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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-06-2020 16:01
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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 | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | P. Roglic | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/98pQSkS.png[/img-r] | R. Dennis | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/98pQSkS.png[/img-r] | S. Yates |
Laurens De Plus didn't arrive to the race in a great shape and that was reflected by a poor performance in the opening time - trial as he lost 40 seconds to Roglic. It looked like things might turn around when he put in a winning move in the third stage, but things dialed back when we reached the mountains.
De Plus celebrates his first win since March
Roglic looked set for a third consecutive win in Suisse, despite the team change. After landing the yellow jersey to team mate Enric Mas for a stage, he did eventually lose the jersey for good in the last very stage, when Giro winner Adam Yates put in a tremendous attack to take the win from Roglic by only 4 seconds. A dramatic outcome for the Slovenian as a third consecutive win here would have put him in the history books.
Yates on his way to win the final stage and the overall
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | Stage 1 |  | Primoz Roglic |  | | Primoz Roglic | |  | Stage 2 |  | Jakub Mareczko |  | | Primoz Roglic | |  | Stage 3 |  | Laurens De Plus |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | Stage 4 | | Wout Van Aert | | | Primoz Roglic | |  | Stage 5 |  | Enric Mas | | | Enric Mas | | | Stage 6 |  | Simon Yates |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | Stage 7 |  | Gregor Mühlberger |  | | Primoz Roglic | | | Stage 8 |  | Rohan Dennis | | | Primoz Roglic | | | Stage 9 | | Adam Yates |  | | Adam Yates | |
Results | 1. | | Adam Yates | Team INEOS | 34h00'42 | | 2. | | Primoz Roglic | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 4 | | 3. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'48 | | 4. |  | Sam Oomen | Movistar Team | + 2'41 | | 5. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 5'43 | | 6. |  | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | + 6'34 | | 7. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 6'45 | | 8. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 6'52 | | 9. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 6'57 | | 10. | | Enric Mas | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 7'34 | | 11. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 8'16 | | 12. |  | Maximilian Schachmann | Team Sunweb | + 10'35 | | 13. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | + 11'20 | | 14. |  | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 12'42 | | 15. |  | Thibaut Pinot | Lotto Soudal | + 12'58 | | 16. | | Davide Formolo | BORA - hansgrohe | + 15'38 | | 17. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18. | | Simon Spilak | TEAM Aeroflot | + 16'30 | | 19. |  | Hernán Aguirre | Trek - Segafredo | + 19'21 | | 20. |  | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 20'19 |
 | | Primoz Roglic | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 84 |  | | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | 90 |  | | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | 34h07'16 |  |  | UAE Team Emirates | | 102h31'06 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-06-2020 16:48
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/CPhmS9v.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Norway | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/CPhmS9v.png[/img-r] |
| | | | 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 | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/YAfVuQS.png[/img-r] | Hakon Aalrust | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/6mDkZRH.png[/img-r] | Vegard Stake Laengen | |
Uno-X were determined not to let a breakaway go away today, but eventually all of their riders tired out of chasing every single attack and two riders, including Jumbo's Tobias Foss, got away.
Halfway through their attack, Foss dropped his companion and went on to take a fantastic solo win. Vegard Stake Laengen attacked quite a long way from the finish line but he could not make up the grown to Foss. The two of them managed to finish the first 2 in both competitions this year, with the Interpro rider taking the time - trial title.
RR Results | 1. |  | Tobias Foss | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h50'55 | | 2. | | Vegard Stake Laengen | Interpro Cycling Academy | + 4'37 | | 3. | | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 7'04 |
ITT Results | 1. | | Vegard Stake Laengen | Interpro Cycling Academy | 52'20 | | 2. | | Tobias Foss | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 41 | | 3. | | Alexander Kristoff | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'14 |
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Posted on 05-06-2020 16:51
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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 | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/lIJXqnM.png[/img-r] | Andreas Stokbro | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-r] | Mikkel Bjerg | |
Stokbro was a clear favorite today to take a second title in a row, but a group of 6 riders managed to attack and ruin Riwal's plans for a mass sprint. Mads Pedersen was the fastest of the attacks and he will be wearing the white cross on a red shirt next year.
