The Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana fought a difficult day, in the Tour de la Provence, after the first stage disputed between Istres and Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, of 151 kilometers, and which was won by Elia Viviani, while Filippo Ganna kept the lead.
The day was quiet, but when there were 80 kilometers to go, the crosswind appeared and that caused the large lot to break up.
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Quintana was attentive, as were Pierre Latour, Ríchard Carapaz and Julian Alaphilippe, who managed to get out of the funnel and be in the first batch saving the complicated day.
A lot of movement
It was Maciej Bodnar who played it before the finish line, because 6 km from the arrival he started from the leading lot and made the Ineos move. Carapaz worked hard and achieved the goal of supporting the climber.
Alaphilippe was the beneficiary of the day, Well, he got bonus seconds to climb in the general and stay close to the outposts.
Carapaz paid for the effort and stayed, so if he wants to fight for the title he will have to do his best on Sunday, when the stage ends on a high.
And if Nairo saved the day, he had an excellent behavior, the one who lost the options to fight for the title was his compatriot Iván Sosa, who defends the first place, who was harmed by those movements.
This Saturday the second part of the competition will take place, in which the mountain will appear.
It will be the section between Arles and Manosque, 180 kilometers long, with three mountain passes, two of the third category and one of the second category.
Classifications
Stage
1. Elia Viviani 3hrs 17mins 58s
2. Sep Vanmarcke mt
3. Julian Alaphilippe mt
4. Julian Lippe mt
5. Samuele Battistella mt
8. Pierre Latour mt
13. Nairo Quintana mt
21. Richard Carapaz at 16 s
44. Miguel Flórez at 9 min 44 s
64. Dayer Quintana mt
general
1. Filippo Ganna 3hrs 26mins 05s
2. Julian Alaphilippe at 4s
3.Pierre Latour 10s
4. Samuele Battistella at 12 s
12. Nairo Quintana at 28s
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