History Arroyo, Chava Jiménez, Sastre and the incredible and inexhaustible school of El Barraco
Rafal Majka
wins at the doors of the house of
Jose María
'
Chava' Jiménez
, in front of the monument where the memory of the most brilliant, unpredictable and media runner of the last decades of Spanish cycling is honored. The Pole imposed his strength in a splendid stage ending in El Barraco, the small town of Avila, the cradle of huge runners, such as
Ángel Arroyo
or
Carlos Sastre
, and the seat of a fertile school, where
Paco Mancebo
,
Pablo Lastras
,
Diego Rubio
, began.
Curro García
,
Nacho Pérez
or
Francisco San Román
.
A place of tough guys, grown up next to the granite and flint of mountains that print character.
Majka is also a stony runner, one of those who enjoy ascents, on ramps that squeeze the most and take your breath away.
Pedro Bernardo, Mijares and San Juan de la Nava are ports where the scree and pine trees hide traps that punish the spirit.
Comanche territory, where
Bernard Hinault
signed a memorable page in the 1983 Vuelta. Ávila, for the brave.
The UAE Pole attacked from afar to sign one of the most brilliant escapades of this Vuelta. After getting into the good
break
, he left with
Fabio Aru
to get rid of the Italian before the top of Pedro Bernardo. Ahead, more than 80 kilometers through an area without rest. Horseback riding to reach the finish line next to the home where José María Jiménez lived, close to the painting workshop owned by his brother
Juan Carlos
, the residence of Carlos Sastre and the Sports City that bears the name of the winner of the Tour. A few meters from a house owned by Ángel Arroyo, who witnessed the end of the stage in a privileged place after receiving an invitation from Unipublic.
The Provincial Council of Ávila paid tribute to
Víctor Sastre
, founder of the El Barraco cycling school, who followed the race very aware of the duel between Roglic and Enric Mas. The main candidates for the top of the podium in Santiago de Compostela left the initiative to their gregarious
Kruijswijk
and
Verona
to appear in the first places of the group of favorites with 10 kilometers left, when the group of the best had a disadvantage of 6.30 minutes with the Polish. The smell of broom burned by the gigantic fire of a couple of weeks ago in the mountains of Avila still lingered in the air.
In the rough terrain of Navaluenga and Burgohondo, the Wanty, the team of leader
Odd Christian Eikingn
, assumed command.
David de la Cruz
,
Cepeda
and
Yates
fought to open a gap.
Rush with minimal consequences in the general, but at least, the Briton subtracted 15 seconds from the leader and Roglic and Mas.
A fight outside of Rafal Majka, who crossed the finish line excitedly at the home of Chava Jiménez.
A winning climber in climbers' land.
Four years later, the Pole added another victory in the Vuelta.
In the Tour it has three.
A good record.
A victory in tribute to his father, recently deceased.
This Monday, the second and last day of rest, before facing the decisive week of the round.
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