RR Results | 1. |  | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | 5h24'24 | | 2. | | Casper Pedersen | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 3. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Mikkel Bjerg | Mitchelton-Scott | 45'55 | | 2. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | BORA - hansgrohe | + 48 | | 3. | | Kasper Asgreen | UAE Team Emirates | + 55 |
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Posted on 05-06-2020 16:54
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/C3yjcDZ.png[/img-l] | | N.C. USA | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/C3yjcDZ.png[/img-r] |
| | | | 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 | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/V7UTzpx.png[/img-r] | Colin Joyce | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-r] | Tejay Van Garderen | |
Colin Joyce made a late attack and then managed to held off a comeback from the pack as he takes a whooping third consecutive title at the US Championships.
RR Results | 1. |  | Colin Joyce | Israël - Cycling Academy | 5h30'53 | | 2. | | Joe Dombrowski | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3. | | Alex Howes | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | 53'09 | | 2. | | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 50 | | 3. | | Matteo Jorgenson | Rally UHC Cycling | + 58 |
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Posted on 05-06-2020 17:02
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/z0WcegL.png[/img-l] | | N.C. Russia | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/z0WcegL.png[/img-r] |
| | | | Road Race | | Time - trial | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/M2n8YTE.png[/img-r] | Evgeny Shalunov | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/M2n8YTE.png[/img-r] | Anton Vorobyev | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/vrUUoP6.png[/img-r] | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/M2n8YTE.png[/img-r] | Sergey Shilov | |
A group of 3 escapees actually lapped the pack in Russia on their way to clench the victory as Kipov makes the national double.
RR Results | 1. |  | Gasanbek Kipov | UAE Team Emirates | 4h52'21 | | 2. | | Victor Manakov | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 3. | | Evgenii Kazanov | Lokosphinx | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Gasanbek Kipov | UAE Team Emirates | 48'00 | | 2. | | Pavel Sivakov | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'00 | | 3. | | Anton Vorobyev | Gazprom - RusVelo | + 1'52 |
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Posted on 05-06-2020 17:06
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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 | | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/XKyY4YI.png[/img-r] | Amaury Capiot | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-r] | Victor Campenaerts | |
A change of pace in Belgium as the traditional flat course with a few hundred meters of cobbles is replaced with a hilly route. A group of three riders would fight off for the victory, but sadly Jumbo's Louis Vervaeke didn't have the speed of Wellens and Teuns, with the Lotto rider claiming the win.
Jumbo will have one of the blue, yellow and red jersey in their roster for the next year as Laurens De Plus repeated his 2019 feat in the time - trial.
RR Results | 1. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | 6h42'27 | | 2. | | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 3. | | Louis Vervaeke | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 55'25 | | 2. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 2 | | 3. | | Senne Leysen | Roompot-Charles | + 15 |
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Posted on 05-06-2020 17:10
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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 | | | 2020: | [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 | |
Danny Van Poppel missed out on the winning move in the Dutch Championships and the chance to make it three in a row, something Tom Dumoulin did not miss out on in the time - trial.
3 Jumbo riders were in the 10 man group that would sprint for the victory this year (Teunissen, Hofstede and Kelderman) and two of them actually made it onto the podium, with Kelderman taking the much wanted victory.
RR Results | 1. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | 6h16'07 | | 2. | | Tom Dumoulin | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 3. | | Lennard Hofstede | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
ITT Results | 1. | | Tom Dumoulin | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1h06'33 | | 2. | | Wout Poels | Team INEOS | + 2'04 | | 3. | | Koen Bouwman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'08 |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | C. Froome | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | S. Kruijswijk | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/09zuO8c.png[/img-r] | G. Thomas | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-r] | T. Pogacar |
| | | | | | | | 2019: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | D. Groenewegen | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-r] | F. Aru | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.png[/img-r] | E. Mas | | 2020: | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/s7CsjGM.png[/img-r] | C. Laporte | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-r] | G. Bennett | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-r] | T. Pogacar |
| Jumbo-Visma | | | GC Favorites | | | Top Sprinters | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/FRE45EU.png[/img-r] | L. De Plus | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.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/ALPTVT4.png[/img-r] | P. Ackermann | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/bNkx6NT.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/bNkx6NT.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] | S. Kruijswijk | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/yQUmrec.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | T. G. Hart | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.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/5JT0U8o.png[/img-r] | W. Kelderman | [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/jAtZgs9.png[/img-r] | F. Gaviria | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-l] | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/C3yjcDZ.png[/img-r] | N. Powless | [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/n04si6i.png[/img-r] | S. Bennett | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/ZgD1KCR.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/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] | R. Bardet | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/gfILHqf.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/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | V. Nibali | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-l] | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | J. Mareczko | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/zj8FCS2.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/oApXgoq.png[/img-r] | M. Soler | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/Ht2gUCD.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/PyzIGEK.png[/img-r] | C. Froome | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] | T. Pinot | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/VupKHQx.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/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | G. Ciccone | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/LZug8fd.png[/img-l] | | | | | | | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/wbBgJno.png[/img-r] | F. Aru | [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/4lJ0iKB.png[/img-l] | | | |
De Plus has looked very good at the beginning of the season, winning Algarve and Tirreno, but looked rather shaky in Suisse. Still, he will be looking to show that last year's second place in La Vuelta was no fluke and will be looking for another GT podium here. And he has a fantastic team behind him with Kruijswijk, Powless and Kelderman.
