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Juanma Velasco
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The German Max Schachmann (31 years) is the first leader of the Itzulia After marking the best time in the CRI that opened the Basque race. It was not a good Monday for Enric more. Movistar gave more than a minute with respect to Joao Almeidawhich will be one of the Bazas of UAE and left time with most of the candidates to return home with the yellow. Pablo Castrillo (Movistar Team), The best Spanish, lost 22 seconds and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) He yielded 27.
Enric more, during the chrono.Movistar Team
The most stable leader with most cyclists already in the race or having finished it was Max Schachmann (Soudal), He waited at avant -garde for a long time. The throne did not whip Joao Almeida (UAE) For a handful of tenths of a second, but the Portuguese route was advanced for what his partner did later McNultywhich seemed destined for the jump but could not culminate after being from the first control below the winner. Lipowitz (Red Bull) He also made a very good career and only took a second more than Schachmann in completing the day.
The novelty of this first day of the Itzulia was not to open with a CRIbut in the manner that occurred. The exit occurred from the inside of the Buesa Arenapavilion where his basketball matches usually plays Baskonia. There a podium of impulse was built and the cyclists started the race watching by their side as some mannequins wore the jerseys that each stage will wear the best in the different classifications. The first images of each journey were taken by a drone that flown the court.
In a path of 16.5 kilometers on adjacent roadssince the goal was also in the Buesa although he settled abroad, he sent the record and decided to feel comfortable in Rodar. The first bullet threw it Championaertswhich made a first part of the brilliant stage. It seemed that his would be a great time, but so much impetus took its toll. The visa went out to compete in an afternoon that was a rest for others like Thibau Nys, winner of the last GP Miguel Indurain, who was bent by Fisher Black.
Classification of the first stage of Itzulia.
The ordering of the chrono should not have absolute influence on the stage on Tuesday, the first online, which will unite Pamplona and Lodosa (199.8 km). The layout is prone to constant firewood, in a stage without great unevenness but with several ups and downs. The favorites will not be lost sight of and those who will see the final positions of honor from afar will want to move to make a leak. “For us it is the race of the year. It will not be easy because we are in another category and the rivals are very complicated,” he said Iñaki IsasiPresident of the Euskadi Foundation and Visible head of Euskaltel.
