The Biscayan Pello Bilbaosixth in the general classification of the Tour of the Basque Country 19 seconds behind the leader primoz roglicwarned at the goal of Zamudio of the “leg-breaker” day this Friday, with a finish on a hard slope where, according to the runner from Gernika, “differences can open up”.
“It touches a difficult stage, leg breaker, and also the rain can appear. At the end there is a slope where the race can reach with a selection of runners ahead. There may be differences,” said the stage winner last Wednesday in Amurrio.
In Zamudio luck was not on the side of Bilbaoat the moment of unleashing the sprint he was locked in the last corner and could not try his luck.
“We didn’t know what options I was going to have at the end of the stage. We thought the breakaway was going to come together, but the Jumbo Visma had to accelerate because dangerous men had gotten into the general classification. We found ourselves with another sprint, but I couldn’t contest because I was locked up in the last corner. At least the sensations have been good”, explained the Bahrain Victorious rider.
“COLBRELLI IS FINE”
Bilbao, who celebrated his victory in Amurrio with all the components of Bahrain, commented on the state of health of his Italian teammate Sonny Colbrelli, who had a cardiac arrest in the Volta a Catalunya. “Sonny is fine, calm down, with his family. There are some doubts about his future, but the important thing is that he is calm and if he can come back we will see, to see if it is so“, he concluded.