2023-05-13 15:06:41
Ben Healy had impressed on the Flandrian classics and achieved another spectacular ride of more than 50km alone to win the 8th stage. The Irishman was ahead of his breakaway companions by more than two minutes. But the lesson of the day is the acceleration of Roglic who recovered fifteen seconds at Evenepoel.
After the status quo of the day before, the leaders of the general have a slightly different playing field to try to launch the first hostilities with a small bump of 3km whose summit is placed 6km from the finish.
And the fight rages to take the breakaway. A group of regarding thirty with Evenepoel, Almeida et Leknessund takes a little lead on a peloton with Roglic, trapped but things quickly return to normal.
Five men take the lead and are then joined by a second group and a few riders who drop in to form a group of 13 who collaborate well and see the difference.cart stabilize around 5 minutes.
In the first ascent of I Cappuccini, Healy places a big acceleration and tries a big number by starting alone at 50km from the finish. Behind, a group of 5 forms in pursuit. In the peloton, the INEOS put a big tempo but do not place an attack.
The gap in favor of Healy rose to almost two minutes following passing the Monte delle Cesane and the Irishman did not weaken. He still counts two minutes when embarking on the second ascent of I Cappuccini, the summit of which is 6km from the finish.
Children accelerates in the last bump and Gee follows a few tens of meters but the two men are far from Healy who is heading for victory. The Bora-Hansgrohe team puts a big tempo in I Cappuccini and Stone speed up before Roglic take over and make a very big climb. Geoghegan Hart et Thomas stick on the Slovenian by depositing Evenepoel who gets stuck.
Ben Healy wins solo following a phenomenal 50km solo race. In a three-way sprint, Gee takes second place ahead of Zana, Barguil finishes fourth. Roglic continues to push hard with Geoghegan Hart and Thomas in his wheel.
The trio arrives more than 4 minutes 30 from the winner but takes around fifteen seconds from an Evenepoel who has shown his first signs of weakness.
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