Valverde, frustrated after 160 kilometers of escape, in a stage in which Landa took out his claws

In the Valico di Santa Cristina, after crowning the terrible Mortirolo,

showed himself to be human.

pájara

deprived him of his third Giro, in 1994, the confirmation of

and

.

History of old people for old runners, like that admirable

, who this Tuesday fought with courage, but without a prize, for the victory of a stage in which he was escaped for 160 kilometers.

At 42 years old, he monopolized the spotlight of a high mountain day (5,000 meters of difference in altitude) in which

was aggressive and, once again, bordered on misfortune.

Landism

.

The Basque and his partner

They brushed against each other shortly after reaching the last pass and he had to set foot on land.

Just a scare.

The victory went to the Czech

, a Czech climber who opens his record in a big one.

Carapaz continues to lead.

A very tactical day, of markings and wear.

Carapaz, Landa and

allied themselves to drop

because the Portuguese is the one who could offer the best performance in the Verona closing time trial.

The trio's offense achieved an advantage of 13 seconds, an advantage that now seems scarce, but the accounts must be done when all the chapters of this unfinished work are finished.

The teams of the favorites let the stage chasers do it.

A group of 20 left before the first climb: Goletto di Cadino.

Before facing the Mortirolo on its softer slope, the escapees were reduced by half, with Valverde,

,

,

, Hirt,

.

They climbed the Mortirolo at a high pace with a five-minute lead on the leader's pack, with

taking responsibility for the hunt.

A bit of air for the Ineos de Carapaz.

After crowning, he jumped the Messina Shark with that skill so characteristic for descent.

He learned to draw curves like no one else on the slopes of Etna.

When he was a child he scared his father by throwing himself into an open grave down the volcano roads.

He did so this Tuesday, but his attack was answered by Landa, Carapaz and the rest of the members of the group of favorites, about twenty runners, among whom were

,

, Bilbao, Almeida, Hindley,

,

,

and

.

Ahead, Kamma, Arensman Hirt abandoned Valverde, who was left alone on the Valico de Santa Cristina climb, where Landa ordered

, Poels (who dropped from the group of escapees) and Bilbao to set a strong pace to cut the group.

Attrition removal.

Carapaz and Hindley were comfortable with the departure of Bahrain.

More uncomfortable was Almeida, who ascended the last kilometers of the port 50 meters behind the Spanish, Ecuadorian and Australian.

The Portuguese climbed with difficulty, but without losing his head.

He knew that this was not his field, that he had to manage his energies intelligently and that is what he did, losing only 13 seconds.

The Portuguese endured with effort, like the Czech Hirt, who adorned his curriculum with a triumph incomparable with those achieved by himself previously, with partial victories in the rounds of the Czech Republic, Oman, Austria and Azerbaijan.

This Wednesday, a new appointment with the high mountains, with three ports and a final in Lavarone.

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