The Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal was responsible for the result of the queen stage of the Return to Romandy, which took place between Saillon and Leysin, of 151 kilometers, won by Richard Carapaz and Carlos Rodríguez He is the new leader.
A machine
And later it was Carapaz and Vlasov, who went ahead in search of partial victory and climb in the general classification, while Ayuso succumbed, could not keep up with the pace that Ineos imposed and in the end lost the lead.
Bernal placed tenth in a general classification that changed after the high mountain day.
There is no doubt that the end of the day was very exciting, not only because of the hand that Egan Bernal gave to Rodríguez, but because of Carapaz’s great shot, which won a victory that the EF team needed.
The general was very short. There are very few differences between the first classified. Between the first, Rodríguez, and the fifth, Ayuso, there are only 27 seconds, which indicates that the last fraction will be sensational and very attractive.
The race ends this Sunday with a key day, starting and finishing in Vernier, after 150 kilometers.
Classifications
Stage
1. Richard Carapaz 4 h 06 min 03 sec
2. Florian Lipowitz mt
3. Carlos Rodríguez at 10 seconds
4. Enric Mas at 14 s
5. Aleksandr Vlasov mt
6. Egan Bernal at 27 s
7. Ilan van Wilder at 31s
17. Iván Sosa at 1 min 32 s
General
1. Carlos Rodríguez 12 h 22 min 46 sec
2. Aleksandr Vlasov at 7 seconds
3. Florian Lipowitz at 9s
4. Ilan van Wilder at 21s
5. Juan Ayuso at 27 seconds
6. Enric Mas at 38 s
7. Richard Carapaz at 49 seconds
8. Lenny Martínez at 52 seconds
9. Tao Geoghegan at 1 min 02 sec
10. Egan Bernal at 1 min 23 s
26. Iván Sosa at 4 min 26 s
