The Movistar leader missed the podium again. Author: Team Movistar

This Wednesday, the Movistar women’s team pedaled much better in the second of three classics that round out the Adenas Triptych: the Belgian test known as the Flecha Wallonne.

After an unremarkable performance last Sunday at the Amstel Gold Race, the girls, led by multiple Dutch champion Annemiek Van Vleuten, were now able to climb the podium, albeit over Germany’s Liana Lippert, who passed second under the finish line banner. ahead Italian Gaia Realini (Track – Segafredo).

Once again, just like last Sunday, Dutch cyclist and SD Worx team spokesperson Demi Vollering raised her hands in victory, a triumph that makes her the favorite to win the Aden, and only one test remains. , Liège-Bastogne-Liège to complete the triad.

Vollering was unbeatable in Mur d’Huy and adds this success to the success achieved in Strade Bianche and classic Through Flanders.

Behind Germany’s Lippert, a member of the telephone team consisting of Cuban Arlenis Sierra, who placed first, was world champion Van Fluiten, who finished seventh after the final ascent of Huy, a hard climb of 1.3 km out of 127.3 km. were featured in the 26th edition of the Belgian classic for women.

Colombia’s Paula Patiño, in 44th place, 1.37 minutes back from the winner, and Sierra, in 66th place, 4.18 minutes back, ended the blue team’s run.

The Vallon men’s race was also a multiple winner as Slovenian prodigy Tadej Pogacar, winner of the men’s Amstel Gold Race, took his twelfth win of the season ahead of Matthias Jensen and Mikel Landa.

This Sunday, the 23rd, the final race of the Triptych is expected.

In the men’s version, numbered 109, Liège-Bastogne-Liège will consist of a 258.5 km route with a total of 11 climbs, the last of which is Roche-aux-Faucons, which ends 13 kilometers from the finish line.

The women’s cycling competition, also known as the “Dean of the Classics” as the longest, will run over 140 kilometers. Competitors have a full day of climbing, albeit short slopes, with a more strenuous route, as in the men’s competition, in La Roche-aux-Faucon, shortly before the start of the rapid descent towards Liège, where the finish line will be. located.

Source: Juventud Rebelde