Cyclist Josef Černý in the archive picture
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The 27-year-old Černý thus achieved the greatest success in his new position, where he transferred from the CCC team after last season. If he won, he would have won his second WorldTour career after October’s success at the Giro d’Italia.
Černý and Honoré were members of an originally six-member group, which formed about 15 km after the start, and thus spent about 145 kilometers in the escape. The Czech cyclist belonged to the driving forces of the group, in which he proved his timekeeping qualities and mountaineering skills.
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About 25 km before the finish, the group was reduced to three members, while with both cyclists of the Deceuninck-Quick Step team, only the Frenchman Julien Bernard remained. The duo of the Belgian team got rid of the opponent from Trek-Sagefredo five kilometers before the finish line, when Honoré first started on the climb, and when Bernard did not catch him, he went to see his teammate Černý.
Both partners then went with a smile for a certain stage triumph. In the finish line, they slapped each other in celebration and calmly reached the finish line, Black with his hands over his head a few tens of centimeters behind Honoré.
“Black would deserve to be on the podium with me, unfortunately it doesn’t work. We rode it today as a one-day race, we wanted to escape and we succeeded. Then we kept the pace high and we left on the last hill,” he described the course. stage Honoré. “I am very happy with the victory. It is extraordinary, especially the way we did it. Thanks to that, the win is even more important for me,” added the Danish cyclist, who has already won a stage at the Italian race Settimana Coppi e Bartali.
Bernard finished third with a gap of 17 seconds, the peloton was brought to the finish line with a loss of 28 seconds by South African Daryl Impey. The Adepts for the overall victory saved for Saturday’s climax and finished in the main field. American Brandon McNulty remained in the leader’s jersey, leading 23 seconds ahead of Slovenian favorite Primož Roglič.
| Cycling race Around the Basque Country (WorldTour) – 5th stage (160.2 km): |
| 1. Honoré (Dán. / Deceuninck-Quick Step) 3:39:54 |
| 2. Black (CZ / Deceuninck-Quick Step) at the same time |
| 3. Bernard (Fr./Trek-Segafredo) -17 |
| 4. Impey (JAR/Israel Start-Up Nation) |
| 5. Clarke (Austr./Qhubeka-Assos) |
| 6. Oldani (It./Lotto-Soudal) all -28. |
| Running order: |
| 1. McNulty (USA/SAE Team Emirates) 16:05:43 |
| 2. Roglič (Slovin./Jumbo-Visma) -23 |
| 3. Vingegaard (Dán. / Jumbo-Visma) -28 |
| 4. Bilbao (Sp. / Bahrain Victorious) -36 |
| 5. Pogačar (Slovenian / SAE Team Emirates) -43 |
| 6. A. Yates (Brit./Ineos Grenadiers) -1:02 |
| …124. Black -40:36 |
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