Magnus Cort Nielsen, this Thursday. /
Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF) is the first leader of the new tour of Galicia baptized as O Gran Camiño, winning the Vigo sprint this Thursday with great ease. The Danish beat Lonardi (Eolo) and Valverde (Movistar) in an arrival without sprinters, who have not attended the Galician round, whose second goal is located this Friday at the Mirador do Ézaro, with very tough ramps of more than 20% , at the top of Moura and which will be decided on Sunday in a time trial in Sarria.
Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural) is the first leader of the mountain after passing first and second in both ports, included in the day’s breakaway. The peloton annulled the escape 20 kilometers from the finish line and it was Kern Pharma that took the initiative, but in the end they could not dispute the sprint, where Valverde did get in, returning after a few days stopped by several cases of Covid in the Movistar.
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The Great Way
1st stage -
1.
Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF) 3h56: 59 -
2
Giovanni Lonardi (Aeolus) mt -
3
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) mt -
4
Orluis Aular (Caja Rural) mt -
5
Daniel Freitas (Popular Radio) mt -
36
Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) mt -
40
Aritz Bagües (Caja Rural) mt -
51
Unai Iribar (Euskaltel) mt -
General
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1.
Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF) 3h56: 59 -
2
Giovanni Lonardi (Aeolus) at 4 -
3
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) at 6 -
9
Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural) a 9 -
UAE Tour
5th stage -
1.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) 4h17:05 -
2
Olav Kooij (Jumbo) mt -
3
Sam Bennett (Bora) m.t. -
General
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1.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE) 18h19:37 -
2
Filippo Ganna (Ineos) at 4 -
3
Alexander Vlasov (Bora) and 14 -
7
Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) at 37 -
8
Oscar Rodriguez (Movistar) at 40
Philipsen, in the Emirates
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) won his second UAE stage on Thursday by clearly beating 20-year-old Olav Kooij (Jumbo) and Sam Bennett (Bora). Cavendish ran, despite his crash the day before, but couldn’t find his place in the sprint.
On the other hand, Ángel Madrazo (Burgos) is the new leader of the Tour of Rwanda after the fifth stage, in which Alexandre Geniez (Total Energies) won.
