Pate misses out on chance to claim first win with Team Sky
US rider finishes fourth during final stage ✅in O✅man
US veteran 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danny Pate, 35, just missed out on his first result for Team Sky on Sunday when he finished fourth on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:final day of the Tour of Oman. Pate inꦛfiltrated a four-man breakaway that stayed away to the finish before battling for the stage win.
IAM Cycling's Matthias Brändle won the day after attacking in the final kilometres, gaining a four-second advantage over Iljo Keisse (Etixx-QuickStep), followed by Jef vaꦅn Meirhaeghe (Topsport Vlaanderen) and Pate.
The peloton finished 1:06 later, led home by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Sa🍬xo). Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida) finished safely in the bunch ꧂to win the overall by a nine seconds over Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing).
Pate’s group went on the attack just 8.5km into the 133km stage from Oman Air to the Matrah Corniche. The quartet's𝔉 gap ballooned to more than nine minutes, and with no-one a threat on the general classification, Lampre-Merida was content to let them ride. Tinkoff-Saxo and Katusha eventually mounted a chase, but it proved too little too lꦬate.
“We had planned to go on the attack today and Danny rode a really strong race,” said Team Sky Sports Director Nicolas Portal. “He la🐭unched an attack on the last climb to try and distance the others, but they caught him on t🎃he descent which followed and he didn’t have anything left in the tank when Brändle made his move.
Portal said the team had put in a good work during t♉he week, which will pay𝓀 off in future races.
“Wout [Poels] finished 15th ꧑on GC and our domestiques have b🅘een really strong,” he said. “Everything’s looking good and we’re where we need to be at this stage in the season.”
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Indeed, the week went well for Team Sky in Spain, where Chris Froome beat Alberto Contador in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Andalucia, taking the jersey from the Tinkoff-Saxo rider on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:penultimate day.
