Alaphilippe crowned world champion after Pogacar suicide attack

warned

that the World Cup in Imola, due to its proximity to the Tour de France, was like the Classic San Sebastián, in which a participant in the French round almost always won;

that almost always, because last year

put together the cue.

This Sunday, the one who jumped the bench in Imola was

, with an attack 17 kilometers from the goal.

The Frenchman responded to the phenomenal work of his team, which toughened up the test in the absence of 100 kilometers and was able to withstand an unexpected offensive from

.

The rest of the medals were distributed by two representatives of the new generation of cycling: the Belgian

and the Swiss

.

The best Spaniard, once again,

, who finished eighth.

[Narration and classifications]

A vibrant race culminated by France and that from the beginning was controlled by Switzerland, Italy, France and Denmark, some teams that allowed opponents to do in the first part of the test with no options for victory, Mexico put

in the initial break

, Japan to

, Romania to

, Norway to

.

The most dangerous was the German

.

A small group that added up to a seven-minute lead, but with 100 kilometers to go, their income began to drop.

With all the members of the Spanish team in the race, with

as Valverde's bodyguard, and

, very attentive to cuts.

With a route of 258.2 kilometers, encompassed in a 28.8-kilometer circuit, starting and finishing at the

e

automobile circuit

in Imola, which includes two ascents: Mazzolano and Gallisterna, with three kilometers of each one of them length, and with nearly 5,000 meters of accumulated altitude, the championship ventured hard and it was.

France assumed command with 60 kilometers to go.

Director Thomas Voeckler ordered a battle call and the platoon, led by

, took off with a very long whip.

In that scuffle, Pogacar suffered a mechanical breakdown and spent extra energy to bond with the group.

and

, struggling, were riding at the rear of the group.

On the penultimate climb to Gallisterna, with 41 kilometers to go, Pogacar surprised with an attack as wonderful as it was suicidal.

Belgium and

Italy

came out on the backlash.

11 seconds clear at the top.

The audacity of the winner of the Tour dislodges the well-off to the foreseeable, with him nothing is utopian.

Risk as a blessed routine.

The rush of the new cycling prodigy served to select the group of favorites, with only about 40 units.

25 seconds in the penultimate passage through the goal.

One against all in an agonizing chase for the Slovenian phenomenon.

The boy was hunted by Dumoulin on the last climb to Mazzolano.

The destruction caused by the last owner of the Tour left the group like a hornet's nest, without a dominating team, with individual attacks, with Landa,

, Nibali and Van Aert as the most restless.

In that lack of control, Alaphilippe was the smartest.

He pressed 200 meters from the coronation of Gallisterna and took down Hirschi, Fuglsang, Van Aert, Roglic and Kwiatkowski.

On the descent, the Frenchman increased his lead to 14 seconds to win the finish line of Enzo and Dino Ferrari.

From behind, the pursuers threw in the towel and only worried about the conquest of silver and bronze.

Van Aert set his speed point ahead of Hirschi.

Fourth place went to Kwiatkowski, fifth to Fuglsang and sixth to Roglic.

After them, a small group arrived with Valverde, eighth.

The Spaniard is still not clear on it, but today's could have been his last World Cup.

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