Brandon McNulty took his 4th win of the season in fine fashion, tackling a daring descent to sprint to the victory at the GP Miguel Indurain in Spain today.
The American made his attack within -10km to go and built a lead which hovered around the 15” mark as the group struggled to pull him back. On the final steep ascent at -2km McNulty was joined by the Belgian Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dystny) who passed him as they crested the hill.
McNulty then put in a daring descent on wet and technical roads to catch Van Gils and sprint past him to take the title, with Oscar Onley (DSM Firmenich) behind in 3rd.
McNulty : “I made the move on the last long climb and then still had a gap on the last kicker. I was caught by Van Gils and thought that I was done but came back on the downhill.
It’s been a super year so far and I’m hungry for more. We have Itzulia starting on Monday so looking forward to that and the confidence is up after this one.”
Results
1.Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) 4:55:48
2.Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dystny) s.t
3.Oscar Onley (DSM Firmenich) +2”
This result marks a great start to the season for Brandon McNulty, who has built on his overall general classification at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Since his win in Spain, McNulty has gone on to win a special individual time trial in front of the team’s home fans at the UAE Tour, as well as finishing on the podium in Paris-Nice. McNulty will look to carry his form over for the Itzulia Basque Country, where he will look to help Juan Ayuso take victory for UAE Team Emirates.
