El australiano Damien Howson (Mitchelton-Scott) ha conseguido hoy en Šternberk el triunfo más importante de su carrera deportiva junto al logrado en 2017 en el Herald Sun de su país natal.
Howson, de 27 años, partía como segundo clasificado en la general con el mismo tiempo que su compañero Kaden Groves (así como Lucas Hamilton y Jack Bauer), fruto todavía del orden que impuso la crono por equipos inicial y la ausencia de terreno donde hacer diferencias que vino después.
Sin embargo, hoy sí que se dieron las circunstancias adecuadas, cono ocho cotas puntuables, para que la carrera se abriese y el nombre del vencedor llegara por algo más que una decisión meditada en el hotel.
Howson se mostró como el más fuerte en la etapa final imponiéndose a Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X) y al local Adam Toupalík (Elkov) y entrando en meta con una renta suficiente como para anotarse, también, la general.
Declaraciones
Damien Howson. «Fue un día difícil, tuve que estar atento y responder a cualquier movimiento a lo largo de la etapa que pareciera peligroso, porque los compañeros habían trabajado mucho en los últimos días y teníamos que mantenernos al frente. Creo que lo hice bastante bien y mantuve la calma. Tenía que igualar a cualquiera en la subida en la última vuelta. Cuando el chico de Uno-X impuso un ritmo súper duro, solo nos quedaban dos compañeros y luego fue cuestión de jugar mi baza hasta la final para conseguir la victoria. Es increíble, ha tardado mucho en llegar la primera en Europa, supongo».
1ª: Mitchelton-Scott (Luke Durbridge-Líder) / 2ª: Meeus / 3ª: Meeus /
CLASIFICACIÓN 4ª ETAPA
01 | Damien Howson | Mitchelton-Scott | 04:24:44 |
02 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
03 | Adam Toupalik | Elkov – Kasper | + 08 |
04 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 09 |
05 | Jack Bauer | Mitchelton-Scott | + 09 |
06 | Mauro Schmid | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 09 |
07 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | + 09 |
08 | Sjoerd Bax | Metec – TKH | + 09 |
09 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | + 09 |
10 | Fabio Van Den Bossche | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 09 |
11 | Marco Frigo | SEG Racing Academy | + 09 |
12 | Chad Haga | Team Sunweb | + 09 |
13 | Otto Vergaerde | Alpecin-Fenix | + 09 |
14 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 09 |
15 | Milan Menten | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 09 |
16 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain-McLaren | + 09 |
17 | Jakub Otruba | Elkov – Kasper | + 09 |
18 | Pawel Cieslik | Voster ATS Team | + 09 |
19 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | + 15 |
20 | Jordi Warlop | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 26 |
21 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 26 |
22 | Michael Kukrle | Elkov – Kasper | + 26 |
23 | Marijn Van Den Berg | Metec – TKH | + 31 |
24 | Ide Schelling | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 31 |
25 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | + 51 |
26 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 58 |
27 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | + 01:11 |
28 | Janez Brajkovic | Adria Mobil | + 01:24 |
29 | Jan Maas | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 01:28 |
30 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 01:52 |
31 | Michael Hepburn | Mitchelton-Scott | + 01:52 |
32 | Pawel Poljanski | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 01:52 |
33 | Kenny Molly | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 02:14 |
34 | Victor Campenaerts | NTT Pro Cycling Team | + 02:14 |
35 | Corey Davis | Maloja Pushbikers | + 02:56 |
36 | Michel Hessmann | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 03:09 |
37 | Stan Van Tricht | SEG Racing Academy | + 03:11 |
38 | Petr Kelemen | Czech Republic | + 03:11 |
39 | Thery Schir | Swiss Racing Academy | + 03:11 |
40 | Tom Wirtgen | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 03:11 |
41 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 03:11 |
42 | Jesper Asselman | Metec – TKH | + 03:11 |
43 | Jan Barta | Elkov – Kasper | + 03:11 |
44 | Cédric Beullens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 03:13 |
45 | Daan Hoole | SEG Racing Academy | + 03:13 |
46 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 03:15 |
47 | Kristijan Hocevar | Adria Mobil | + 03:15 |
48 | Vojtech Repa | Czech Republic | + 03:15 |
49 | Stephan Rabitsch | Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 03:15 |
50 | Matteo Sobrero | NTT Pro Cycling Team | + 03:22 |
51 | Jens Van Den Dool | Metec – TKH | + 03:58 |
52 | Szymon Rekita | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 03:58 |
53 | Michael Storer | Team Sunweb | + 04:30 |
54 | Nico Denz | Team Sunweb | + 05:00 |
55 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | + 05:00 |
