Antón conquers Zoncolan
Igor Antón danced his way to a spectacular win on the mythical Monte Zoncolan just moments ago. The diminutive Galdakao native left Contador and Scarponi trailing in his wake with a full six kilometres to go (that's half the climb!), and eventually beat the previously invincible Contador by 32 seconds. More importantly he beat Nibali by a full 40 seconds and Scarponi by 1:11, meaning he's now third overall just a single second down on his Vuelta nemesis. Mikel Nieve showed immense quality by taking seventh at 1:52 - ahead of most of the overall candidates - to cap off one of the best days in the team's history. And that's no exaggeration: First ever win in the Giro by an Euskaltel rider and it's on the most feared climb in the world. That says it all. Stay tuned for full results, pics and reactions later tonight.
9 comments:
What a beautiful day! Chapeau Anton and Nieve!!
Moreover he's the first non-italian to win on the Zoncolan! Zoroniak Fuji!
Only one word is needed to describe this feeling: PERFECT!
Very very nice, I am happy that I was just in time to see the move of Anton.
Congrats Anton! :-)
Great stage, so was yesterdays preformance by the whole team!
BTW: I've got a question about his victory salute; does anyone know to what he's referring? He also did this one in Andorra at the last Vuelta.
Amazing!! I just said earlier that the pordium was within sight and this proves it! He looked so calm at the right moments and knew when to hit it hard! This brought a lot of joy for me to watch this morning.
About his victory salute, I have no idea. But I was thinking the same thing, he's done it several times, it's gotta mean something...
An amazing day! Beautiful win, way to go, Igor Anton! He seems to be a master at calculating his effort perfectly, something we also witnessed in the Vuelta. Now he is in cyling history forever!
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