Primoz Roglic clinched the final victory in the Tour of the Basque Country at the end of the last stage won by the French David Gaudu on Saturday in Eibar.
The beaten one of the Tour de France this time lectured his younger brother Tadej Pogacar for their first face to face in a stage race from the Great Loop when Pogi had knocked down Roglic on the eve of the finish.
Already a winner in 2018, the Slovenian leader of Jumbo played tactically against his compatriot, who was trapped in a descent 60 kilometers from the finish, like his teammate Brandon McNulty (UAE), wearing the leader's jersey. general.
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David Gaudu wins the 6th stage and Primoz Roglic sends a message to the competition by winning the Tour of the Basque Country!
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David Gaudu, Thibaut Pinot's ex-lieutenant, signs his 6th victory, once again in Spain after his two successes in the fall in the Vuelta where he was aligned as leader of the Groupama-FDJ team.
This 6th and last particularly compact (112 km) and hilly stage (seven climbs for 3,500 meters of elevation gain) was conducive to a movement race long before the final climb of Arrate.
The decisive offense was initiated by the Astana team in a downhill before the halfway point ... but it was Primoz Roglic that it took advantage, one of the leaders having scented an opportunity like Alejandro Valverde or so David Gaudu.
The gap quickly grew to around thirty seconds.
McNulty didn't keep pace on the next climb and Pogacar set off without the American chasing Roglic who picked up the pace.
So much so that only Frenchman David Gaudu and Briton Hugh Carthy, 3rd in the last Vuelta, were able to keep pace.
Carthy could not respond in the final climb of Arrate to the attack of Gaudu to whom Roglic left the stage for services rendered.
Pogacar, who arrived with 35 seconds of disbursements, finished 3rd overall.
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