Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Qazaqstan) attacked away from a six-man breakaway group to ride to solo victory at the 78th edition of the Circuito de Getxo, his 36th pro career victory.
With 16km of the race remaining Lutsenko attacked from the day’s main breakaway group containing Simone Velasco (Astana-Qazaqstan), Toms Skujiņš (Lidl-Trek), Tony Gallopin (Lidl-Trek), Eduard Prades (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).
Lutsenko avoided disaster as he took the wrong turn at a roundabout with 12km remaining, losing at least 15 seconds of his advantage. However, he managed to navigate back to the course and hold onto his advantage entering the final 10km.
Lutsenko held his advantage and entered the aggressive final ramp of the course with an advantage of just over 30 seconds on the group of chasers.
From that group Tony Gallopin attacked his breakaway companions to take second place, while Lutsenko’s teammate Velasco took third place in the Basque one-day 193.3km race that honours the memory of the Otxoa brothers.
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