Vuelta a Burgos Tappa 3

Alexander Hayek, the Austrian champion. I apologize for the Austrian champion. And there again at the top of the Collado. The turn to the left is coming. And now a straight line. Everything straight until the finish line. Two kilometers, 800 meters after that spectacular work Alexander Hayek, the Austrian champion of Red Bull. Bora-Ansch-Grohe. They keep pulling the peloton with those men from the Bora team to continue making the selection. Here the work is getting stronger and more intense of the men from the German team to try to work for their leader, for Sergio Higuita, who we see in that third position. Remember that we did it on the first day, right? That the Bora team, by name, didn't seem like the best team possible, but we also commented on it, the three of us, who always show up in all the races of Red Bull. Red Bull is a super competitive team. There he marks the label. This kilometer that we are facing, 11% of average this kilometer. Be careful that things get difficult here. 11% slope for the runners. We see there how the peloton's units are still coming in. Johannes Stauner is leaving, the Norwegian of the track team. Problems for Aresman, eh? Problems for Aresman. The Ineos had disappeared. Problems for Aresman. The Bismarck is starting to attack. The Bismarck is attacking. It's accelerating. It's trying to get pace. The man of the Bismarck team, at 2.5 kilometers of the finish line, wants to accelerate things. Ude Broeck. Let's see where Seth is. I think he's third. Ude Broeck is third. Ude Broeck is the one who has put the crown on Seth's head. No, no, you're the favorite. José Manuel Díaz-Gallego is also staying. The Gienense runner of Burgos BH. And the group is breaking up a lot. Yes, the Ude Broeck movement has done a lot of damage to the group. The main peloton is breaking up little by little. And now it seems that he wants to continue accelerating. The team of SM, in this case David Poole, is the one who is pulling. He also wants to go up and progress. The Education First with Jefferson Cepeda. Seth Hughes too. And Caja Rural. Jefferson Cepeda, fantastic. Jefferson Cepeda, indeed. It's Maica. Isn't that Romo? It looks like it's Romo. It could be Romo, yes. The Movistar runner, who is giving us more units of that main group. Giovanni Aleotti, the Italian runner of Red Bull Bora. David Piganzoli, the Italian of Metafortunato. Another of the important men. Rafal Maica. Rafal Maica is there. Rafal Maica is also in that group. Seven units. With the DSM, I think it's Christopher Hamilton. No, it's David Poole. There's an attack. Let's see. There's an attack of the Decathlon G2R group runner. He wants to destroy this in the last two kilometers. He's going to Nuit de Brogues. The DSM man is also coming out. And I see him going up very calmly. Exactly. He's controlling the situation at all times. Maica is also cut off from that main group. Yes, Rafal Maica is cut off. And Fortunato is there. They're starting to give in. There's Pablo Castrillo, the man of Ken Farmer, also with problems. Javier Romo also with problems. He's giving in. There's the group that tries to be four runners with that man of... Jutembros has also given in. Yes, Ciano Nuit de Brogues has given in. Or with Cepeda. It's Jefferson Cepeda. It looks like Cepkus, the man of the Groupama. I don't know if it's Valentin. It could be. Alexander Cepeda is moving. It's cold, cold, cold. There he goes. There's an attack. There's the winner of the Vuelta a España 2023. That's one of the strongest areas. It's a paella. And the percentage in this area is 14%. He's looking back. He wanted to hit the first attack and he sees that he's opening a small gap. Cepkus. He's got it, he's got it. It's not a fatal attack, but still. I think he's going to go. He's going to go. He can go. Cepkus keeps giving in. And Víctor Rafai was the one who threw the last attack. It was Víctor Rafai. The Decaldo runner was also staying there. Jefferson Cepeda tries not to lose Cepkus's reference. And the man of the rural box who's going to get there. Very good, Jefferson Cepeda. He's going to get there. A runner from an Ecuadorian professional team. Very good, Jefferson Cepeda. Very good, Jefferson Cepeda against Cepkus. The other Cepeda is further back, the runner from the Education First team. And there they are, the two men leading the race, Jefferson Cepeda and Cepkus, who have put in a good attack, taking advantage of the fact that Víctor Rafai's attack And how he's trying there, clenching