J.uan Pedro López Spanish team cyclist Lidl-Trek achieved his first victory in a stage race by winning the general classification of the Alps Tourwhich ended with the fifth stage, of 118.6 kilometers with start and finish in the Italian town of Levico Terme and in which the Frenchman won Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon-AG2R), while Ivan Sosa (Movistar) was the best Colombian.
No surprise
“Paret-Peintre won the closing stage by beating Tiberi and his brother and teammate Valentin in the final effort. The winner was the strongest at the arrival of the leading group made up of fifteen runners, among whom was Juanpe López himself,” said the EFE agency.
And he added: “The final stage had a route of 118.6 kilometers with two first-class ports: the Palu del Fersina and the Valico di Tenna, whose summit was 25 kilometers from the finish. The first to attack in the final part was the Dutchman Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious), but he could only open an ephemeral gap of 30 seconds over the group of fourteen that had already separated from the peloton.”
López, 26 years old and born in Lebrija (Seville), He achieved his first professional victory in a stage race.
Sosa finished two minutes and 55 seconds behind the champion, while Esteban Chaves It was 16 to 12 min 08 s Sergio Higuita, 18 to 13 min 17 sec.
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