Trentin 4th in scorching day at La Vuelta

Matteo Trentin finished in fourth position on the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana which saw the riders tackle 175km from Jaén to Córdoba.

The sprint came from a reduced peloton who suffered all day in the sun, with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius.

With UAE Team Emirates pulling the pack, the four escapees who went clear on the final climb were caught within one kilometer of the finish line.

In the final sprint it was Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) who proved the fastest, with Trentin snatching fourth place.

Trentin: “The guys did the perfect job today. They kept the pace high but just enough for me to finish at the front.
The heat was savage and it was survival out there. I took Matthews wheel for the finish but Magnus Cort was too strong for everybody again today. His team timed their move perfectly in the end, but we are strong and for sure we won’t stop trying for the victory in this Vuelta.”

Tomorrow stage 13 of the Vuelta will include 203.7km from Belmez to Villanueva de la Serena, with what should be the only opportunity of the week for sprinters.

Results 12th stage:
1.Magnus Cort (EF Education – Nippo) 3h44’21 ”
2.Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck – Quick Step) s.t.
3.Michale Matthews (Team BikeExchange) s.t.
4.Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.

General classification after the 12th stage:
1.Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matétiaux) 45h33’18 ”
2.Guillaume Martin (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) +58 ”
3.Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) +1’56 ”
15.David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) + 7’15 “

In Belgium, at Druivenkoers-Overijse, Marc Hirschi finished 10th in the 192km race with start and finish in Overijse.
The race saw a long solo 60km break for winner Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick Step).

All riders were forced to stop with less than 30km from the finish due to an incident along the route, with the group unable to bridge the gap to Evenepoel in the finale.

Final classification Druivenkoers-Overijse:

 
1.Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick Step)
2.Mikkel Frølich Honorè (Deceuninck – Quick Step)
3.Aimé De Gendt (Intermarcè – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux)
10.Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates)

Meanwhile the end of Stage 1 of the Deutschland Tour was marked by a mass crash with less than 5km to go. UAE riders Alessandro Covi, Rui Costa and Felix Gross were all involved, suffering some abrasions, but should all be fit to start stage 2.

Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) took the victory with Sven Erik Bystrom the best place Emirati rider in 14th place.

Deutschland Tour Results

1.Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) 4:07:01
2.Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) s.t
3.Marco Haller (Bahrain-Victorious) s.t
14.Sven Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates) s.t