Geraint Thomas will be hoping to defend his title but the competition is fierce and the Ineos squad looks really really bad as compared to what we are used to. Bardet finished second in the last two years but this year he will be a luxury domestique for Geoghegan Hart, who looks to be G's main rival with Lopez. But the Colombian has been out with an injury since Itzulia so it will be interesting to see where his fitness levels are.
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Posted on 06-06-2020 11:20
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We kickoff this year's Tour de France with a 15km time - trial in Monaco, with the first half of the course on a climb followed by a downhill to the finish line.
Soler looked great early this season in Paris - Nice, but then took a step back behind Nibali in Il Giro, but it looks like he could be Mitchelton's man this race as he set up a good early time to stay in the leader's seat for quite a while
Dennis took the opener last year and he has the chance to repeat the feat this year as he manages to beat Soler's time by 1 just second despite being a bit behind at the top of the climb
Geoghegan Hart had a brilliant Dauphine and it looks like he is set to do it in the Tour as well. A very good performance by him, just 4 seconds slower than Dennis
Froome hasn't look quite like himself last year and the first half of this season but today we saw the rider that we are used to as the Lotto ride flew through the course to beat Dennis' time by 16 seconds!
Not a bad start but not a great one either from De Plus to his Tour de France campaign. The fresh Belgian Champion stopped the clock 23 seconds slower than Froome
A good rider by Thomas as he starts his title defence. He finished 12 seconds behind Froome, but finished ahead of everyone else and the last two Tour de France winners are the first two riders in today's stage
Lopez is arguably the best climber in the World right now, but after a big break it will be tough for him to compete with the very best. Still, it's the mountains were we expect him to shine, not time - trials. 39 seconds down today
Results | 1. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | 21'23 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 12 | | 3. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 16 | | 4. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 17 | | 5. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 20 | | 6. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 21 | | 7. |  | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 23 | | 9. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 27 | | 12. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 28 | | 13. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 29 | | 14. | | Pierre Latour | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
 | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | 20 |  | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 21'52 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 1h05'30 |
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| | | | | |  | C. Froome | | C. Froome |  | ----- | | J. Colson |
Despite finishing second on the third category climb, Romain Seigle would go on to win two of the next four category climbs and become the first wearer of the polka dot jersey.
