13:29On a climb like this wasn't it?
13:31Most definitely chasing group
13:33with Gull, Plapp
13:35and Harold Tejada
13:36and here is Isaac Del Toro on a mission
13:38Adam Yates has done his job, he goes off the back
13:41now with Michael Storer
13:42Leonard van Eidfeldt follows
13:45tries to follow
13:46good ride here by Leonard van Eidfeldt
13:48but Isaac Del Toro looks like a man on a mission
13:51there, look at the focus
13:52in that gaze up front
13:55ready to bridge across to Antonio Tiberi
13:57there's only two seconds between them
14:00in GC, between
14:01Isaac Del Toro and Antonio Tiberi
14:04Leonard van Eidfeldt is
14:0630 seconds back and 32
14:08seconds back on Tiberi so
14:09that gap is a little bit bigger
14:11but it's a really solid effort here by
14:13the Belgian who
14:15season was really hampered by bad luck
14:18last year by the way so
14:19I think he deserves a good one but
14:21Isaac Del Toro, wow that is
14:23that is some comeback right now
14:27yeah maybe the smartest
14:28rider of the day
14:30we have to take your hat off
14:32fit through the back, hasn't made a big acceleration
14:34and just behind that now
14:35plop is called by Del Toro
14:39still this
14:40chasing group, still
14:42yeah still around
14:4427, 28 seconds
14:45from Tiberi out front
14:48to the Mexican Shampoos
14:50starting to wind things up
14:52with near enough
14:53two kilometers to go
14:56pushing quite a big gear
14:57especially if you compare it to the cadence there
14:59of Leonard van Eidfeldt meaning that he has got the absolute power
15:02nobody knows this climb
15:04this is absolutely unprecedented
15:06we've never done it in a race before
15:08but we do know that quite possibly
15:10the UE Tour riders have done it before
15:14not Del Toro
15:15he was back in Mexico
15:16preparing for the season
15:17but of course you get a little bit of insight
15:18from your teammates
15:20about how to pace this effort
15:22and so far John
15:24with two kilometers to go
15:25he seems to have the pacing plan
15:28of this climb
15:29well, spot on
15:31yeah, he opened that gap up
15:33and
15:34to be honest
15:35if you've got the legs to do this effort
15:38it's all about being able to do it
15:40and Tiberi
15:42maybe this is the difference
15:44we talked about Del Toro
15:45maybe being a little bit out of position
15:48Tiberi's taken advantage of that
15:49opened up the gap
15:52and
15:52will Del Toro have the legs to really close it down
15:56these are big efforts now
15:58still 1.9 kilometers to go
16:01climb already
16:0222
16:0324 minutes in
16:06it's
16:07it's a big effort to make an acceleration now
16:09Del Toro
16:11completely focused, isn't he?
16:13you see the rider take their glasses off
16:15and you see the frown
16:17on their face
16:18it's not a frown of pain though, is it?
16:20it's just a complete concentration
16:24situation with 1.8 kilometers to go
16:26in a really small downhill sector here
16:29to get the pressure of the legs
16:30Antonio Tiberi
16:31the 24 year old rider for Bahrain Victorious
16:35he is the leader
16:36then we have a group with
16:38Felix Gall
16:38Leonard van Eitveldt
16:40Luke Plapp
16:41Isaac Del Toro
16:42and Harald Tejada
16:43and a little bit further back is
16:45Ilan van Eitveldt
16:48of the
16:48Sudol Quick-Step team
16:50Derrick G West is there as well
16:52gap at the moment
16:5333 seconds
16:54as Leonard van Eitveldt
16:56tries to increase the pace a little bit
16:58that group behind
16:59that group with
17:02with
17:02I think it's Nordhagen
17:04could be
17:05Tulip
17:05I don't think it's the shoulders of Tulip
17:07but
17:07have to look a little bit closer to that
17:09and we also have
17:10Tobias Holland Johanesson
17:12of course
17:12the
17:13Norwegian rider
17:14did so well in the Tour de France
17:15last year
17:16they might be coming back
17:18Plapp is still in between
17:19in the purple
17:20of Jayco
17:22but 32 seconds
17:24is a pretty decent gap
17:25John
17:25for Tiberi
