This Saturday morning took place the queen stage of Tour Down Underwon by the Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez to the sprint. He was ahead of the line Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) et Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), and a few seconds the Australian Lucas Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla). Plapp did not go far from victory. He attacked and accelerated several times in the final climb of Willunga, but he failed to let go of the future winner of the stage and leader of the race, Jhonatan Narváez. He still took the opportunity to climb to 6th place in the general classification, before the last stage this Sunday.
Video – Narvaez won in Wilunga Hill on the 5th stage
“I tried to animate the race”
After the race, Lucas Plapp reacted to his performance of the day: “I had very good legs. I think I was probably the best climber today in terms of work in mind, I tried to animate the race. I think it was a very tactical climb. I do not blame Narváez for his way of running. General, but I gave everything..
The sports director of Team Jayco-AlUla, Mat Haymanalso confided in CyclingNews: “We came with major projects, and we did not carry them out, but we tried. We wanted to make the first climb as difficult as possible. It worked well. It put pressure on the other teams so that They continue, and it caused a lot of chaos behind. left, and it has more or less produced the same effect “.