Jumbo and Deceuninck fight for supremacy in a very nervous first mass sprint of this year's Tour de France. The stakes are as high as ever when it comes to a sprint in Le Tour
But both trains make mistakes. Teunissen spends too much time behind a surprisingly slow Van Aert, while Demare leaves Ackermann alone in the win too early and with 300 metres to go neither of their sprinters are in contention for the stage win
It's an Ineos rider who takes it! The fresh British Champion, Christopher Lawless take his madden Grand Tour victory in front of Theuns and Mareczko. Quite an unexpected podium for this year's first mass sprint
Stage | 1. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | 4h32'21 | | 2. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 3. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 6. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 7. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 8. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9. | | Bryan Coquard | Vital Concept - B&B Hotels | s.t. | | 10. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 11. | | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 12. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 14. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | 4h53'44 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 12 | | 3. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 16 | | 4. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 17 | | 5. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 20 | | 6. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 21 | | 7. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 8. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 23 | | 9. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 27 | | 12. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 28 | | 13. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 29 | | 14. | | Pierre Latour | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
| | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | 54 | | | Romain Seigle | Arkéa - Samsic | 3 | | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 4h54'13 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 14h42'33 |
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| | | | | | | C. Froome | | C. Lawless | | R. Seigle | | J. Colson |
Another mass sprint in France and once again it's Deceuninck and Jumbo-Visma who are in charge. Quite surprisingly though, the Belgian team is working for Demare today instead of Ackermann
But it proves to be the right move as Demare is clearly the strongest sprinter today and he brings the win for the wolf pack, while Groenewegen takes another fourth place, missing out on the podium
Stage | 1. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4h46'09 | | 2. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 3. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 6. | | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 7. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 8. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 10. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 11. | | Leonardo Basso | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 12. | | Grega Bole | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 13. | | Michael Hepburn | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 14. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Jonas Rickaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | 9h39'53 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 12 | | 3. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | + 16 | | 4. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 17 | | 5. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 20 | | 6. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 21 | | 7. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 8. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 23 | | 9. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 11. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 27 | | 12. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 28 | | 13. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 29 | | 14. | | Pierre Latour | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. |
| | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | 74 | | | Romain Seigle | Arkéa - Samsic | 3 | | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 9h40'22 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 29h01'00 |
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| | | | | | | C. Froome | | C. Lawless | | R. Seigle | | J. Colson |
The fourth stage brings a 40km team time - trial and while it won't decide the Tour, it might give some riders a reason to be quite aggressive in the mountains in case they lose more time than what they'd like today
Despite having the defending champion in their squad, Ineos seem to be here for the sprints and today it showed as they had a rather disappointing time, losing 56 seconds to Astana, who were the leaders at the time
Quick Step are also another team way too focused on the sprints when they have such a big name for the GC in their squad in Miguel Angel Lopez. And they do even worse than Ineos, 14 seconds slower than them
Ag2r seemed determined to win the Tour after two consecutive places by Bardet as they hired Geoghegan Hart, but it won't be today the day they do it. Just 20 seconds faster than Ineos
Dennis led Bahrain and Simon Yates to a very good result today. They cross the finish line 24 seconds faster than Ag2r
Mitchelton already have a Grand Tour podium with Nibali this year, but they look set to put Soler in the best position possible this year. They beat Bahrain's time by 14 seconds and take the provisional lead from Astana for 2 seconds
Froome surprisingly took the yellow jersey after the first stage, but he will lose it today as Lotto finish 24 seconds slower than Mitchelton. This might have been the last time we get to see Froome yellow in France
UAE have a very strong line - up this year with Pogacar, Aru and Dan Martin and today it showed. They were 2 seconds faster than Mitchelton!
De Plus led to Jumbo to the stage win as they cross the line 6 seconds faster than UAE, but as he dropped back in the finale, the Belgian actually lost two seconds to his team - mates and will get the yellow jersey but he is credited with the same time as Marc Soler after four stages!
Stage | 1. | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 46'44 | | 2. | | UAE Team Emirates | | + 6 | | 3. | | Mitchelton-Scott | | + 8 | | 4. |  | Astana Pro Team | | + 10 | | 5. | | Team Dimension Data | | + 20 | | 6. | | BORA - hansgrohe | | + 22 | | 7. |  | Bahrain - Merida | | s.t. | | 8. | | Groupama - FDJ | | + 24 | | 9. | | Lotto Soudal | | + 32 | | 10. | | Team Sunweb | | + 38 | | 11. | | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | | + 46 | | 12. | | Ag2r La Mondiale | | + 54 | | 13. | | TEAM Aeroflot | | + 1'02 | | 14. | | Team INEOS | | + 1'06 | | 15. | | Trek - Segafredo | | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 10h27'02 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 3. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1 | | 4. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 3 | | 5. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 4 | | 6. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5 | | 7. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 6 | | 8. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 14 | | 9. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 10. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 16 | | 11. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 22 | | 12. |  | Leopold König | UAE Team Emirates | + 24 | | 13. | | Filippo Ganna | Astana Pro Team | + 26 | | 14. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 28 | | 15. | | Cameron Meyer | Mitchelton-Scott | + 30 |
| | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | 74 | | | Romain Seigle | Arkéa - Samsic | 3 | | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 10h27'18 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 29h47'44 |
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Posted on 06-06-2020 20:08
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| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | C. Lawless | | R. Seigle | | T. Pogacar |
Kevin Ledanois, who also scored 3 KoM points in the third stage, managed to snatch another one day to put an end to Seigle's stint in the polka dots jersey
No sign of the Deceuninck train today and under the flamme rouge, Teunissen and Groenewegen lead the pack
