Eleven months after Oier Lazkano (Movistar) stunned the cycling world with Spain's first-ever podium in Dwars Door Vlaanderen last March, this Monday the Movistar man managed to go one better and triumph on the closest Spain has to a Belgian cobbled Classic at the Clásica Jaén.
The Spanish National Champion managed to do it in style, as well, after getting in breaks for an estimated 114 kilometres of the 158.3 that comprised this year's Clásica, dropping his most tenacious rival, Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon-AG2R) 12 kilometres from the line and soloing home to the finish.
