Démare's triplet in a stage with fans

Arnaud Demare

(Groupama FDJ), champion of

, still untreatable dynamic sprinting and another exhibition achieved a hat -

trick in the Giro 2020 in the seventh stage, disputed between

, of

, in which the Portuguese

(Deceuninck Quick Step) kept the pink jersey.

Démare feels powerful, in an impressive state of form that has allowed him to establish himself as sprint emperor.

The 29-year-old de Beauvais does not give up.

In Brindisi he again pulverized his rivals, among them the Slovak

(Bora) and the Australian

(Sunweb), again relegated.

An expected outcome within a stage that closed at a high speed of 51.2 km / h and with a slight change in the general.

Almeida continues his pink dream, but now followed by the Dutch

(Sunweb), who took advantage of a last minute cut to move the Spanish

(Bahrain) to third place, 49 seconds away.

EXPLOSIVE START WITH FANS

There are those who do not even wait for the flag to be lowered to attack.

This time it was the case of four men who shot out of the magical Matera, a World Heritage marvel.

The peloton let

(Lotto Soudal), Cerny (CCC), Frapporti (Vini Zabù) and Pellaud (Androni) leave.

Wind was expected, and it appeared immediately to put pepper to the day.

In the first open area the lurching began, the fans produced nerves, tension and cuts in the peloton.

The

.

An ax blow that left a group of 30 men in pursuit of the quartet.

In a second sector,

fell into the trap

.

An explosive start that gave excitement to a transition day designed for another sprint, one of those called "transition".

The fans ruined the getaway.

The expedition could not open the way before the revolution that had been formed behind, and the four passed to the discipline of a train that arrived thrown.

After the initial scare, at 96 of the finish line the Bilbao group joined the leader.

Only Simon Yates was off the hook at 1 minute.

AFTER THE TEMPEST, NEW NORMALITY ... AND FALL

After 60 electric kilometers calm returned.

The favorites stopped beating each other for a moment, and the initial adventurers charged again.

Pellaud and Frapporti, who already tried it from the beginning, put asphalt through, but always within reach of the interests of the sprinter teams.

Scare day.

At 45 km from the finish a

.

A chaotic scene among a mass spread panic, although there were no serious injuries to regret.

The race was launched in search of the goal of Brindisi, a town on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, capital of the Puglia region.

DÉMARE UNTRATABLE ACHIEVES DOUBLE

There were nerves until the finish line.

The wind was blowing from the side and everyone wanted to go ahead, at least until the "volata" was consolidated and the sprinters entered the scene to manage the stage victory.

They were filming near Brindisi on a wide highway painted across its width with the colors of jerseys.

Groupama appeared for Démare's triplet, Bora for Sagan's desired victory, and Deceuninck in order to guard the back of Almeida, young but developed in the defense of the pink jersey.

Groupama launched Démare superbly

, nullifying the attempts of other teams, such as the UAE, which was also looking for gold for the Colombian Gaviria.

The Frenchman grabbed

wheel,

, and when he saw fit he accelerated to teach another lesson.

Unstoppable.

Third win and thirteenth of the season.

It is your year.

This Saturday the eighth stage will be held, between

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