Again an Italian cyclist keeps the gold in the European Road Championships held this year in Alkmaar (Holland). This time it was Elia Viviani , who effectively culminated her team's strategy and on arrival she was able to beat Yves Lampaert, who finally got the silver medal. Pascal Ackermann , another favorite, had to settle for third place .

Italy practically dominated from the beginning a race without Spaniards in the platoon , since the Spanish Cycling Federation chose not to send an elite team to this competition, and in which a small tribute to the recently deceased Bjorg was made at the start Lambrecht Despite this absence, other teams such as the Belgian, always competitive in one-day races, or the German, with Ackermann as head of the ranks, seemed on the role that candidates could dethrone the Italian team.

The start of the test, marked by the strong wind, selected the group from earlier than expected . A small group of 60 runners reached the decisive stage of the race and Italy gave a strategy lesson to the rest of the teams.

Matteo Trentin, defender of the title, sacrificed himself for his team and put a brutal rhythm that left only 13 cyclists in the lead, among which his companion Viviani was without energy. Without attacking, the Italian, Ackermann and Lampaert left alone 25 kilometers away . There were no problems of understanding and the three runners took a sufficient advantage to play the triumph between them.

The Belgian, aware of being the least explosive of the three, tried three kilometers away and managed to get the German off the hook, but his teammate in Deceunick grabbed his wheel and glared at Alkmaar's goal taking time to even lift comfortably arms before raising the title.

Important triumph for the future sprinter of Cofidis, who was already close to becoming a European champion in 2017 and had to settle for silver. He becomes the fourth winner of the test since he started performing in senior category in 2016 after Peter Sagan, Alexander Kristoff and Matteo Trentin.

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