IMAGE: Only Špilberk decided. Ťoupalík defended his triumph at Brno – Mikulov – Brno
The 190 long long one was extremely fast right from the start. In the opening flat passages downwind, it was constantly spinning and soon there was a big escape of twenty riders, where the defending champion Adam Ťoupalík, his teammates from Elkov Kasper and also the other favorites and, among others, Adam Hansen from the Austrian WSA KTM Graz p/b LEOMO were not missing.
The group drove at the head of the race to the first big climb in Pavlovo, and it was here that other competitors pulled ahead. This was followed by a passage through Mikulov, and the cyclists slowed down on their way back to Brno. After a very fast start, it was necessary to refresh and recharge before the hilly finish of the race. However, even on the plains, there were attacks against the wind. Richard Habermann from Sparta Prague was active, Polish riders from several teams also tried, but in the end the Italian Davide Hodné De Cassan from the Friuli ASD team made a solo escape.
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Another soloist, Pawel Szostka from Santic – Wibatech, decided to follow De Cassan, and Elkov Kasper, working for Adam Ťoupalík, started working in the small peloton. De Cassan raced into the final sixty kilometers with a good 2:30 ahead of the peloton, while Szostka was soon caught.
The Italian cyclist was the first to climb the most difficult climb in Hlín and continued alone to the hill in Nejkov. Here, the Elkov Kasper team, specifically Jakub Otruba, increased the pace of the main group. Although De Cassan tried and gave a very good performance, he had no chance against Elkov. Although the Czech team was weakened by the illnesses of several competitors, it nevertheless decided to take the development of the race under its own control and finished the climb to the village of Omice Itala.
In the first group, Elkov Kasper had four riders, but most of the work was on Otrub. For long kilometers he kept the high pace of the group of 35 riders, and behind him he spared Ťoupalík and rivals from ATT Investments and Polish teams. Otruba showed an excellent performance, as Adam Ťoupalík’s last helper, he was still at the head of the group even on the climb to the automotodrome and eliminated rivals’ attempts to escape. He kept working until the Kohoutovice hill, where Marcin Budzinski from the HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski team attacked.
Only teammate Jakub Kaczmarek and Ťoupalík stayed behind Budzinski. This start was the main one for the development of the plant. Budzinski, Kaczmarek and Ťoupalík quickly went down from Kohoutovice to Pisárek and kept a group of six competitors behind them.
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Budzinski worked for his compatriot and teammate, in Žluté kopč he prepared an attack for Jakub Kaczmarek and stepped out. Kaczmarek’s start was tough, Ťoupalík had to give everything he had to hold on. Kaczmarek was in first position at the finish exit to Špilberk, but the Czech cyclist knew where to start. It was right at the beginning of the finish line, in a very steep passage.
Kaczmarek resisted for a while, but the explosive Ťoupalík was stronger and went on to win in a row. Kaczmarek crossed the finish line in second place and the others finished with a small loss, of which Jan Kašpar from ATT Investments was the best. A successful race for the Czech continental teams was completed by Michal Schuran in fifth place. Pole Pawel Cieslik (Voster ATS) squeezed in among the ATT Investments riders.