Cycling. Van Aert, Van der Poel and the phenomenon of the miracles that were born from the mud
In the 'Classicissima' you only have one bullet.
Speed, pulse and aim are essential.
Those were the arguments of the Belgian
Jasper Stuyven
to win the Milan-San Remo, the first Monument of the season, and ruin the three-way duel of
Van Aer
,
Julian Alaphilippe
and
Van der Poel
.
Especially bitterness for the Dutchman, who was trying to honor the memory of his grandfather,
Raymond Poulidor
, winner of the race 60 years ago.
Stuyven, a 28-year-old wheeler on the Trek-Segafredo team, managed to keep his nerves taut in an agonizing finish.
He escaped on the descent from Poggio, already in the vicinity at the installed goal of the Via Roma, and took advantage of the marking of the three tenors to complete his feat.
The French and Belgian exhausted their shots on the climb to Poggio and the Dutchman did not even have time to draw.
More active was the Australian
Caleb Ewan
, who endured all the arreones guarded in the wake of Van Aert, and finished second.
The reappearance of
Peter Sagan
(fifth) and the confirmation of Alex Aranburu (seventh) were some relevant notes of a test in which the physical wear was great.
The struggle between the dominating trio at the beginning of the season and the drive of the British
Tom Picock
(Ineos), another formed in the cyclo-
cross
, encouraged a very tough day, and the Milan-San Remo is not the most tremendous classic, but it is which causes greater wear by slow erosion.
Its endless mileage,
about 300 kilometers
, punishes without remedy.
An exam for tough guys like Stuyven, who inherits the throne from his compatriot Van Aert and joins the fight with the brightest in this classic campaign.
Spring presents exciting challenges.
Stuyven adorns a record that includes triumphs, among other events, in the classic Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (in 2016) and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2020) and a stage in the Vuelta a España (2015).
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