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Jasper Philipsen

now retired

,

Arnaud Démare

disconnected from his mind for a long time

, all roads led to

Fabio Jakobsen's

third victory

in Villanueva de la Serena, perhaps the last that this Vuelta will award to pure sprinters. The Dutchman had been so superior after Philipsen's farewell that no one enters to dispute his regularity points at the flying goal located 13 kilometers from the finish line and the rest of the fast men in the peloton believe they are destined for certain death in the town that saw the birth of José Manuel Calderón.

The script was more than written and the Deceuninck fulfills its part in the final kilometers, in which it liquidates the relaxation with which the peloton has covered most of the 205 total and stretches the line so much that it breaks it, helped by the whips that cause the exits of the roundabouts. Jakobsen even lost the wheel, but that did not worry the Belgian team, with the ability to decelerate when necessary. But the Dutchman, honestly, concludes that the pace set by his teammates has been too high and that he will not be able to close the gap that has opened in front of him. Not at least to be able to conserve the necessary strength to sprint afterwards.

So, in a smart decision that honors him, he radioes so that his teammates can move on without him. "I think it has punctured", gave

Florian Sénécha

l at the finish line. "I tried to close the gap and I couldn't. I didn't have the legs to sprint, so I told Florian to do it," acknowledged, however, the double stage winner in this Vuelta. In the absence of a kilometer and a half to go, in short, everything jumps into the air. Suddenly, Jakobsen begins to lose positions and the Alpecin who followed him, knowing that it was the good wheel, take a long time to release their wheel and before them they observe a gap that they assume that they will not be able to close to fight for the victory with

Sacha Modolo .

A leading quartet is formed made up of three Deceuninck (

Zdenek Stybar, Bert Van Lerberghe and Florian Senechal

) without a pure sprinter to launch, accompanied by a

Matteo Trentin

who has been the most skilled at catching the wheel of the enemy 'train' and smells blood, a chance of victory more than real. It happens that the Belgian team always has a plan by without Jakobsen they grant their highest hierarchy to Senechal, who goes from pitcher to finisher in seconds, and successfully completes the great work of his squad, leaving Trentin with a span of noses, unable to claim victory for two seasons.

And so, with a great surprise, a transition stage culminated, sandwiched between three previous days of a lot of tension and speed, and the two mountain stages that await the weekend.

This Friday, the escape was formed with three runners (

Maté, Rubio and Cuadros

) and was kept alive and controlled for 170 kilometers.

In the absence of 58 to go there was a timid attempt to form fans that did not go to major.

A new day in which

Eiking

managed to save his red jersey smoothly.

As of Saturday it will be more complicated.

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