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EFE · Road Competition · 09/10/2020
Arnaud Dmare (Groupama-FDJ), French champion, continues in intractable dynamics to the sprint and with another exhibition he achieved a triplet in the 2020 Giro d’Italia in the seventh stage, disputed between Matera and Brindisi, of 143 kilometers, in which the portugus Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step) kept the pink jersey.
Dmare feels powerful, in an impressive 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, including the Slovak Peter Sagan (Bora) and the Australian Michael Matthews (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 Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb), who took advantage of a last minute cut to move Spain’s Pello Bilbao (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 platoon let go of De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Cerny (CCC), Frapporti (Vini Zab) and Pellaud (Androni).
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 squad. The Deceuninck de Almeida and the Jumbo de Kruijswijk caused a good lo. An ax blow that left before a group of 30 men in pursuit of the quartet.
In a second sector, Pello Bilbao, Fuglsang, Majka and Yates fell into the trap. An explosive start that put emotion into a transition day designed for another sprint, one of those so-called “transition”.
The fans ruined the getaway. The expedition could not open the way before the revolution that had formed behind, and the four went to the discipline of a train that was thrown. After the initial scare, at 96 goal the Bilbao group joined the leader. Only Simon Yates was off the hook at 1 minute.
AFTER THE TEMPEST, NEW NORMALITY … AND EVERY
After 60 electrical 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.
It gives of frights. At 45 km from the finish line, a massive each broke the group into several parts. A chaotic scene amidst a mess 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.
DMARE INTRATABLE 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 colorful jersey.
Groupama appeared for the triplet of Dmare, Bora for the desired victory of Sagan, and Deceuninck in order to guard the back of Almeida, young but developed in the defense of the pink jersey.
Groupama launched Dmare superbly, nullifying the attempts of other teams, such as UAE, which was also looking for gold for the Colombian Gaviria. The Frenchman grabbed the wheel of Sagan who has not won since the 2019 Tour, and when he saw fit to accelerate to teach another lesson. Unstoppable. Third win and thirteenth of the season. It is his year.
This Saturday the eighth stage will be held, between Giovinazzo and Vieste, of 200 kilometers.
Classifications [Clasificaciones completas]
Stage classification:
1. Arnaud Dmare (FRA / Groupama-FDJ) – 2:47:28
2. Peter Sagan (SVK / Bora-Hansgrohe) – mt
3. Michael Matthews (AUS / Sunweb) – mt
4. Ben Swift (GBR / Ineos) – mt
5. lvaro Jos Hodeg (COL / Deceuninck-Quick Step) – mt
6. Rudy Barbier (FRA / Israel Start-Up Nation) – mt
7. Davide Ballerini (ITA / Deceuninck-Quick Step) – mt
8. Enrico Battaglin (ITA / Bahrain-McLaren) – mt
9. Filippo Fiorelli (ITA / Bardiani-CSF-Faizan) – mt
10. Elia Viviani (ITA / Cofidis) – mt
General classification:
1. Joo Almeida (POR / Deceuninck-Quick Step) – 24:48:29
2. Wilco Kelderman (NED / Sunweb) at 0:48
3. PELLO BILBAO (ESP / Bahrein-McLaren) at 0:49
4. Harm Vanhoucke (BEL / Lotto-Soudal) at 1:05
5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA / Trek-Segafredo) at 1:07
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA / NTT) at 1:11
7. Steven Kruijswijk (NED / Jumbo-Visma) at 1:21
8. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN / Astana) at 1:25
9. Rafal Majka (POL / Bora-Hansgrohe) at 1:32 AM
10. Patrick Konrad (AUT / Bora-Hansgrohe) at 1:32 AM
Next stage, 8: Giovinazzo – Vieste / 200 Km.
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