17:27he's not really losing
17:28any ground at the moment
17:29no
17:30del Toro took a big look behind
17:32didn't he
17:32to see what the situation was
17:34behind
17:34who was chasing
17:35and he just puts it in a
17:37big
17:38old
17:38gear
17:39galf
17:40slowly
17:41distance as well
17:42but this is just
17:44yeah
17:45bodies everywhere
17:46everything you got left
17:47and he's just started to
17:48accelerate from that big gear
17:50and the gap just started to open
17:51still 30 seconds for this man
17:53to barely
17:54looking
17:55for
17:56his third professional winner
17:57and it was right
17:58del Toro now
17:59accelerates
18:00he's on a mission
18:011.3 kilometers
18:03can he catch
18:04Tiberi
18:05that is the big question
18:06I think he can
18:07he really
18:09really
18:09paced this
18:11grueling climb
18:12to perfection
18:13an absolute look of focus there
18:15on his face right now
18:17Tiberi
18:17he's still leading
18:18started the season
18:19on a high
18:20with a third place
18:21already racing back
18:23on the 21st
18:2423rd of January
18:25fourth place
18:26in Valencia last week
18:28third on the opening stage
18:30picking up some bonus seconds
18:31and a good time trial
18:32for Tiberi
18:33but this is
18:34fantastic
18:35to look at
18:36this young man
18:37remember
18:37he is only
18:3922
18:39he's an absolute
18:41phenomenon
18:41this
18:42Isaac del Toro
18:44and the gap
18:44he quickly closed it
18:46by 10 seconds
18:47right now
18:48on Tiberi
18:49still
18:50still
18:501 kilometers to go
18:51still
18:5220 seconds
18:53the question is
18:54if you get there
18:55do you have the legs
18:56to go again
18:57you have to make a big effort
18:58to close this
18:59so still up in the air
19:04with a kilometer to go
19:05it feels like
19:06Antonio Tiberi
19:07has the upper
19:08Isaac del Toro
19:09has the upper hand
19:10on Antonio Tiberi
19:12right now
19:12but as you said
19:13John
19:13this is such an unforgiving climb
19:15that he might
19:16also pay
19:17for this effort
19:18that he is doing
19:18right now
19:19but so far
19:20this man has ridden
19:21this climb to perfection
19:25he has
19:25he paced it
19:27definitely early on
19:28but one kilometer to go
19:29is still
19:29this man
19:30the Italian Tiberi
19:33you have to say
19:34hats off
19:35he's almost done the whole effort
19:36on his own as well
19:37with one or two
19:38Gal
19:38he's used Gal
19:39he's used Plap
19:40a little bit
19:41but del Toro
19:43led by Adam Yates
19:45big breath there
19:4615 seconds
19:47still the gap
19:50aye aye aye
19:52final kilometer now
19:53for Isaac del Toro
19:54Antonio Tiberi
19:55still a 16 second margin
19:57they're 2 seconds apart
19:59in GC
20:00so we have got
20:01those bonus seconds
20:02on the top of the climb
20:03at the finish line
20:0410, 6 and 4
20:05so it looks like
20:06a 2 man race
20:07at the moment
20:08Remco Evenapool
20:09he's already at a minute
20:1042
20:10from Antonio Tiberi
20:13so almost
20:131 minute
20:1430
20:15on
20:16on del Toro
20:20you can almost smell
20:21the finish line
20:22right now
20:22Antonio Tiberi
20:23on a much smaller gear
20:25than Isaac del Toro
20:26is
20:27also looking
20:28very focused
20:29controlling his breathing
20:30there
20:31Isaac del Toro
20:32has got him in sight
20:34but of course
20:34we all know John
20:35that this distance
20:36on a 13% climb
20:40yeah
20:40might be deceiving us
20:41a little bit
20:42yeah of course
20:43del Toro
20:44has that carrot
20:46he has
20:47the rider
20:48he needs to chase
20:49Tiberi is riding
20:50really well
20:51he hasn't looked back once
20:52I think he just needs
20:53to get into his effort
20:54and do everything
20:55he can to the line
20:56he knows where the finish is
20:57and now he takes a look back
20:59and sees del Toro
21:01Don't look
21:01John said
21:01don't look
21:02he didn't need to
21:03but 500 meters to go
21:05still 18 seconds
21:07it's everything to the line
21:08and Tiberi knows that
21:09it's just that
