Racing in Spain returned on Saturday afternoon for the hilly GP Miguel Indurain, where Team dsm-firmenich Post NL took a strong result with Oscar Onley in third place.
With a variety of weather conditions in store for the riders as they rolled out of the starting area, the team began the day with the objective of looking after Oscar Onley, Warren Barguil and Gijs Leemreize until the final of the race. Doing so ably they stayed safe in the wet conditions and ensured the trio were in the dramatically reduced bunch with around 30 kilometres to go. From there the attacks started flying with Onley covering several moves and making some of his own, although he was always shut down by those behind. Over the top of the penultimate climb McNulty made a strong attack to go clear and build up a gap, while there was hesitation in the chasing group. A strong pull from Barguil saw the gap halved as they hit the final climb, before Van Gils attacked. Not following initially, Onley dug deep at his own pace and crested the climb in third place. Managing the tricky descent well, he almost caught back up to the leading duo but to no avail. Nevertheless, it was a strong showing from the team as they take third with Onley; a promising result in his return to racing.
