control and the rest of the teams got active, positioning their sprinters for the finish. the dutch Pascal Eenkhoorn (Jumbo-Visma) managed to gain a few meters of advantage with eight kilometers to go, but his intentions were aborted by the group.

Thus, everything was decided in a massive sprint in which Cavendish He pulled gallons and resistance to prevail against the French Arnaud Demaré (Groupama-FDJ) and the Colombian Fernando Gaviria (UAE Emirates), second and third respectively.

With this, the British equals Guido Bontempi with 16 stage victories in the Giro and is the fourth rider with the most partial victories; Between his first and his last victory, 13 years and 360 days have passed.

While, Van der Poël continues to lead the provisional general standings with an 11-second lead over the British Simon Yachts (BikeExchange-Jayco), winner of Saturday’s time trial, and 16 over the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma).

The transalpine round will rest this Monday before returning to action on Tuesday with the fourth stage, the first mountain stage -with a drop of 3,500 meters- and already in Italian lands; The demanding day will take place in the interior of the island of Sicily with 172 kilometers between Avola and the Sapienza refuge on the Etna volcano, with a winding finish.

Stage classification:

1 – CAVENDISH Mark (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:56:39

2 – DÉMARE Arnaud (Groupama – FDJ) mt

3 – GAVIRIA Fernando (UAE Team Emirates) mt

4 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) mt

5 – MARECZKO Jakub (Alpecin-Fenix) mt

6 – THEUNS Edward (Trek – Segafredo) mt

7 – CONSONNI Simone (Cofidis) mt

8 – EWAN Caleb (Lotto Soudal) mt

9 – DAINESE Alberto (Team DSM) mt

10 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain – Victorious) mt

General ranking:

1 – VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Alpecin-Fenix) 9:43:50

2 – YACHTS Simon (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) +0:11

3 – DUMOULIN Tom (Jumbo-Visma) +0:16

4 – HAT Matteo (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) +0:24

5 – KELDERMAN Wilco (BORA – hansgrohe) mt

6 – TULETT Ben (INEOS Grenadiers) mt

7 – FOSS Tobias (Jumbo-Visma) +0:28

8 – MOLLEMA Bauke (Trek – Segafredo) mt

9 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain – Victorious) +0:29

10 – SCHMID Mauro (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) mt

21 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain – Victorious) 0:44

121 – CASTROVIEJO Jonathan (INEOS Grenadiers) 3:54

145 – LAZKANO Oier (Movistar Team) 5:56