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Edward Planckaert wins the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos | Radio Castilla | Present

The Belgian corridor of the Alpecin – Fenix, Edward Planckaert was imposed on Gonzalo Serrano from Movistar in the Alto de El Castillo and is placed as the first leader of the Return to Burgos thus achieving his first victory as a professional. The corridor of the Movistar he was finally second after the decision of the technical jury that decided not to sanction the Madrid runner for a touch with the Belgian at the finish line but he will have a financial sanction, while the third was the runner of the Eolo Kometa Vincenzo Albanese. 20 kilometers from the end of the stage there was a fall in which several riders were affected, including Egan Bernal y Adam Yates It caused cuts before the first climb to the castle that conditioned the final stage of the race. A leak formed a few kilometers into the race with six runners: Mario Aparicio from Burgos BH, Florian Maitre from Totalenergies, Sergio Martín Galán from Caja Rural, Joan Bou from Euskaltel and the riders from Eolo Kometa Márton Dina and Sergio García González that came to have an advantage of more than 6 minutes although the work of the peloton made the advantage disappear before the peloton split into two parts. The strong pace imposed by the peloton caused the escapees to be absorbed near the town of Castrillo de Murcia and a new group of escapees of 10 runners was formed. Jonathan Narváez from Ineos He headed that group in which his partner was also Pavel Sivakov, Johan Jacobs (Movistar), Rodrigo Contreras (Astana), Daniel Oss (Bora), Alexys Brunel (FDJ), Sep Vanmarcke (Israel), Matteo Trentin (UAE Emirates), Tobias Bayer (Alpecin) and Sergio García González ( Eolo Kometa). The chasing group with Mikel Landa y Egan Bernal It was 40 seconds away while the main platoon exceeded one minute forty seconds. At the entrance to Burgos, the platoon gathered again before facing the climb to the top of the Castle where Gonzalo Serrano from Movistar attacked first but the cyclist of the Alpecin, Planckaert glued to the fence he managed to prevail in the final meters and placed himself as the first leader of the lap.

STAGE AND GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1º PLANCKAERT, Edward (AFC) 3:34:42

2º SERRANO, Gonzalo (MOV) m.t.

3rd ALBANESE, Vicenzo (EOK) at 1 “

4º BUITRAGO, Santiago (TBV) to 1 “

5º BARDET, Romain (DSM) a 3″

6º STANNARD, Robert (BEX) a 9″

7º FLOREZ, Miguel Eduardo (ARK) a 9″

8º BOL, Jetse (BBH) a 9 “

9º LANDA, Mikel (TBV) a 9 “

10º LEDANOIS, Kevin (ARK) a 9″. EFE1011865vfr

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