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One doesn’t know if that is his warmup for the Tour de France as an alternative of the standard Critérium du Dauphiné or Tour de Suisse, however nonetheless Michael Woods positioned runner-up to Lenny Martinez in Tuesday’s in the future, 1.Professional-rated CIC-Mont Ventoux. It was Woods’ first race since abandoning the Tour de Romandie in April.
Sur la plus haute marche d’un des sommets les plus mythiques 😍 pic.twitter.com/uJ9GsEuZGG
— Équipe Cycliste Groupama-FDJ (@GroupamaFDJ) June 13, 2023
The Course
Unhealthy climate meant that the unique 153-km, double Mont Ventoux ascent was chopped right down to 98 km, with the race ending after the primary, milder ascent of Ventoux. From the less-demanding facet, the climb was 24.5 km at 4.9 p.c.
With the course now shortened on account of dangerous climate situations, the CIC Mont Ventoux Problem ought to be ferocious from the beginning, with riders wanting to place the damage on earlier than the one and solely ascent of Mont Ventoux.
🚩Vaison-La-Romain
🏁Mont Ventoux
📈3000m+
🛣️97.3km
—… pic.twitter.com/pDU0kRLdWV— Israel – Premier Tech (@IsraelPremTech) June 13, 2023
5 riders bounced clear earlier than the primary climb of the day, the Col de la Madeleine. By Mont Ventoux, solely a single fugitive remained. Movistar had taken over the tempo of the peloton from Israel-Premier Tech and diminished it to about 50 riders.
An assault by Cristián Rodríguez of Arkéa-Samsic with 4.5 km to climb made an extra choice. Woods, Martinez, Simon Carr, Domenico Pozzovivo and Ivan Sosa all made the gang. However it will be 19-year-old Martinez who claimed the day’s flowers. Martinez joins the ranks of different CIC-Mont Ventoux winners like Angel Lopez, Alexandr Vlasov, Ruben Guerreiro and Jesus Herrada. He gained’t get to race the Tour de France, however will get his probability on the Vuelta a Espana in August.
2023 CIC-Mont Ventoux
1) Lenny Martinez (France/Groupama-FDJ) 2:48:41
2) Michael Woods (Canada/Israel-Premier Tech) +0:01
3) Simon Carr (Nice Britain/EF Schooling-Easypost) s.t.
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