B.iniam Girmay won the Tour of Switzerland and he takes a level sprint again this season. The Eritrean Intermarch runner returned to competition at the beginning of the month after passing the serious fall he suffered in the Tour of Flanders and he has clearly prevailed in the first high-level sprint he has faced.
I jumped too soon Wout Van Aert who was clearly surpassed by a Girmay who withstood Demare’s final barrage to raise his arms at the finish line. Second victory for the African this season after the one he achieved in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
The stage presented a steep profile that resulted in 2,000 meters of unevenness accumulated positive, with three scoring ports of the third category, , throughout 173.7 kilometers between Beromnster and Nottwil. Everything went according to plan. Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) and Michael Schr (Ag2r Citroen) They formed a good breakaway that came to have almost four minutes of margin and were 23 minutes from the finish line.
Prior to his capture, 30 minutes from the finish line, there was a crowd that caused panic in the peloton. 14 cyclists went to the ground among which wereto Oier Lazkano that he was able to continue without problems, and koen bouwman who comes from completing the Giro with Jumbo Visma and took the worst part.
After that came the regrouping and a couple of attacks like the one lex Aranburu who were clearly controlled by the platoon. Preamble to the exhibition of power that starred a Girmay, who after a rough first part of the season, is gaining confidence for his debut in the Tour de France.
