Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Jonas Vingegaard has also won the fourth and final stage of O Gran Camiño. The Dane of Visma | Lease a Bike also won the other two stages in line earlier this week and is therefore logically the overall winner.
Bad weather conditions continue to plague O Gran Camiño. After the neutralization of the time trial, this fourth and final stage also had to be shortened. The riders therefore did not have to climb the Alto de San Xiao. After the top of the Alto de San Xiao, the riders should take a descent that is not too wide. Due to the rain and wind, the organization subsequently decided not to take this risk.
So after the Alto de San Cosme, the peloton had to immediately drive towards the final climb, Monte Aloia. That is the same climb as the Alto de San Xiao, only now they rode to the top and the ride ends there.
The American all-rounder Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), who disappointed earlier this week and thus lost a good ranking in the general classification, lit the fuse early in the race. On the first climb of the day, the Alto Cruceiro do Monte, he went out for the first time with Javier Romo (Movistar) and Wilco Kelderman (Visma | Lease a Bike). However, that party did not take place, so Powless continued his efforts on his own.
Decision on final climb
A six-team with Eric Antonio Fagundez (Burgos BH), Asier Etxeberria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Joaquim Silva and Pedro Pinto (Efapel Cycling), Rafael Reis (Team Sabgal/Anicolor) and Walter Calzoni (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) was then reported the counterattack. A little later they also closed the gap and were allowed by the Visma | riders Lease a Bike takes about four minutes to drive away.
In the final the rain became even more frequent, which meant that match images and information were largely missing. In the run-up to the final climb, only Calzoni, Silva and Fagundez remained at the front, but Visma | Lease a Bike corrected the crooked situation. In the last three kilometers all the escapees were swallowed up and Vingegaard left himself on the attack. Lenny Martinez could no longer bridge the gap, but he didn’t do a bad job. After all, he took over the youth jersey from Cian Uijtdebroeks.
Silva, Fagundez
2024-02-25 13:36:00
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