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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-04-2020 12:46
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/ZmM5pRP.png[/img-l] | Tour de Suisse | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZmM5pRP.png[/img-r] |
| | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | P. Roglic | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-r] | R. Porte | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | S. Yates |
Last year, Jumbo went into the Tour de France after winning 3 of their prep races. After Kruijswijk and Van Poppel failed to retained this titles this year, it was no all left on Roglic to boost up the team's morale. And he did not disappoint as the Slovenian dominated both stages that would shape up the GC: the queen mountain stage and the final time - trial in Bern.
Roglic was not the only rider to mirror his result from last year. Simon Yates also retained his place on the podium. The race also marked Louis Vervaeke's first win for the team, after a successful breakaway.
Roglic wins in the snow
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | S1 |  | Rohan Dennis |  | | Rohan Dennis | |  | S2 |  | Simon Yates | | | Rohan Dennis | | | S3 |  | Michal Kwiatkowski |  | | Michal Kwiatkowski | |  | S4 | | Michael Matthews |  | | Michal Kwiatkowski | |  | S5 |  | Primoz Roglic |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | S6 |  | Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | S7 |  | Edward Theuns |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | S8 | | Louis Vervaeke | | | Primoz Roglic | | | S9 | | Primoz Roglic | | | Primoz Roglic | |
Results | 1. | | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo-Visma | 33h25'38 | | 2. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'39 | | 3. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 3'04 | | 4. |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | + 3'28 | | 5. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 4'00 | | 6. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team INEOS | + 4'04 | | 7. | | Enric Mas | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 4'40 | | 8. |  | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA - hansgrohe | + 4'41 | | 9. |  | Pierre Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'57 | | 10. |  | Sébastien Reichenbach | Groupama - FDJ | + 5'01 | | 11. |  | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | + 5'13 | | 12. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5'16 | | 13. |  | Rui Alberto Costa | Team Dimension Data | + 5'47 | | 14. | | Ben O'Connor | Mitchelton-Scott | + 6'57 | | 15. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | + 7'07 | | 16. |  | Wilco Kelderman | Team Sunweb | + 7'24 | | 17. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | + 7'26 | | 18. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 8'57 | | 19. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 9'00 | | 20. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | + 9'17 |
 | | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo-Visma | 79 |  | | Simon Clarke | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | 53 |  | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 33h29'38 |  |  | Bahrain - Merida | | 100h31'30 |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 18-04-2020 01:12
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Primoz is still strong after a tough Giro. Is he going to race the Tour?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-04-2020 11:07
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rogvi97 wrote:
Primoz is still strong after a tough Giro. Is he going to race the Tour?
No. Giro and Vuelta for him this year
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Posted on 18-04-2020 13:15
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| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-r] | Vegard Stake Laengen | |
Two riders attacked early today and they would make it to the finish line: Hakon Aalrust and Jumbo's Tobias Foss. Foss tried a late attack, but it was not good enough to leave the Coop rider behind, who was far too strong today and ended up winning the national title.
The attacking duo
RR Results | 1. |  | Hakon Aalrust | Team Coop | 5h48'13 | | 2. | | Tobias Foss | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 23 | | 3. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | + 2'22 |
ITT Results | 1. | | Vegard Stake Laengen | Interpro Cycling Academy | 48'13 | | 2. | | Sindre Skjøstad Lunke | Riwal - Readynez Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | 3. | | Andreas Vangstad | Joker Fuel of Norway | + 1'44 |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 13:18
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/09sd1WG.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Slovenia | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09sd1WG.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Primoz Roglic | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Primoz Roglic | |
Bahrain were set not to let a breakaway win this year's Slovenian road race championships and as a result we saw a four way sprint between the strongest riders in the race (Mohoric, Pogacar, Roglic and Polanc) for the title, with Mohoric coming out on top. Mission accomplished for Bahrain.
RR Results | 1. | | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain - Merida | 5h00'29 | | 2. | | Jan Polanc | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 3. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Primoz Roglic | Team Jumbo-Visma | 50'54 | | 2. | | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 1'19 | | 3. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'48 |
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/WLfvoYP.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Denmark | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/WLfvoYP.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZmdywKZ.png[/img-r] | Jakob Fuglsang | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ZgD1KCR.png[/img-r] | Michael Valgren Andersen | |
A very close sprint for the national title this year in Denmark, with Andreas Stokbro beating Magnus Cort by only a few centimeters to claim what is perhaps the biggest win of his career.
