What the Colombian did Daniel Martínez (Bora) in the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 40-kilometer time trial between Foligno and Perugia, It is something to frame, it is one of those feats that is difficult to forget, since eighth place gave him the opportunity to climb to second place overall and be 2 minutes and 36 seconds behind the winner of the day and leader, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates).
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It is one of those memorable days, because although Daniel Martínez is the current national time trial champion, he loses face to face with the excellent specialists, and by a lot. This time it was not like that.
Pogacar gave another blow; He waited, yes, but Martínez’s thing is in capital letters, because in the first timing point he passed with 22 minutes and 29 seconds, defending third place overall, where he started the day.
In the second he did the same, he passed with a figure of 40 minutes 47 seconds, but the decisive part was missing, the final ascent, a steep slope in which he could lose all those savings.
On the contrary, Martínez, 28 years old, like the majority of riders, took a gamble, he did not change his bicycle, he continued with the machine for the time trial and above he set the second best mark of the climb: 12 in 46 s, only surpassed by Pogacarwhich clocked 12 min 14 s: sensational!
Thomas was one of the disappointments. It was believed that he was going to be above Daniel Martínez, not close to Pogacar, but defending his position, and that was not the case, so much so that he is already third overall.
The Colombian was 2 min 36 s behind the pink jersey and surpasses Thomas overall by 10 seconds, by 1 min 03 s Ben O’Connor, who settled, and leads Plapp by 1 min 12 s.
Einer Rubio could have been higher. He lost 5 min 16 s to the leader and dropped to 12th overall. Thomas is 2 minutes 30 away from the third place on the podium, and from the tenth place he occupies Lorenzo Fortunato It’s only 30s away.
Finishing the Giro in the top 10 is ideal for him. This is good news for Colombia, but there are still two weeks left in the race and something happens every day in the Giro.
This Saturday, first category high finish, after 152 km, in which the general classification will move more. Martínez, from now on, has the mission of keeping his rivals away from him in the fight for the podium.
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