2024-02-04 13:55:35
Valenciana (WAM)
American Brandon McNulty, a UAE Team rider, achieved an important victory in the fourth stage of the Volta Valenciana cycling race following shortening the race course, recording 4:08:28 hours. The champion was able to cross the finish line at the steep upper part of “Alto del Mazarate”, ahead of Santiago Buitrago from the “Bahrain Victorious” team, and Alexander Vlasov from the “Bura Hansgrohe” team.
McNelty’s start came at the right time over a distance of 2.2 km, and he surprised the competitors in the race, and used his strength and fitness to maintain the lead until the end of the race. McNelty said: “They announced to us over the radio regarding 40 kilometers before the end of the race that the course had been shortened, and we realize that this It comes to the cycling race, and we have to adapt to the new track. The team put me in the right place at the foot of the hill, and climbing it was very tiring. A lot may happen tomorrow, but we will make every effort to defend the yellow jersey.”
McNulty is the first American to lead in the Vuelta Valenciana race, with a margin of 8 seconds over Buitrago in the general classification, and the race enters its final stage today, starting from Bitera to Valencia, with a length of 93 km. Fin Fisher Black Drag (Team Emirates) also achieved the best result in the general classification. During the final stage of the “Tawaf Al-Ula” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, although he missed out on winning the overall race by a small margin, he ranked third, and the extra seconds pushed him to this position, trailing the winner Simon Yates from the “Jayco-AlUla” team by 3 seconds.
Black said: “It was a good feeling when I got up the hill, and the extra seconds gave me some confidence, and I thought I might make more progress in the last start, and Simon Yates was very fast, and as a result I set off and did everything I might on the road.” .
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