56 | Domen Novak | Bahrain-McLaren | + 05:02 |
57 | Dominik Neuman | Elkov – Kasper | + 06:39 |
58 | Michal Schlegel | Elkov – Kasper | + 06:39 |
59 | Philip Walsleben | Alpecin-Fenix | + 06:39 |
60 | David Per | Adria Mobil | + 06:39 |
61 | Ziga Groselj | Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 06:39 |
62 | Cyrille Thiery | Swiss Racing Academy | + 07:58 |
63 | Riccardo Zoidl | Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 08:30 |
64 | Felix Gall | Team Sunweb | + 10:20 |
65 | Adam Stachowiak | Voster ATS Team | + 10:20 |
66 | Stef Krul | Metec – TKH | + 11:51 |
67 | Max Kanter | Team Sunweb | + 12:33 |
68 | Mika Heming | Maloja Pushbikers | + 12:42 |
69 | Amaury Capiot | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 14:37 |
70 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton-Scott | + 14:37 |
71 | Jordi Meeus | SEG Racing Academy | + 14:37 |
72 | Maarten Wynants | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 14:37 |
73 | Owen Geleijn | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 14:37 |
74 | Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 14:37 |
75 | Yannick Achterberg | Maloja Pushbikers | + 14:37 |
76 | Matthias Mangertseder | Maloja Pushbikers | + 14:37 |
77 | Jan Hugger | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | + 14:37 |
78 | Lukas Rüegg | Swiss Racing Academy | + 14:37 |
79 | Karel Hnik | Elkov – Kasper | + 14:37 |
80 | Moran Vermeulen | Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 14:37 |
81 | Yves Lütolf | Swiss Racing Academy | + 14:37 |
82 | Alexander Tarlton | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | + 14:37 |
83 | Patrick Haller | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 14:37 |
84 | Sven Burger | SEG Racing Academy | + 14:37 |
85 | Adne Koster | Metec – TKH | + 23:02 |
DNS | Matteo Fabbro | Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNS | Daniel Hoelgaard | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
DNS | Niklas Larsen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Martin Laas | Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNF | Sean De Bie | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
DNF | Tomas Barta | Czech Republic | |
DNF | Joshua Huppertz | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | |
DNF | Pawel Franczak | Voster ATS Team | |
DNF | Mario Spengler | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | |
DNF | Gasper Katrasnik | Adria Mobil | |
DNF | Lucas Hamilton | Mitchelton-Scott | |
DNF | Daniel Turek | Czech Republic | |
DNF | Lukas Pöstlberger | Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNF | Jay Robert Thomson | NTT Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Nicholas Dlamini | NTT Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Alexandar Richardson | Alpecin-Fenix | |
DNF | Olav Kooij | Team Jumbo – Visma | |
DNF | Tim Merlier | Alpecin-Fenix | |
DNF | Tim Wollenberg | Maloja Pushbikers | |
DNF | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | NTT Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Julien Mortier | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
DNF | Michal Prochazka | Czech Republic | |
DNF | Michael Carbel | NTT Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Mateusz Grabis | Voster ATS Team | |
DNF | Sylwester Janiszewski | Voster ATS Team | |
DNF | Kim Heiduk | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | |
DNF | Christian-Maximilian Koch | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | |
DNF | Lars Boven | Team Jumbo – Visma | |
DNF | Mathijs Paasschens | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | |
DNF | Fabian Paumann | Swiss Racing Academy | |
DNF | Edoardo Affini | Mitchelton-Scott | |
DNF | Timon Rüegg | Swiss Racing Academy | |
DNF | Filip Maciejuk | Leopard Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Joris Nieuwenhuis | Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Jakub Murias | Voster ATS Team | |
DNF | Luke Durbridge | Mitchelton-Scott | |
DNF | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | |
DNF | Erik Baska | Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNF | Jan Kuhn | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | |
DNF | Juraj Sagan | Bora-Hansgrohe | |
DNF | Aljaz Omerzel | Adria Mobil | |
DNF | Bostijan Murn | Adria Mobil | |
DNF | David Dekker | SEG Racing Academy | |
DNF | Karel Vacek | Czech Republic | |
DNF | Arthur Kluckers | Leopard Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Maikel Zijlaard | SEG Racing Academy | |
DNF | Dylan Bouwmans | Metec – TKH | |
DNF | Leon Echtermann | Maloja Pushbikers | |
DNF | Stephen Williams | Bahrain-McLaren |
CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL FINAL
01 | Damien Howson | Mitchelton-Scott | 14:44:35 |
02 | Jack Bauer | Mitchelton-Scott | + 19 |
03 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 29 |