RR Results | 1. | | Andreas Stokbro | Riwal - Readynez Cycling Team | 5h14'23 | | 2. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Mikkel Bjerg | Mitchelton-Scott | 42'53 | | 2. | | Mathias Norsgaard | UAE Team Emirates | + 10 | | 3. | | Martin Toft Madsen | Riwal - Readynez Cycling Team | + 31 |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 13:27
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| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/V7UTzpx.png[/img-r] | Colin Joyce | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/zj8FCS2.png[/img-r] | Joey Rosskopf | |
We had a deja-vu of last year's race in the United States, with another sprint to decide the title and Rally's Colin Joyce adding another title to his palmares.
RR Results | 1. |  | Colin Joyce | Rally UHC Cycling | 4h46'57 | | 2. | | Tanner Putt | Team Illuminate | s.t. | | 3. | | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | 41'38 | | 2. | | William Barta | CCC Team | + 25 | | 3. | | Evan Huffman | Rally UHC Cycling | + 35 |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 13:31
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/FRE45EU.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Belgium | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/FRE45EU.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/vrUUoP6.png[/img-r] | Jens Debusschere | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Laurens De Plus | |
The sponsors have had their eyes on the Belgian title for a couple of years now, but with some light cobblestones and some light gravel, it's hard to avoid a sprint in Belgium and none of our Belgian riders are exactly fast in these conditions. Debusschere had another strong sprint this year, but it was only enough for a podium, with Capiot taking this year's title.
RR Results | 1. | | Amaury Capiot | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 4h15'37 | | 2. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 3. | | Jens Debusschere | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | 29'22 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 34 | | 3. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 59 |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 13:35
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Netherlands | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | Danny Van Poppel | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-r] | Tom Dumoulin | |
A change of scenario in the Netherlands, with a hilly route replacing last year's flat race. It was still Danny Van Poppel who came out on top though, after a brilliant team effort, first to catch the breakaway and then by Kruijswijk and Gesink to keep the attackers at bay.
RR Results | 1. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h47'05 | | 2. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3. | | Sam Oomen | Movistar Team | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Tom Dumoulin | Team Sunweb | 1h04'27 | | 2. | | Martijn Keizer | Leopard Pro Cycling | + 1'50 | | 3. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | + 1'54 |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 15:43
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This story sparks joy. Well written and a simple, summarized layout, really helps one keep going during this cycling absence period.  |
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Posted on 18-04-2020 17:42
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Thanks. I'm glad you enjoy it
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Posted on 18-04-2020 18:10
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| Jumbo-Visma | | | GC Favorites | | | Top Sprinters | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | S. Kruijswijk | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | C. Froome | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-r] | M. Matthews | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | D. Groenewegen | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/jAtZgs9.png[/img-r] | M. A. Lopez | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/ALPTVT4.png[/img-r] | P. Ackermann | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VIck8sE.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | S. Yates | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/98pQSkS.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-r] | C. Ewan | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | R. Gesink | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] | A. Demare | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/FRE45EU.png[/img-r] | W. Van Aert | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09sd1WG.png[/img-r] | T. Pogacar | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/szelq58.png[/img-r] | P. Sagan | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | M. Teunissen | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/oApXgoq.png[/img-r] | M. Landa | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/0KMmjQx.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/n04si6i.png[/img-r] | S. Bennett | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | D. Van Baarle | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/jAtZgs9.png[/img-r] | N. Quintana | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | C. Bol | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/csVyzgG.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/wpDijEi.png[/img-r] | E. Grosu | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | V. Nibali | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] | C. Laporte | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-l] | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/xAVGvsA.png[/img-r] | R. Porte | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | G. Thomas | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | T. Geoghegan Hart | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | A. Yates | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | D. Formolo | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/GesZAMC.png[/img-l] | | | |
Chris Froome will be looking for a record breaking 6th win at the Tour de France. His biggest threat seems to be coming from Lopez, but with the Colombian having already raced Il Giro, everyone is questioning how long well his legs will last.
Bardet and Kruijswijk are both looking to repeat last year's podiums, but with Yates, Pogacar, Landa, the Mitchelton duo of Quintana and Nibali, as well as Froome's British liutenants at the start, it won't be an easy task.
