C'était l'heure du Ben Healy show ce vendredi 11 avril sur la 5e étape du Tour du Pays basque ! Alors qu'on s'attendait à une nouvelle explication musclée entre puncheurs et grimpeurs à l'issue d'une journée encore une fois vallonnée sur les 172,3 kms reliant Urduna et Gernika-Lumo, l'imprévisible Irlandais a finalement réalisé un raid en solitaire dont il a le secret pour s'offrir sa première victoire de la saison. Membre de la belle échappée du jour composée de beaux noms comme Julian Alaphilippe, Pello Bilbao, Warren Barguil, Bruno Armirail ainsi que son coéquiper Alex Baudin, le coureur d'EF Education-EasyPost s'est ensuite isolé à 57 bornes de l'arrivée, rien que ça... et son coup de folie a été récompensé ! Toujours aussi fort pour écraser les pédales dans ce genre de scénario, Healy a résisté sans problème dans le final au retour d'un peloton impuissant pour combler ses deux minutes de retard sur le fantasque baroudeur, malgré la redoutable montée de Zalobante à 10 kms de l'arrivée.
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00:005th etapa de Le Chulia
00:04Tras el buen sabor de boca de la etapa del día ayer
00:06Con esta victoria para Joe Almeida
00:08Luciendo el maillot amarillo de líderes de la clasificación general
00:11Hoy los corredores cuentan con 170 km de recorrido
00:14Entre la línea de salida de Orduña
00:17Y el final en Garnicalumo
00:30Egunak mendea, dirudi ordea
00:35Zorionak hartzela, bihortu zorrela
00:39Haudatu bibea, badago aldea
00:43Ehori edo estela
00:45Laztu betan datab, elkarriekin datab
00:49Aireangoa
00:52Zutnirekin datab, nixurekin datab
00:57Kolorzala izango da
01:00Guztiek erantzunak
01:07Ahoan, ahoan
01:11Baina nire itzala
01:13Alboan
01:17Irea gazila, turro dikargila
01:27Bateragoa
01:30Koluntza berida
01:33Eutsi ezartida
01:35Ehori bestela
01:37Aztu betan datab, elkarrikin datab
01:43Aireangoa
01:48Zutnirekin datab
01:49Nixurekin datab
01:51Kolorzala izango da
01:54Surtur
02:06Irea zakti, i mean, it was a super tricky first 20k and we knew that and yeah, we put a lot of resources into going into that breakaway and yeah, in the end it was really down to legs.
02:16So a super strong break formed and yeah, that was a perfect scenario for us.
02:20Yeah, exactly. Yeah, we played our cards like that because I mean, it was a, like I say, a super strong breakaway with yeah, some some big riders in there so yeah, I could feel I had good legs and wanted to go long and then Alex got a free ride or I could ride to the finish and yeah, today I had the legs to ride to the finish.
02:40Yeah, exactly as yeah, I just left it all out there and knew I had it in the legs to keep keep away and just made sure I always had something to hit out on that.
02:50On the climbs and recover on the descents and yeah, I just had super legs today and yeah, there was nothing slowing me down.
02:56Yeah, I mean, the as I may be hoping for a bit of rain because then it creates the carnage behind and then for sure it makes it for a super difficult chase.
03:05But yeah, in the end it stayed away and yeah, that wind was definitely tricky but just had to keep my head down and keep pushing.
03:12Yeah, I mean, it's just the best feeling ever, you know, when you cross the line solo and can put the hands in the air and there's there's always a chance and you just got to keep reminding yourself there's always a chance, you know, and yeah, it's not necessarily I always come to come to a race with the goal of only breakaways.
03:27I mean, I came here with maybe hoping for the GC, but just had a bit of a shock to the system with the first few days in the heat and yeah, now the sun's away. I can go hard again. So yeah, I was just happy with that.
03:39Yeah, I think his stage today and yeah, if he does aren't a good one for him, then it was also a good one for me.
03:45Yeah, I think it was a good one for me.