Fiala and Slámová gained the race L’Etape Czech Republic by Tour de France

The principle star of the peloton, Contador, after beginning on the head of the race, set a extra relaxed tempo and stopped at two locations for followers alongside the route. “I used to be shocked that individuals have been cheering all alongside the route. They inspired the primary rivals on the entrance, but in addition the final ones on the finish of the peloton. Actually unimaginable. It wasn’t a straightforward race,” Contador said.

Fiala additionally loved his participation, and on the finish of the 130 km lengthy monitor, he gained in a dash of a bunch of 5. “It was superb to race in such an environment. And if I contemplate that Alberto Contador, the idol of my biking beginnings, inspired me in the course of the opening kilometers on the hill, I’ll dare one of many biggest experiences,” mentioned Fiala.

Amongst others, former elite bike owner Zdeněk Štybar, who accompanied his former private mechanic, took half within the race. Martina Sáblíková, the three-time Olympic champion in pace skating, who gained the primary two years, was additionally within the peloton. “I began from the tail of the peloton and solely rode the timed segments at full pace. And it was nice,” praised the third girl within the Lengthy Route standings on the finish.

For instance, former monitor bike owner Tomáš Bábek, bronze junior from the World Championships in cyclocross and silver from the World Championships in cross-country mountain biking, Kryštof Bažant, and biker Tereza Huříková additionally accomplished the center route.

The hilly traditional stage with a selection of three monitor lengths was the primary of this 12 months’s L’Etape Czech Republic by Tour de France races and attracted nearly three thousand contributors. In Prachatice on August 17, the 101-kilometer lengthy mountain stage with an elevation acquire exceeding 2,100 meters will probably be held.

Biking race L’Etape Czech Republic by Tour de France, 4th annual biking street race (130 km): Males: 1. Fiala (ČR) 3:25:242. Murárik (SR)3. Nežerka (ČR) each similar time Girls: 1. Slámová 3:43:002. Boháčová -14:033. Sáblíková (all Czech Republic) -14:54