Costa stated, “Generally I’m happy with the week. It was made very laborious by the wind and hard circumstances however general it was an excellent week of racing. My goal was to strive for the win however I feel we may also be pleased with the rostrum. We’ll take just a few days now to relaxation and put together for our subsequent goal in Oman subsequent week and goal for an enormous consequence there.”
In the meantime in France, Diego Ulissi clinched sixth place on the lumpy Stage 4 of the Etoile de Bessèges, which was gained by Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X).
The Italian breaks into the top-10 in seventh place behind race chief Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) heading into the ultimate race time-trial tomorrow.
In Spain, Sebastian Molano took seventh place in a quick dash end on Stage 4 of the Vuelta Valenciana from Orihuela to Torrevieja (193.1km).
The day was gained by Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo) as Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) holds the general lead heading into the ultimate day.