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Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg. Stage 5. Race ends with a sprint among GC contenders in the center of Luxembourg
The 80th edition of Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg finished today with a tough 177-km-long final stage from Mersch to Luxembourg.
The race profile was characterized with six first category climbs and the uphill finish in the capital.
After a lot of attacks during the climbs of the day, peloton reduced to the small elite group of around 20 riders, with Kazakh young talented neopros Vadim Pronskiy inside.
At the final climb this group split and around seven riders played the sprint in the front, which was won by Andreas Akron from Denmark.
After 5 stages, Italian Diego Ulissi wins the general classification, Pronskiy finishes the race at 12th position, 1’05” behind the yellow jersey.
– We came here with the young leader, who is riding his first year in professional cycling. We didn’t want to make too much pressure to him, as it was important to see how he feels day by day. Finally, we can be satisfied with his results. He did a very active race - every stage always in the front among other leaders, finally, finished in Top 5 in youth classification. The team also made a good job, supporting him during all this week, – summarized the race sports director Giuseppe Martinelli.
Photo: Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg
