Astana Cycling Team (Spain) - Press Release: The 66th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía finished with a short time trial in Mijas today. Jakob Fuglsang put in a strong performance out on the course, taking the same time as the stage winner Teuns. The Danish rider concluded the five-day race with a back-to-back win on the overall ranking. Astana’s first general classification victory of the season.
Today, the 66th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía had its final big showdown with a 13km short time trial in the city of Mijas.
The first Astana rider, who left the start ramp was Dmitriy Gruzdev. He finished the course after around 20 minutes. Also, Nikita Stalnov, Hugo Houle and Vadim Pronskiy crossed the line with the clock stopping after around 18 minutes.
The second last rider from the Kazakh team was Ion Izagirre. He rode a solid race by finishing the course 17 seconds behind the later stage winner Teuns, which saw him take fourth place in the general classification at the end of the day.
Jakob Fuglsang, leader of the race, went up the road as the last rider of the day, at 15:20 and put in a strong performance. The Danish rider set the second-best time at the intermediate checkpoint and crossed the line after 17:57 minutes to take second only 0.8 seconds behind Teuns. With two stage wins, Jakob Fuglsang made it back-to-back wins at the Ruta del Sol, winning the race two years in a row.
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