04 | Adam Toupalik | Elkov – Kasper | + 42 |
05 | Chad Haga | Team Sunweb | + 44 |
06 | Jakub Otruba | Elkov – Kasper | + 47 |
07 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 47 |
08 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 48 |
09 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | + 55 |
10 | Otto Vergaerde | Alpecin-Fenix | + 58 |
11 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain-McLaren | + 01:02 |
12 | Michael Kukrle | Elkov – Kasper | + 01:02 |
13 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | + 01:02 |
14 | Marco Frigo | SEG Racing Academy | + 01:04 |
15 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | + 01:09 |
16 | Ide Schelling | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 01:12 |
17 | Fabio Van Den Bossche | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 01:18 |
18 | Mauro Schmid | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 01:25 |
19 | Sjoerd Bax | Metec – TKH | + 01:28 |
20 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 01:33 |
21 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 01:35 |
22 | Jordi Warlop | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 01:35 |
23 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | + 02:00 |
24 | Michael Hepburn | Mitchelton-Scott | + 02:30 |
25 | Pawel Poljanski | Bora-Hansgrohe | + 02:33 |
26 | Jan Maas | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 02:44 |
27 | Marijn Van Den Berg | Metec – TKH | + 03:11 |
28 | Janez Brajkovic | Adria Mobil | + 03:12 |
29 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 03:36 |
30 | Milan Menten | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 03:39 |
31 | Jan Barta | Elkov – Kasper | + 03:49 |
32 | Kenny Molly | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 03:58 |
33 | Stan Van Tricht | SEG Racing Academy | + 04:06 |
34 | Daan Hoole | SEG Racing Academy | + 04:08 |
35 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | + 04:08 |
36 | Victor Campenaerts | NTT Pro Cycling Team | + 04:20 |
37 | Cédric Beullens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 04:22 |
38 | Petr Kelemen | Czech Republic | + 04:27 |
39 | Jesper Asselman | Metec – TKH | + 04:30 |
40 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 04:31 |
41 | Thery Schir | Swiss Racing Academy | + 04:37 |
42 | Corey Davis | Maloja Pushbikers | + 04:53 |
43 | Tom Wirtgen | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles | + 04:55 |
44 | Michael Storer | Team Sunweb | + 05:05 |
45 | Szymon Rekita | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 05:14 |
46 | Stephan Rabitsch | Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 05:15 |
47 | Jens Van Den Dool | Metec – TKH | + 05:17 |
48 | Matteo Sobrero | NTT Pro Cycling Team | + 05:28 |
49 | Nico Denz | Team Sunweb | + 05:30 |
50 | Vojtech Repa | Czech Republic | + 05:50 |
51 | Pawel Cieslik | Voster ATS Team | + 06:24 |
52 | Kristijan Hocevar | Adria Mobil | + 06:24 |
53 | Dominik Neuman | Elkov – Kasper | + 07:17 |
54 | Michal Schlegel | Elkov – Kasper | + 07:17 |
55 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 08:08 |
56 | David Per | Adria Mobil | + 08:27 |
57 | Ziga Groselj | Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 08:39 |
58 | Michel Hessmann | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 09:10 |
59 | Riccardo Zoidl | Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 11:48 |
60 | Adam Stachowiak | Voster ATS Team | + 12:08 |
61 | Cyrille Thiery | Swiss Racing Academy | + 12:33 |
62 | Philip Walsleben | Alpecin-Fenix | + 12:56 |
63 | Stef Krul | Metec – TKH | + 13:10 |
64 | Domen Novak | Bahrain-McLaren | + 13:49 |
65 | Mika Heming | Maloja Pushbikers | + 14:39 |
66 | Kaden Groves | Mitchelton-Scott | + 14:47 |
67 | Jordi Meeus | SEG Racing Academy | + 15:11 |
68 | Karel Hnik | Elkov – Kasper | + 15:15 |
69 | Max Kanter | Team Sunweb | + 15:36 |
70 | Amaury Capiot | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 15:46 |
71 | Lukas Rüegg | Swiss Racing Academy | + 16:03 |
72 | Alexander Tarlton | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | + 16:08 |
73 | Jan Hugger | Team Lotto – Kern Haus | + 16:08 |
74 | Yannick Achterberg | Maloja Pushbikers | + 16:34 |
75 | Moran Vermeulen | Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels | + 16:37 |
76 | Felix Gall | Team Sunweb | + 16:47 |
77 | Matthias Mangertseder | Maloja Pushbikers | + 17:55 |
78 | Yves Lütolf | Swiss Racing Academy | + 18:39 |
79 | Maarten Wynants | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 19:32 |
80 | Sven Burger | SEG Racing Academy | + 19:33 |
81 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | + 21:41 |
82 | Owen Geleijn | Team Jumbo – Visma | + 22:40 |
83 | Thimo Willems | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | + 24:06 |
84 | Adne Koster | Metec – TKH | + 33:39 |
85 | Patrick Haller | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 41:11 |