Jorge Pastor, a crash and eighth place in the second stage of Bizkaia 3E

Bizkaia 3E
Stage 2: Ibarrangelu-Ibarrangelu (120.7 km)

Bizkaia 3E reached its halfway point with the celebration of a second stage in which it surprised the Cypriot runner Andreas Miltiadis, the Belarusian Dmitry Zhygunov retained the lead and the’polartec-kometa’ Jorge Pastor finished eighth five seconds behind the final winner. Carlos Garcia (29th), Portugal’s Daniel Viegas (38th), Holland’s Wesley Mol (42nd) and Sergio Garcia (48th) all made it to the top of the pack with eight seconds remaining.

“As far as breakdowns go, it’s been a day like yesterday. Also, we dropped Jorge Pastor and it took him a long time to get back into the main group, so the balance of the day is good. Today’s was perhaps the easiest on paper at the level of the route, but in the end it was 2,000 metres of unevenness. It was a very nervous stage, with many escape attempts that never achieved more than 40 seconds of advantage and with the Lizarte team controlling all day, thinking about the overall. Four kilometres from the end, Miltiadis, the final winner, attacked and Joan Martí Bennassar moved from behind. He rode between the breakaway and the pack until he was caught in the last kilometre,” explains director Rafa Díaz Justo.

This Sunday concludes the first edition of the Bizkaia 3E with a stage of 131.8 km with start and finish in Berriatua. Carlos Garcia, 21st to 29th, and Daniel Viegas, 23rd at the same time, are the best classified in the general classification.

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