The Vallea arrow This Wednesday was called to be another face to face between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, but already on Saturday at the past Amstel Gold race leaked among them a Mattias Skjelmose that snatched the victory. Therefore, the Danish was another of the very guarded men on the road to the final ascent to the Huy wall.
However, this time he has not accompanied the race to the Danish corridor of Lidl-Trek. On a disappeared and rainy day on the tour between Ciney and Huy, Skjelmose has been one of the runners involved in a fall that has affected several cyclists to 41 kilometers of finish.
The Danish has brought a curve with the wet road and He has gone to the ground In a lance that has also affected his companions Patrick Konrad and Julien Bernard, the Belgian Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) and the Pogacar partner in the UAE Jan Christen. A few meters away, in a different set, the Belgian Cériel Discourage (Wagner Bazin) also went to the ground.
Skjelmoe took a few seconds to stand up, visibly hurt in one of the arms. Accompanied by his companions of the Lidl-Trek, he managed to move forward in the race, although the blow and his situation in the platoon made it difficult to enter the fight for victory. Therefore, minutes later, Lidl-Trek announced the withdrawal of its leaderwho after his victory at the Amstel on Saturday could not fight to move forward with another victory in the Triptico de las Ardenas.
