The queen stage of the Vuelta a San Juan had Colombian leadership. Four of the final top 5 were our beetles. Miguel Ángel López won, Italian Filippo Ganna was second, while Sergio Higuita, Egan Bernal and Einer Rubio finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Finished the fraction of 173.7 kilometers, Egan spoke about the satisfaction that this result left him and appreciated that the process of his recovery and set-up is going “very well”. His main objective in the 2023 season will be to fight hand in hand with the best in the world in the Tour de France.
“Happy, one always wants more, it is in the essence of the human being to want a little more and, when one sees the race so close, much more. ANDThis fourth place gives me motivation not to relax and knowing that the process is going very well”, Bernal told Goga Ruiz in the official broadcast of this race.
More reactions from Egan Bernal in San Juan
The triumph of Superman Lopez. “We expected it. It is seen that he is very well, he looks physically very well, he is very fine. It was a very important race for him, so we knew he was going to try, super happy for him, Team Medellín is very brave and brave”.
Second place from his teammate Filippo Ganna. “The truth is that yesterday he told us that he was motivated, that he wanted to do the general and we were surprised because before he had said that he wanted to work. But when a runner of tremendous class says that it is because he has legs. We plan it well and for him to show again that he is out of class ”.
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The sixth stage of the Vuelta a San Juan will be 144.9 kilometers long. A day with two third category mountain prizes and a special sprint. It is special for packers, perhaps Fernando Gaviria can repeat victory or leadership like last Wednesday.