Cycling: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) always seems to be particularly strong in the Tour of Oman. The Kazakh won after the second stage also the third part. The 26-year-old also took over the red jersey from Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), who was the overall leader.
Wind edges on the longest stage of the Tour of Oman
alexey lutsenko (Astana) is in top form. On the longest stage of the Tour of Oman, at 192,5 kilometers, the Kazakh once again gave the competition no chance. Once again, a strong team performance helped him. Astana, along with CCC and UAE Team Emirates, made an effort to set the pace in the peloton, especially in the second half of the race. As a result, wind edges were exploited several times and the peloton increasingly disintegrated. Leader was always vigilant alexander kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), but when it came to the final climb, the heavy sprinter lost his strength.
Lutsenko conquers the red jersey
The 2,8 km long and 6,5 percent steep mountain up to the destination of Qurayyat caused distances. Behind alexey lutsenko came just a second behind Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), greg van avermaet (CCC) and Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) still unaffected. Also Dominic Pozzo alive (Bahrain – Merida) can be satisfied with four seconds. However, thanks to two victories, Alexey Lutsenko now leads the overall standings by 18 seconds ahead of Herrada, 20 ahead of Van Avermaet, 24 ahead of Costa and 27 ahead of Pozzovivo. Above all, the latter Italian will certainly try everything up to Green Mountain to drive Lutsenko out of the red jersey.
🇰🇿 Y continuua el dominio @AstanaTeam For the world: other Victoria de Alexey Lutsenko in Omán, for delante de Jesús Herrada, Greg Van Avermaet and Rui Costa #TOO2019 pic.twitter.com/jYCLFbEeTu
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