his teeth, the French runner of the Decaldo G2R team, it seems that the cocktail maker has shaken a little more. Alexander Jefferson Cepeda and here they are, Jefferson Cepeda and Cepkus, who have a few meters of advantage. The last kilometer is slightly reduced, a 9% slope, but watch out, especially because it's at the end, but before, the last 500 meters are very, very, very hard. And he's still trying to continue that little gap that the winner of the Vuelta a España 2023, the American, the president of Girona, Cepkus, who, to not be the favorite, we said it, right? We said it during the broadcast, right? That Cusatio doesn't ask for anything, Cusatio manifests. Indeed. How are you, Seth? No, no, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. Also in honor of Víctor Rafai, for trying to be the one who has moved the apple box. Yes, and now the one who has taken the apples, the one who passed under, in this case Cepkus, who has launched this little mess, it has not been a very hard attack, but he has managed to leave Alexander Jefferson Cepeda behind, and now behind him is Jefferson Cepeda, the runner of Cajalulau, surely C.R.G.A., because the one who distinguishes them is Alexander Cepeda and he is Jefferson Cepeda. It's like Alexander Jefferson Cepeda, who is the man of the EFE. He's going to be Cus, huh? Yes, yes. That's what I wanted to tell you, that's what I wanted to tell you, I'm leaving, I'm leaving. It is there. And Cepkus is giving distance, the American contestant, who still grabs Itissimo, can't, Jefferson Cepeda, he's costing the Ecuadorian runner of the Cajalulau, surely C.R.G.A. continues to try. Jefferson Cepeda, but opening a small hole, Cepkus, who, clearly, seems to be going to take the stage, except for Catombe in the last 700 meters. He's doing the same thing again, to not be the favorite. My goodness, how he's doing that push. He wants to keep increasing that difference. He gets up on the bike, then he sits down again, trying to put more strength in those legs. He's not going to escape the stage. This runner, who, remember, didn't compete before the Tour de France because he couldn't go to the Tour because he had COVID. And he's a runner who, in principle, was going to go to the Tour to help Vingegaard, but here he's left without that option of the Tour. And obviously, unless Vingegaard says he wants to go by real decree, he's going to be the man... No, Vingegaard has already said no. He's going to be the man, last year, who stood up with the three poles, in quotation marks, on the Vuelta a España. He's a lucky guy, he's recovered. He's recovered, lucky, yes. He's recovered, Daniel, and lucky, he's come from behind. They're catching up there. And there's a change of pace for the runner of the Astana team, who wants to get Lorenzo Fortunato back a little bit. And Sekus, who's leaving. He's leaving, he's opening up. There's more distance with Jefferson Pepe, who can't keep up with him. He wants to keep getting into it, there's more rhythm. He's got a little more in his legs. He's lost a lot of Sekus, but he's lost a beer. He's with a friend, Valdo, who says to me, he's going to win Sekus, he's going to win Sekus. Well, but he has to think, Sekus has to think about making the most of the difference, taking into account that tomorrow there's a long time of 100 kilometres, which is not like other editions, which ends here, but you have to think about the future. Lorenzo Fortunato is third right now. Yes, yes, he's recovering a lot. I think he can catch Jefferson Cepeda. Yes, yes, he's not far at all. Lorenzo Fortunato, there's Valdar. I think he's going to need a few metres, to be able to control the throne very well, Sekus. There's Sekus, who's going to win, and bonuses, we remember. Second is Jefferson Cepeda. And third is Lorenzo Fortunato, the Italian runner, of the Astana team. There's Sekus, who has given that blow of authority, the American runner of the Visma team. He's going to take the victory to the Neyla wagons. And there it is, victory for Sekus. There, there, wait, Fortunato is going to be second. Lorenzo Fortunato, second, Fortunato third. Jefferson Cepeda, how has Lorenzo Fortunato finished? There comes a man from the DSM team. I think it's Pascal, right? I think it's David Poole, yes. And there's Victor Raffaele, who has done very well. Javi Romo, Javi Romo, behind the other, from Alexander Cepeda. There's a man from Kern Pharma, too. There are still runners coming. There's the winner of the stage. The good man from Sekus.