Groenewegen will be looking to take another green jersey, but there are questions in the pack surrounding his shape, having raced quite a lot this season. Michael Matthews has had quite an amazing season so far and with his ability of going over hills as well, he surely must be the favorite despite Groenewegen's success last year.
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Posted on 18-04-2020 21:29
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We kick off this year's Tour de France with a 14km time-trial in Dusseldorf. A victory today would means also the opportunity to wear the yellow jersey for a few days.
Geraint Thomas was among the early starters and he set up a very good reference time, finishing in 15 minutes and 38 seconds.
Steven Kruijswijk, Jumbo's GC leader, started his campaign with a very good result, just 11 seconds slower than the World Champion
Bob Jungels was faster than Thomas at the intermediate check point, but failed to materialize on his advantage on the second part of the stage and stopped the clock 3 seconds slower than G
Rohan Dennis beat both Jungels and Thomas at the intermediate marker and unlike the Luxembourgian Champion, he managed to keep the pace in the second part as well as he crossed the line 3 seconds faster than Thomas. Surely, he'll be today's winner
Froome will be looking for his sixth win in this year's Tour de France. He is not off to a great start though as he finished 47 seconds slower than Dennis, in 46th. The Brit must be peaking for the third week, otherwise this does not look good at all
Results | 1. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | 15'35 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 3 | | 3. |  | Patrick Bevin | CCC Team | + 5 | | 4. |  | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 6 | | 5. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 8 | | 6. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 12 | | 7. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 14 | | 8. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | + 15 | | 9. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 10. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11. | | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 21 | | 12. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 13. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 22 | | 14. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 24 | | 15. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. |
 | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | 20 |  | | Mathias Norsgaard | UAE Team Emirates | 16'04 | | | Team Sunweb | | 47'40 |
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Strong start by Kruijswijk Excited to see how Bora will cope with three spinters
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Kump, Martinez and Venter had each won one of the first 3 climbs of the day, which made their battle for the last KoM points even more interesting, with Venter being first at the top of the climb to claim this year's first polka dots jersey
Jumbo's train looked very strong today as they marched on to the finish line, with almost every member of the team at the front of the pack at the 10 km mark
After a good lead-out, Groenewegen just did not have the speed to fight for the podium today, with Bora's Pascal Ackermann taking today's stage win. It's quite fitting that the German champion would win this year's first inline stage with the Tour starting from Dusseldorf
Stage | 1. | | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | 4h49'02 | | 2. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 3. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 7. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 8. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 9. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 10. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. |  | Eduard Michael Grosu | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 13. | | Nikias Arndt | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 14. | | Jonas Rickaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 15. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | 5h04'37 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 3 | | 3. | | Patrick Bevin | CCC Team | + 5 | | 4. | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 6 | | 5. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 8 | | 6. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 12 | | 7. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 14 | | 8. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | + 15 | | 9. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 11. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 17 | | 12. | | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 21 | | 13. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 22 | | 14. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 24 | | 15. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. |
| | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | 50 | |  | Jaco Venter | Team Dimension Data | 2 | | | Mathias Norsgaard | UAE Team Emirates | 5h05'06 | | | Team Sunweb | | 15h14'46 |
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| | | | | | | R. Dennis | | P. Ackermann | | J. Venter | | M. Norsgaard |
After the first two categorized climbs of the day, both Pacher and Van Lerberghe have matched Venter's points tally. On the last climb, it was Van Lerberghe who managed to snatch another point an the polka dots jersey with it
As we reached the finishing hill, Jumbo moved to the front of the pack to both protect Kruijswijk and try to give either Grosu or Teunissen a shot at the stage win. On the other side of the road, Formolo and Matthews were having plans of their own
Neither Grosu nor Teunissen were strong enough to go for the win today though. It was instead Matthews who profited by Formolo's early work on the climb to add a Tour de France stage win to his already impressive season. Geraint Thomas finished second to move into the overall lead of the race as the duo got a gap of 11 seconds to the rest of the pack.
