Sixty kilometers from the finish, it became clear that Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain) would lose his leader’s jersey after missing the beat in the fans. The leading group rode hard towards the very tough climb with the top a few kilometers before the finish. Van Gils drove away from everyone there and built up a nice lead. Luka Mezgec won the sprint for second place in forty seconds. Danny van Poppel sprinted to fourth place in the day result.
For Lotto-Soudal it was already the second stage win, after Caleb Ewan won the first stage. Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange) was allowed to uncork the champagne on Thursday. The last stage will follow on Saturday, and Ewan and Groenewegen will probably be able to prepare for a sprint again.
Later on Friday there are also races with the Tour of Valencia (uphill finish) and the Star of Besseges.
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