The Dutchman Ide Schelling, from Bora, won the second stage of Itzulia. This is the second conquest of his career, the first World Tour. After a series of curves, he crossed the Leitza finish line in first place. However, there were several riders who complained about the dangerousness of the finish, including the winner of the day: “It’s incredible that the UCI can put a finish like this. It was very likely that there would be falls on the way down. fortunately this has not been the case. In the final kilometer I saw that there was a gap and I tried to pass, because it was important to enter well positioned. In the end I got a victory in a World Tour race”.
After reaching Arkiskil, the favorites took risks to take the lead in the decisive section of the stage. It was perfect for there to be problems. All the teams knew that the end of the port was not too hard and That made a lot of teams very confident and that has made it especially dangerous,” added Schelling. Alex Aranburu, fourth and who launched himself on the descent, had a similar opinion to that of the Dutchman at the finish line: “In the end it was a very complicated, dangerous arrival; it wasn’t really sprinting, but the first one to enter the roundabout with 300 meters to go practically won.