Geraint Thomas only needed the bonus seconds to hold on in front of Matthews as the yellow jersey wearer, Rohan Dennis was caught on the right side of a split in the pack and dropped out of the first page of the GC
Stage | 1. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 5h16'16 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 3. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 11 | | 4. | | Adam Yates | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 7. |  | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9. |  | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 11. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 12. | | Eduard Michael Grosu | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 14. | | Nairo Quintana | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 15. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | 10h20'50 | | 2. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 1 | | 3. | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 20 | | 4. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 26 | | 5. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 28 | | 6. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | + 29 | | 7. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 32 | | 9. | | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 35 | | 10. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | + 38 | | 11. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 12. | | Nils Politt | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 40 | | 13. | | José Gonçalves | Team Dimension Data | + 42 | | 14. | | Pierre Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15. |  | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | + 43 |
| | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 72 | | | Bert Van Lerberghe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 3 | | | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama - FDJ | 10h21'38 | | | Team Sunweb | | 31h03'56 |
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| | | | | | | G. Thomas | | M. Matthews | | B. Van Lerberghe | | B.Thomas |
We are back with a classic mass sprint stage in the Tour de France and what better color to have at the pack as we are closing down the final kilometers of the stage than yellow? It was of course Jumbo's train who were once again in control of things
Groenewegen's poor form is becoming quite obvious at this point though as the Dutch rider once again failed to even reach the stage's podium despite a very good work done by his team. It was France's new national champion who claimed the stage win for Quick Step: Arnaud Demare
Stage | 1. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4h46'26 | | 2. | | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 3. | | Rick Zabel | Team Katusha- Alpecin | s.t. | | 4. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 5. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Sam Bennett | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 8. | | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 9. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 11. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 12. | | Pascal Ackermann | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 13. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 14. | | Eduard Michael Grosu | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Cees Bol | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | 15h07'16 | | 2. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 1 | | 3. | | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 20 | | 4. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 26 | | 5. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 28 | | 6. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | + 29 | | 7. | | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 32 | | 9. | | Jan Tratnik | Astana Pro Team | + 35 | | 10. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | + 38 | | 11. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 12. | | Nils Politt | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 40 | | 13. | | José Gonçalves | Team Dimension Data | + 42 | | 14. | | Pierre Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15. | | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | + 43 |
| | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 84 | | | Bert Van Lerberghe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 3 | | | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama - FDJ | 15h08'04 | | | Team Sunweb | | 45h23'14 |
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| | | | | | | G. Thomas | | M. Matthews | | B. Van Lerberghe | | B. Thomas |
We reach the mountains quite early in this year's Tour de France as we have our first mountain finish today on the Planche des Belle Filles.
Groenewegen might have disappointed in the sprints so far, but he is not abandoning the fight for the green jersey. Today, he was in the breakaway and won the intermediate sprint
It would not be a day for the breakaway though as the GC men wanted to settle this one between themselves. A group of five riders got away from the others in the last 2 kilometers of the climb: Lopez, Pogacar, S. Yates, Porte and Thomas
Lopez is definitely carrying on to his great form from Giro and Dauphine in this first week of the Tour and he takes today's win. The yellow jersey will stay on Geraint's shoulders after today too and with quite a comfortable gap to the next riders.
Froome won the sprint of the group behind, but him not being in the first group, while Thomas was could potentially shake up things in the Ineos camp as the World TT Champion is now 1 minute and 23 minutes in front of last year's Tour de France winner
Stage | 1. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | 4h07'14 | | 2. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4. | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 5. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6. | | Chris Froome | Team INEOS | + 22 | | 7. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 11. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 12. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Nairo Quintana | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 14. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 15. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | 19h14'30 | | 2. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | + 48 | | 3. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 49 | | 4. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 50 | | 5. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 52 | | 6. | | Richie Porte | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 7. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 54 | | 8. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | + 56 | | 9. | | Warren Barguil | Arkéa - Samsic | + 1'00 | | 10. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'11 | | 11. |  | Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha- Alpecin | + 1'13 | | 12. | | Enric Mas | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'16 | | 13. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 1'18 | | 14. | | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'19 |
| | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | 84 | | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Lotto Soudal | 10 | | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 19h15'22 | | | Team INEOS | | 57h45'44 |
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Hasnt been a great start for Groenewegen but the GC isn't looking too bad atm. Looks like Thomas is Ineos' leader as Froome is not up there.
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I messed up Groenewegen's preparation this year and used him in too many races. He's tired and his fitness level is dropping as well as only getting negative race day condition.
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