Cycling: Felix Gall (Sunweb Development Team) won the Istrian Spring Trophy. After his stage win on the second stage, he secured the overall lead. The only 21-year-old couldn't take this anymore today. Germany's Georg Zimmermann (Tyrol - KTM) was third.
Felix Gall with first stage and tour victory
Celebrating at the age of just 21 Felix Gall (Sunweb Development Team) achieved his first stage and tour victory within two days. After his success on the second stage, he took over the leader's jersey and continued to wear it on today's flat final stage to Umag. However, he is not the first Austrian to triumph at the Istrian Spring Trophy, a four-day multi-stage race that has been taking place since 1961. In 1998 Matthias Buxhofer won, in 1999 Arno Kaspret was successful. Markuss Eibegger won in 2012 and 2015. The German is also third overall George Zimmerman (Tyrol – KTM) are happy about what has been achieved. In general, the tour went very well for German-speaking drivers. To start with, drove on Thursday at the Prolog five Germans and one Swiss and one Austrian in the top ten.
Felix Gall wins the #IstrianSpringTrophy! ???? #KeepChallenging pic.twitter.com/t5pZ59X7Kn
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