• Classifications: so is the general

José's tears of grief were the food of Jesus , who in Ares del Maestrat won for him and his brother, the victim in which no one noticed the beautiful story that Angel Madrazo had starred the previous day. The youngest of the Herrada claimed family revenge at the stage he had underlined in red before even La Vuelta began. The icing on which he is being, at the age of 29, the best season of his sports career, in which he already has six victories, more than any other Spanish rider, only below 10 cyclists worldwide in the calendar of first level.

"This is especially for him," proclaimed the leader of Cofidis, who also cried in goal, but this time he did it with joy. He had the gasoline that José lacked to complete a long task with 10 other companions, who surrendered to the power of the minor of the Herrada. Although for one of them there was also a prize, because the squad's laziness allowed Dylan Teuns to ascend to the first place of the general. David de la Cruz was also in that fight for the red jersey, but he lacked strength in the final stretch to retain his 11 seconds lead with the Belgian from Bahrain-Merida, second in goal.

Almost six minutes later a platoon reached the finish line that took the day with philosophy. Or reluctantly, as you look. For the second day in a row, the escape reached the goal with the consent of the large group, in which no one wants to burn their gregarious nor spill a gram of extra effort. Astana assumed the job with more posture than will, because deep down he did not care that Miguel Ángel López remained the leader. Moreover, losing the red jersey at this point is almost a luck, because nobody is going to claim the Kazakh team that works at the head of the squad.

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Only the young Tadej Pogacar moved the tree among the best, with a two-kilometer attack in the third port that finished off an affordable stage although run at a dizzying pace that earned him little, just two seconds on the favorites for the general . A group that is no longer Rigoberto Urán , forced to leave after being affected by a massive fall to 90 kilometers of goal that could not be seen on television. Nor did the stage end, for the same reason, former leader Nicolas Roche, Hugh Carthy and Victor of the Party .

Yes they did, although in pain, Sergio Higuita and Davide Formolo , who reached the finish line in 18 minutes and might not leave on Friday. It also fell, although later and as part of the escape, Teejay Van Garderen , finishing off a gloomy day for Education First, with two dropouts (Uran and Carthy) and two others fallen (Higuita and the American). One of the strongest teams in this Tour is completely shattered the day before the first big 'goat slope' of this edition: Mas de la Costa, 4 kilometers at 12% on average with ramps up to 22.5% and final meters at 17.5%. Valverde land.

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