At his seasonal debut in the Vuelta Valenciana, the Flemish of the Quick Step attacks at 4.7 km from the finish on the climb and makes a void: “My doubts are gone”. Late Nibali. In France, Bettiol (fourth) and Ganna (seventh)
Remco Evenepoel show in the first stage of the Vuelta Valenciana. The Flemish of Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl, who has just turned 22, leaves at 4.7 km on the uphill finish of Torralba del Pinar (4.6 km at 6.9%), makes a void, rejects Valverde’s response and hits the first victory of Patrick Lefevere’s team, on the same day that Andrea Bagioli is second in the Saudi Tour. Behind Evenepoel, at 16 “Vlasov (Bora), at 31” Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos), at 32 ”Mas, Sanchez, Tolhoek, Valverde and Fuglsang; at 42 “Mohoric; Ciccone at 1’24 “. Vincenzo Nibali is late, also making his debut in 2022 with the Astana shirt. Evenepoel’s first words: “It’s the perfect way to start the season. I am very happy because I have returned to an excellent level. I had started 2021 with so many doubts, but now they have disappeared. I pushed a lot in training and this paid off ”.
In France, in the first stage of the Etoile de Besseges, victory of the Danish Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), the 2021 champion of Harrogate ahead of Trentin. At the Bellegarde finish line, Pedersen, 26, anticipated Hofstetter, Boasson Hagen and Alberto Bettiol, convincingly.
Seventh Pippo Ganna, who was thrilling on the stretches of the French route. After all, here he had won his first victory of the season in 2021 with a strong action in the final and here he opened 2022: the Ecuadorian Carapaz also did well.
February 2 – 6:12 pm
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