[Trending News] Merlier, from the floor to victory

Not for being expected to stop being an important victory, And is that Tim Merlier (32 years) is, as demonstrated on the road, the best sprinters present in Paris-Niza. The Soudal adds its second success in as many stages of this edition, Although the peculiarity of this, at least one of them, is that he made him dressed as yellow, A leadership that increases by bonuses. In addition, no one in professional cycling (beyond Hazma, in Algeria) has more victories in 2025 than Merlier, which already adds six. The current champion Jorgenson, the most active of the favorites (and that has his partner Vingegaard present) He renamed a declaration of intentions again.

As in the opening day, This was clearly for fast men, with hardly mountainous difficulties In the 184 km they made between Monteson and Bellegare, having a final circuit in the last kilometers with narrow roads and curves that derived in several falls, including a small montonera in one of the steps per finish that left several runners heading to the hospital (El Caja Rural, with Sorarrain, affected). Jonas Abrahamsen, Samuel Fernández (of the aforementioned box) and Alexandre delettre They were the three that formed the leak, being the first of them the most insistent, seeing its adventure finished 2.5 km from the finish line. His rhythm, and the land coach, gave him some chance to dream, but insufficient.

It was 45 km from finish when a decisive fact occurred, Surely the one that most of the day, with a large fall that affected several of the great names of those present On French roads this week, including the leader Tim Merlier. That of the Soudal, after getting up and seeing that the situation had not been physically, He had a doubtful return to the platoon with the support of the team's carsomething that came from pearls to the corridor to the winning dessert to remove the face of the face. Then, in the Volata, he had no rival. This Tuesday, First serious test with the team chrono (time will mark each runner in finish) of 28.4 km with the Magy Cours circuit of the protagonist. It will be the first day to make a small screen in the general.

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