21:11has del Toro got that
21:12carrot
21:13that big chase
21:14he can see Tiberi ahead
21:17and
21:18it's about a
21:1975 meter gap
21:22between these two riders
21:23Tiberi has done this climb
21:25at a steady pace
21:26while del Toro
21:27really had to
21:28do that increase in tempo
21:30to really create this attack
21:32he closed the gap
21:34to about 15 seconds
21:36and now it kind of stalled
21:37at that point
21:38while the road is running out
21:40he can still see
21:41the man in front of him
21:42Antonio Tiberi
21:44two young guys
21:4524 year old
21:46Italian
21:4722 year old
21:49Mexican
21:50it's all coming down
21:52to the line
21:52right now
21:53with Tiberi glancing over
21:55his shoulder
21:55300 meters to go
21:57and
21:58like you said John
21:59he's got that carrot
22:01Antonio's got that carrot
22:03in front of him
22:03but
22:04Antonio Tiberi
22:06I'm confusing all the names here
22:08Antonio Tiberi still has got
22:09the upper hand
22:10he can almost see the finish line
22:12right now
22:12if he wins the stage
22:14he's also got the red jersey
22:15there's only a two second gap
22:17between the two riders on GC
22:20and we've got those bonus seconds
22:21he has almost reached the finish line
22:23with a courageous solo attack
22:25and the win on the stage
22:27Antonio Tiberi wins stage 3
22:30and is also the new leader in the UE Tour
22:33but this is far from over
22:35because on Saturday
22:36we climb again
22:43what a ride by Isaac Del Toro as well
22:46but as you predicted
22:47yeah
22:49he didn't really close the gap
22:50altogether
22:51because
22:52he paid a little bit in the end
22:53for that effort
22:54fantastic ride as well
22:56by Leonard van Eithveld
22:57former winner of this race
22:59lost quite a lot of time
23:00in the time trial yesterday
23:02but
23:03yeah
23:03really showing some good form
23:05on this
23:05really really hard climb
23:07but today's winner
23:07Antonio Tiberi
23:10well done
23:10young man
23:11yeah
23:12what a ride from Tiberi
23:15it's his first ever world tour win
23:17and the celebrations from the team
23:19at the side
23:22Matt the team doctor
23:23first there
23:24with Tiberi
23:26but what a ride
23:27we talked about how they built that
23:28Del Toro made the big effort
23:30at the end
23:31of the climb
23:32that's Nordhagen
23:34and G
23:36G with the lunge
23:37to take what would be fourth place
23:39Ilan van Wilder
23:41Luke Plapp
23:43Stora
23:46but the gaps
23:47rather big
23:48the first three
23:49manageable
23:50but then big gaps
23:51to all over a minute
23:52and this man
23:54absolutely
23:55dominant
23:55in the time trial yesterday
23:57we know
23:58that the steepest
23:59of climbs
24:00are not his forte
24:02John
24:02it's not what he does best
24:04and he will learn
24:05from this experience as well
24:07look at that fantastic performance
24:09yet again by Byron Munton
24:10the South African
24:12riding at a third division team
24:14in Asia
24:15in the past years
24:16picked up by the modern adventure
24:18pro cycling team
24:18and really showing just like
24:20in the Alula Tour
24:20that he really deserves a chance
24:23at pro level
24:28there is Remco Evenepoel losing over 2 minutes
24:34to Tiberi
24:35and almost 2 minutes
24:36on Isaac Del Toro
24:39this is the provisional top 10
24:41Antonio Tiberi
24:42with 15 seconds on Isaac Del Toro
24:44Leonard van Eidveld
24:45Harold Tejada
24:46Felix Gall
24:47Tobias Holland Johannesson
24:49Derrick G West
24:49Jürgen Nordhagen
24:51Ilan van Wilder
24:52and Luke Plapp
24:52that is the top 10
24:54of the Jebel Mobra stage of tomorrow
24:57this is the top 10
24:59already mentioned
25:00Tiberi Del Toro
25:01Tejada van Eidveld
25:02Plapp
25:02Van Wilder
25:03now in 6th
25:04Derrick G West
25:05Felix Gall
25:06Jürgen Nordhagen
25:07and Tobias Holland Johannesson
25:08the two Norwegians
25:09complete the top 10
25:102
25:113
25:11the
25:11the
25:11the
25:12the
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