Albi (AFP)
The Spaniard Mikel Landa, victim of a fall in the last 20 kilometers of the 10th stage of the Tour de France, experienced a "shock", he said Monday: "the goal for which we have come 'distant".
"At one point, I was on my bike, and the next moment I was on the ground, surrounded by spectators," said the Movistar rider, who says he hit the wheel of an opponent before to fall apart. "It was a shock."
Present with five of his teammates including coleader Nairo Quintana in the first group of favorites after the acceleration of the Deceuninck team at the end of the stage? a "border shot" that split the peloton into several pieces? Landa finally lost 2 min 09 seconds to the finish line due to a 19-kilometer loss from goal.
"Fortunately, I do not have any injuries, I was able to continue in one piece, it's just a waste of time, and the goal we came for is getting away," he said. he continued.
Quintana, meanwhile, managed to finish the stage in the first group, unlike other podium candidates like Thibaut Pinot, Rigoberto Uran, Richie Porte and Jakob Fuglsang. "I hope that my body and my legs will respond well after the day of rest," said the Colombian, eighth overall at 2:04 minutes of Julian Alaphilippe.
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