Despite not getting a lot of help from his team - mates, Demare still manages to get involve today as a group of sprinters catch up to a tired Groenewegen right before the finish line
And it's a second win for Arnaud Demare who takes the lead in the green jersey classification as well. A good gamble by Decenunick who decided to give him leadership in the sprints instead of Ackermann. Meanwhile, Groenewegen finishes fourth for the third time
Stage | 1. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4h30'54 | | 2. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 3. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 6. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 7. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 8. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 9. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10. | | Sam Bennett | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11. |  | Jean Pierre Drucker | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 12. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 13. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 14. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 14h57'56 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 3. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1 | | 4. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 3 | | 5. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 4 | | 6. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5 | | 7. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 6 | | 8. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 14 | | 9. | | Rohan Dennis | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 10. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 16 | | 11. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 22 | | 12. | | Leopold König | UAE Team Emirates | + 24 | | 13. | | Filippo Ganna | Astana Pro Team | + 26 | | 14. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 28 | | 15. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 32 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 114 | | | Kevin Ledanois | Team Total Direct Energie | 4 | | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 14h58'12 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 43h20'25 |
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Posted on 07-06-2020 15:58
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| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | A. Demare | | K. Ledanois | | T. Pogacar |
Before the stage we found out that going for Demare instead of Ackermann for the sprints wasn't a pure tactical decision as Ackermann did not start today due to an injury, which definitely prevented him from performing him from his best in the previous stages
Today's finale is definitely too hard for pure sprinters and as a result Jumbo ended up working for Van Aert today. On the final uphill section Powelss was leading a Belgian duo as the yellow jersey Laurens De Plus, was right in Van Aert's wheel
Kragh Andersen looked very strong today but he was no match for the Jumbo Belgian duo. De Plus could have actually taken today's stage win, but decided to sit up and let his team - mate have the glory
The pack split up on that final uphill section and some GC riders such as Pogacar, Lopez or Kruijswijk ended up losing 50 seconds. A huge amount of time for this type of stage
Stage | 1. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h20'29 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 3. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 4. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 5. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 7. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 9 | | 8. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 9. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 10. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 11. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 12. | | Alexis Gougeard | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 13. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 19h18'19 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 15 | | 3. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 19 | | 4. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 21 | | 5. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 29 | | 6. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 33 | | 7. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 35 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 37 | | 9. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 39 | | 10. | | Søren Kragh Andersen | BORA - hansgrohe | + 44 | | 11. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 47 | | 12. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | + 52 | | 13. | | Filippo Ganna | Astana Pro Team | + 56 | | 14. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 57 | | 15. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | + 1'00 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 129 | | | Kevin Ledanois | Team Total Direct Energie | 4 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 19h18'56 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 56h22'01 |
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Posted on 07-06-2020 16:05
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| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | A. Demare | | K. Ledanois | | N. Powless |
Despite having over 8 minutes at some point, the breakaway did not manage to keep their advantage in front of a pack decided to have the GC favorites go for the first mountain stage win in this year's Tour
Marc Soler seemed to be the strongest today and as he broke away from the other favorites it felt on De Plus' shoulders to chase him given they are the first two in the general classification
De Plus did get some help after a while from Tao and Froome as the three of them managed to leave the other favorites behind, but still not making any progress on catching up to Soler, who was doing a very brave solo ride
De Plus and Geoghegan Hart did manage to almost catch up to the Spaniard in the very last metres of the climb, but by this time the Spaniard was already celebrating his win
After inheriting the white jersey from Pogacar after yesterday's splits in the pack, Powless manage a very good ride today as he was the first U25 rider across the finish line. Pogacar doesn't seem to have the best climbing legs at the moment so Neilson could have a real shot at the jersey.
Stage | 1. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | 6h27'14 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 7 | | 3. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 22 | | 5. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 51 | | 6. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 56 | | 7. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'02 | | 8. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 9. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'44 | | 11. |  | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 1'51 | | 12. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'57 | | 13. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 2'10 | | 14. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 15. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 25h45'34 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 4 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 42 | | 4. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'06 | | 5. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'20 | | 6. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'48 | | 7. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 2'14 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'20 | | 9. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 2'30 | | 10. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 2'38 | | 11. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 3'19 | | 12. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'21 | | 13. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'25 | | 14. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'43 | | 15. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'44 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 135 | | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | 20 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 25h47'54 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 75h49'07 |
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Well done by De Plus to defend his yellow jersey. Keep on trying with Groenewegen in the sprints!
