Movistar Team (France) - Press Release: Route d'Occitanie (st. 3).

Catalan climber celebrates for the first time with Movistar Team after great display at Col de Menté / Le Mourtis, becomes new GC leader at French race Route d’Occitanie.

A serene, affable rider, who works for others like no one in the field, that deserved this victory more than anybody in the team. Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) was finally able to enjoy a victory as a WorldTour rider at the end of Saturday’s stage three in the French race Route d’Occitanie (UCI 2.1). The man from Terrassa, the strongest of the Blues over the final week of the recent Giro d’Italia with nice performances in the mountains, carried over his form from the ‘Corsa Rosa’ to beat all of his rivals on the slopes of the Col de Menté (12km at 6.5%), one of the most famous Pyrenean climbs, and raised his arms with the win at the ski station of Le Mourtis.

Cover picture (c): Photo Gomez Sport.