Lennard Kamna was the strongest of the day’s breakaway and won alone in the third stage of the Tour of the Alps disputed between Wool Y Villabassa with a route of 154.6 km, in which the Spaniard maintained the leadership Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious).
Kamna (Wedel, 25 years old), stage winner in the Tour de France, Dauphiné and Volta a Catalunya, achieved his fifth victory as a professional with an attack within the selected group 3 km from the finish line that allowed him to calmly raise his arms.
The German finished the stage with a time of 4:02.56, at an average of 38.4 km/hour, in a demanding day that was characterized by the success of the riders who formed the initial breakaway. Kamna He surpassed the Costa Rican from Ineos in 3 seconds Andrew Amador and in 4 to a group headed by the Spanish Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), who had an outstanding performance.
The men of the general, with Pello Bilbao securing the leader’s green jersey, they arrived at the finish line 57 seconds from Kamna. The 32-year-old from Gernikarra will defend the green jersey in the fourth stage with 6 seconds over the French Romain Bardet (DSM) and 12 compared to Hungarian Attila Valter (Groupama).
TOUR ALPS CLASSIFICATIONS 2022
A LEVEL LEAK
The escape was composed with 7 men near the first non-scoring ascent of Velturno, with red, Jonathan Lastra Y Unai Iribar among them.
The group overcame the first scoring difficulty together, the Terento (2a.6 km at 7.9 percent), with the peloton without reacting. the bahrain of Pello Bilbao Calm down, since the most dangerous in the breakaway was the Australian Hamilton (DSM) at 4.23 minutes.
Precisely hamilton he attacked by climbing the Fulkerpass/Passo Furcia (1a, 12.3 km at an average percentage of 6.1), with the summit 24 km from the finish line, but his breakaway companions did not approve of the idea. Behind, in the group of favourites, Sivakov tensed up, immediately neutralized by the leader’s men.
The getaway with Kamna, Amador, ballast, Pronskyi, Barta Y piccoli he recovered to 10 goal with a minute of advantage. no problem for Bilbaowho traveled quietly with Bardet, Landa, Porte and Sivakov. Victory was ahead and the green jersey on the backs of the Biscayan.
3 km from the finish line he attacked Lennard Kamnawhose wheel they try to follow Amador Y ballast, but successive changes of rhythm of the German allowed him to open a few meters of advantage. Enough to apply the law of the strongest in the end. He took the second victory of the season, after the stage he achieved in the Vuelta a Andalucía.