Cycling: Antonio Pedrero's final victory on the Route d'Occitanie

The Spanish climber Antonio Pedrero (Movistar) won the Route d'Occitanie in Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (Aude) on Sunday, after a fourth and final stage gleaned by the Dane Magnus Cort-Nielsen (EF Education). Leader since the day before and his solo victory on the queen stage of the 45th Route d'Occitanie, Antonio Pedrero wins the first stage race of his career and succeeds Colombian Egan Bernal, winner of the Route d'Occitanie in 2020 Starting in a group of seven more than 115 kilometers from the finish, in the company of the French Tony Gallopin (AG2r Citroën) and Alexandre Geniez (Total-Direct Energie), Magnus Cort-Nielsen (EF Education) won. thanks to an attack 500 meters from the line which allowed him to catch up with the Italian Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo),finally second on the stage ahead of Tony Gallopin.

Confident in itself, the Movistar team maintained a reasonable gap to save the leader's jersey from Antonio Pedrero who nevertheless suffered in the last meters an offensive from his compatriot Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), second in the general classification at 44 seconds at the start of the stage. Fourth, Jesus Herrada finally managed to recover only 19 seconds from Pedrero. Insufficient to prevent the latter from triumphing on the Occitan roads.