Wide open race here for a hilly course. Kenyeres is the best climber, but with the shorter inclines, almost anyone could have a good day and take it.
Startlist:
Spoiler
Lovassy
Krisztian
MOL
Kenyeres
Abel
MOL
Palyi
Csaba
Mapei
Fejes
Gabor
Gazelle
Sipos
Zoltan
Duolingo
Dina
Marton
MOL
Filutas
Viktor
MOL
Szarka
Gergely
Centovalli - Fiat
Peak
Barnabas
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
Moricz
Daniel
MOL
Race has been reduced mostly to the professionals on the penultimate climb.
That situation holds as they go up the final climb to the finish. MOL have numbers, and they're still in complete control at the front.
The sprint is launched. Palyi is in pole position now as they others try to swarm him.
But in an evenly matched field who got towed to the sprint, nobody has anything extra to come around him. Palyi takes the day!
1
Csaba Palyi
Mapei
1h26'25
2
Abel Kenyeres
MOL
s.t.
3
Marton Dina
MOL
s.t.
4
Gabor Fejes
Gazelle
s.t.
5
Barnabas Peak
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
s.t.
6
Zoltan Sipos
Duolingo
s.t.
7
Gergely Szarka
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
8
Krisztian Lovassy
MOL
+ 15
9
Viktor Filutas
MOL
s.t.
10
Daniel Moricz
MOL
+ 1'12
On paper, this should be a 3 way battle between Fejes, Sipos, and Palyi.
Palyi won't be doing the double. He takes the lead at the finish but is significantly behind the other two at the time checks.
On the other hand, the battle between these two is incredibly tight! Sipos leads by 1 second at the first time check, but Fejes closes that down to a virtual tie by the second check.
Sipos finishes with a comfortable lead, but can he win the day?
Fejes pedals hard to the line and... he's got it! By less than a second, it looks like he has overcome his intermediate deficit by just enough! The organizers check, but he is indeed proclaimed the winner.