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Looking good so far
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Posted on 08-06-2020 16:10
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| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | A. Demare | | M. Soler | | N. Powless |
Geniez took some important KoM points yesterday but there was no way he would get the jersey with the amount of points in play on the last climb of the day. He would take it form Soler today, but that was all the breakaway could hope for today as the pack wouldn't allow them to get too far with Kelderman present
Catching the breakaway resulted in a very close sprint finish between the favorites. Ciccone would take the win in front of Marc Soler, who would in turn take the yellow jersey from De Plus thanks to the bonus seconds
Stage | 1. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | 4h30'56 | | 2. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 3. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 4. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 5. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 8. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 9. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 10. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 11. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 12. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 14. | | Thibaut Pinot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | 30h16'28 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 44 | | 4. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 5. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'22 | | 6. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'46 | | 7. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 2'16 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'22 | | 9. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 2'32 | | 10. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 2'40 | | 11. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 3'21 | | 12. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'23 | | 13. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 3'27 | | 14. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'45 | | 15. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'46 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 135 | | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 23 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 30h18'50 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 89h21'55 |
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| | | | | | | M. Soler | | A. Demare | | A. Geniez | | N. Powless |
Alexandre Geniez showed he deserves he wear the polka dots today as he was the first rider across the summit of Col du Tourmalet
The downhill from Tourmalet brought a series of crashes followed by some abandons in the pack. Among those that withdrew: Wout Van Aert and Rohan Dennis.
A lot of GC riders were involved (including Soler, De Plus and Powless) but while most of them made their way back to the main group, Thomas and Lopez did not and would end up over 2 and a half minutes to what has already been a difficult Tour campaign for the both of them
A few kilometres before the finish line a group with Dan Martin, Gaudu and Valverde bridge across to what was left from the breakaway group: Geniez, Van Baarle and Marczynski.
The new group of six would go on to fight for the stage win, with Valverde beating attack companions to take the stage. What a fantastic win for the Spanish legend
Stage | 1. | | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 4h20'34 | | 2. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 3. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4. |  | Tomasz Marczynski | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 5. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | s.t. | | 7. | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Astana Pro Team | + 17 | | 8. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 9. | | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 10. | | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 15. | | Esteban Cháves | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | 34h37'19 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 44 | | 4. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'01 | | 5. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 6. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'46 | | 7. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 2'16 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'22 | | 9. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 2'32 | | 10. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 2'40 | | 11. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'23 | | 12. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'45 | | 13. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'46 | | 14. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 4'09 | | 15. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 4'42 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 135 | | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 47 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 34h39'41 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 102h24'11 |
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With Van Aert out of the Tour, Powless would step from mountain duties to sprint train duties as well. Today, he takes exactly Van Aert's spot between Van Baarle and Teunissen
And Van Baarle and Powless did a fantastic job as there's a split between the Jumbo train and everyone else. Only Mareczko and Philipsen are able to follow. This looks like the perfect opportunity for Groenewegen to take a stage win
And he delivers! It hasn't been the easiest of rides for Groenewegen in the last two Tours after winning the green jersey in 2019 but today everything clicked for the Jumbo train. And with Demare failing to enter the top 10 today, Dylan also takes back a lot of green points
Stage | 1. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h40'45 | | 2. | | Jakub Mareczko | CCC Team | s.t. | | 3. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 4. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 7. | | Christopher Lawless | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 8. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 9. |  | Metkel Eyob | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 10. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 11. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 12. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 13. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 14. | | Christophe Laporte | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | s.t. | | 15. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | 39h18'04 | | 2. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 44 | | 4. | | Daniel Martin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'01 | | 5. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'08 | | 6. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 1'46 | | 7. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 2'16 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 2'22 | | 9. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 2'32 | | 10. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 2'40 | | 11. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'23 | | 12. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 3'45 | | 13. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'46 | | 14. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 4'09 | | 15. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 4'42 |
| | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 149 | | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 47 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 39h20'26 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 116h26'26 |
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