American Neilson Powless Wins La Clásica San Sebastián
American Neilson Powless Wins La Clásica San Sebastián
Neilson Powless of EF Education-Nippo won the 2021 Clásica San Sebastián, Annemiek Van Vleuten won the women's race.

American Neilson Powless of EF Education-Nippo won the Clásica San Sebastián on Saturday after edging a
thrilling three-way dash for the line on the Basque city's famous seafront.
The 24-year-old from Florida was part of a breakaway over the narrow hill
roads outside San Sebastián and finished the 231km course in 5hr 34mins 31sec,
just ahead of Slovenia's Matej Mohoric and Mikkel Honore of Denmark.
Powless identifies as a Native American of the Oneida tribe, and is the son
of two professional triathletes.
Powless, who recently completed the Tour de France with his American
outfit, drew level with and overtook Bahrain Victorious' Mohoric right on the
line.
After riding in rain most of the afternoon the main pack of riders
featuring world champion Julian Alaphilippe crossed the line at the giant
horseshoe bay La Concha beach 1min 04sec adrift.
The race is the first major test in the build up to the Vuelta a Espana in
two weeks time where Egan Bernal is tipped to complete a hat-trick of Grand
Tour wins, the Colombian was in the mix on Saturday, ending 1min 09sec down on
the day.
The irrepressible Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten won the women's race
earlier to add to her Olympic time trial gold from just three days ago.
She had also won silver in the road race in Japan.
"I was never in any trouble," said the infectiously enthusiastic van
Vleuten. "I didn't know how the jet-lag would be but I wanted to win here for
my team," said van Vleuten who rides for the Spanish team Movistar, based in
the Basque country.
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