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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zdenek Stybar (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Quick-Step Floors) delivered a gutsy performance on the final stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta ao Algarve, coming withi♛n just a couple of kilometres of winning the stage to Mal𓆏hao after a break of 31 riders threatened to turn the race on its head.

Stybar slipped clear in a group that contained eventual stage and overall winner Michal Kwiatkowski, with🌸 the group enjoying a near four-minute advantage over the ▨main field at one point.

By the first ascent of the Malhao cliไmb, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hamsgrohe) had jumped from the leading group with 40 kilometr💧es remaining. The Austrian's move sparked a wave of activity, with Stybar joining the lone leader with 20 kilometres to go.

With 11 to go Stybar's superior experience and strength was evident, and the Quick-Step rider pushed clear and towards what would have been his first win of the season. Behind him, the ཧremnants of the break ke𝄹pt the gap to under 45 seconds and on the initial slopes of the Malhao, the race for the stage was in the balance.

"I knew that the last climb would be really hard against Kwiatkowski, so yeah it was great to just go very aggressive in the race actually, already from the beginning," Stybar told Cyclingnews at the finish.

"The team just said, 'Okay🌊 let's race, let's have 🥀fun on the stage' and that's what we did."

When Kwiatkowski struck for home on the final climb, Stybar beg⛎an figh🦄ting a losing battle. His 30-second lead evaporated within just a couple of corners.

"I really enjoyed the racing today, the stage, it's a pi𝓰ty I couldn't manage to keep the gap. It was 30 second🦋s, but I came on the bottom of the climb completely empty so I knew it would be completely difficult."

When Kwiatkowski passed Stybar, the Team Sky rider glanced over at the Quick-Step man. After the finish, Kwiatk🉐owski admitted that Stybar had put him under immense pressure during the stage, and praised his former teammate's ride.

"He didn'🌞t say anything, he just looked at my face, how tired it was," Stybar said.

"I didn't even try [to keep up with him]. I was going my own pace because I went really all-out the last three kilometres bef🎐ore the bottom of the climb to just make as big a gap as possible, and yeah it cost me a lot of en𝓀ergy. Anyway, I did enjoy it, it was fun."

Stybar came home in 13th place, 48 seconds down on 💛Kwiatkowski. The results pushed the Quick-Step rider up to 15th overall, and although he leaves Algarve with little in terms of results, his form bodes well for his upcoming races, including Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche.