Lutsenko defeated the rivals and the elements at the Circuit de Getxo-Memorial Hermanos Otxoa. The Kazakhstan champion and his team, Astana, had very clear ideas from the starting signal in the race that usually follows the Clásica de San Sebastián. He already entered an initial break and finished off by leaving in the final. When he left the watch of five other runners, coming off with tremendous power, he nearly threw his effort overboard. With 11 kilometers to go, he made a mistake at a junction: instead of taking a right turn, he went left. He followed where he was traveling in the first stage of the Tour a few weeks ago, as if erasing from his mind what he had done minutes before on the previous lap. He had the reflexes to grab a roundabout further on and get back on the right track. He lost ten very valuable seconds, but from there, to the finish line, no one could catch him. Ayuso delivers the txapela that he achieved in 2022. The Barcelonan had very bad luck, since he fell in the first section and ran out of options. He had to withdraw. evil fate pursues him, since five days ago he also had faith in the ground, in Ordizia.
The last lap of the seven scheduled in Getxo further undermined the legs of the peloton. Both that and the fifth house both ascents to Pike Bidea and that beats the legs a lot. There I take the reins Astana to sentence the Circuit. On the third round the little tree began to move. Verche and Bennett, Azparren, Ion Izagirre, Wandahl, Vlasov, Vasek, Raul García, Lutsenko and Fedorov started the march. Some knew that they have no equipment to control the group and went for a heroic adventure of their own. The escapees acquired more than half a minute over the group. A little later, with 70 km to go, the good break formed, with Skujins, Gallopin, Trentin, Prades, Velasco, Fedorov and Lutschenko. These last three, from Astana, which continued to be clear about where the career had to mature. From behind, Ion Izagirre and ken Pharma tried to recover the unity of the group, but they seemed powerless.
Trentin attacked and caused Astana to sacrifice Fedorov in the hunt. Then he began pulling ahead of the Italian champion, Velasco, for Lutsenko to finish on the second and final climb to Pike. Second was Gallopin, in his farewell to the Basque roads, almost half a minute away. Good performance by Prades, showing his face throughout the day. The Kazakh, all faith and perseverance, will not have the name of big stars, but he already has 36 individual victories. Until yesterday he did not decide if he would run this test that the txapela has awarded him. He scored the fourth stage of the Giro de Sicilia, which allowed him to finish first, and the two time trial and road championships in Kazakhstan. It is the fifth victory of this year. Getxo is gaining prestige in the international concert. Now it starts from the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. And he gets on the show, the one that García Cortina gave with a ‘horse’ to one hand à la Sagan when entering the finish line. New Times.
GETXO CIRCUIT CLASSIFICATION
1 LUTSENKO Alexey Astana Qazaqstan Team 4:19:11
2 GALLOPIN Tony Lidl – Trek 0:24
3 VELASCO Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:32
4 TRENTIN Matteo UAE Team Emirates 0:35
5 SKUJINŠ Toms Lidl – Trek 0:49
6 PRADES Eduard Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:56
7 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis 3:29
8 LEMMEN Bart Human Powered Health 3:37
9 ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates ,,
10 SERRANO Gonzalo Movistar Team ,,