Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) secured total victory on the Giro d’Abruzzo, beating Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates) and George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) after the three attacked and stayed away from the peloton through the 173km ultimate stage to L’Aquila.
Sivakov received the stage on the rising end, with Bennett ending a single second behind, and Lutsenko third, as Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) led the chase group residence at 39 seconds down.
The Kazakhstani champion responded to a number of assaults from UAE Team Emirates riders on the important thing mountain stage to Prati di Tivo on Thursday to win the stage and take the race chief’s blue jersey. He was equally robust on stage 4 to L’Aquila.
Lutsenko, Sivakov and Bennett went clear on the 14.2km Castel del Monte climb with 50 km to race and opened a lead of 1:30 on the next rolling roads. The battle for the stage victory noticed the trio play tactical video games, as Bennett and Sivakov battled for second place total and the stage victory. Sivakov proved to be a bit stronger to win the ultimate stage.
Time bonus finally made the distinction within the total classification, with Sivakov rising to second total, 31 seconds behind Lutsenko. Bennett moved as much as third total at 34 seconds, whereas one other UAE man, Adam Yates, and Yannis Voisard (Tudor Pro Cycling) dropped off the rostrum.
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