Jure Golčer third on Motovun
Riders felt stronger today and we saw one attack by another. However there were only two escapes worth mentioning – one from Adria Mobil’s Domen Novak and other by Swiss Patrick Schelling. They escaped ahead of the climb to Lupoglav and had a lead of two minutes in Buzet. They were caught a little bit more than kilometer till the finish.
Three kilometers till the finish a big crash happened. A lot of favorites was one the ground, among them also Radoslav Rogina and Markus Eibegger; Markus already won the race twice and was in also in the lead. Martijn Tusveld saw the opportunity for a victory and took it. Jure Golčer was excellent in third, he is now fifth overall.
Jure Golčer after the race: “Stage was very nervous, it took a lot of time for a real escape to form. Atmosphere was the same in the final part of the stage, just before the climb. We had a wind in our backs and we went 60 km/h. Big crash happened, but thanks to the help of my team-mates I wasn’t involved in it. I was just a little bit short with my power on the climb to Motovun, I didn’t won but I’m also happy with third.”
Radoslav Rogina crashed, but he is not too disappointed: “Riders in the front crashed. This happens in the group that goes 60 km/h and it’s hard to avoid the crash. I’m happy I’m in one piece. This is a problem of a big group, everybody would like to be in the front row, but 90% of them can’t do anything on the climb.”
Sunday’s stage isn’t to difficult and we don’t expect changes in the overall classifications.
Stage results (link)
Srečko Glivar
Photos by Mario Stiehl