The Tour of Spain leaves very emotional surprises. Seven days ago, the Aragonese cyclist Pablo Castrilloof the Navarrese team Kern Pharmawon his first victory and also the first for the Navarre Ensemble.
A few days later, he succeeded again in a very difficult stage with an arrival at Valgrande-Pajares ski resort where Castrillo managed to “destroy” the big favorites. Today, the 26-year-old from Pamplona, Urko Berradewon his first stage victory thanks to an impeccable strategy from the Navarrese team. Since 2018, a Navarrese has not won a stage of La Vuelta after the victory of Óscar Rodríguez.
“At the moment I can’t believe it, it was a high-level leak, I don’t even know how I managed to solve it,” he said. Urko Berrade at the end of the stage. He Juanjo Oroz Ensemble managed to gather three riders in a large breakaway with cyclists like Vlassov or Cattaneo.
5.5 kilometers from the finish, Urko Berrade He managed to launch a solo attack, leaving behind Steven Kruijswijk (Visma-Lease a Bike) with whom he had started a kilometre earlier. “I saw a moment of impasse, we were coming out of a rapid decline and I made a bet,” he detailed.
Neither the Urko himself It was believed that on the descent before reaching the finish line he had managed to gain enough advantage to leave the chasing team behind, which was at a distance. just 10 seconds from Pamplona. So he arrived at Maeztu first winning his first stage victory in a grand tour. “It’s definitely a dream and we, the team members, don’t believe it. Plus, there’s my whole family who were just able to come on the first day because we were close to home.”
The manager of the Navarrese team, Juanjo Oroz, also achieved the third victory in The Tour of Spain. “The race strategy was perfect. On this lap they are doing very well, they are fighting a lot. Yesterday they started to pull the peloton like animals and that is what we have to deal with,” he detailed at the end of the race.
This Friday, a very tough stage is expected with 173 kilometers starting from Logroño and ends in the Top of Moncalvilloa first-class port with ramps that reach 16% gradient.
In the general classification, there were no significant movements despite the fact that Richard Carapaz tried to gain seconds on his rivals.
