Lutsenko wins at Mont Aigoual against the passivity of the favorites

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When the Ineos decided to grab the head of the peloton and draw their classic train on the steep asphalt, the entire peloton raised their ears.

It was guessed the intention of the British squad to give a hit on the run, a custom established by

during his best years, in which he sought to grab the yellow and claim his superiority as soon as the altimetry allowed.

And there

, later

, later

was placed at work

.

still had

the bullets from

and

.

Lots of artillery.

The escapees feared for their immediate future, with just three minutes ahead of the final 34 kilometers, in which three different ascents of 26 kilometers in total were accumulated, ending at Mont Aigoual.

But nothing happened.

Not even the UAE, which ordered an attack by Fabio Aru that

a subsequent move by

, showed its paw.

The rest of the favorites were only seen in the shelter of the main peloton, which lost and recovered pieces with an unthinkable ease on a route like this, especially at the Col de la Lusette (11.7 km. At 7.3%), a great discovery of the organization that was not reciprocated by the best riders of the event.

A null stage

It was, in short, a null stage, like the first one, in which the roosters decided to stop after the carousel of falls.

Like the one on Wednesday, in which there was no breakaway and the peloton advanced in groups towards the finish line.

Suffice it to say that

, the winner of the stage, had about three minutes at the beginning of the final three passes and at the finish line he took 2'53 '' from the group of the best, made up of thirty riders, an anomaly in stages like this Thursday.

Finally, the leading role fell on a getaway made up of eight pedigree runners, in which the Kazakh Lutsenko proved to be by far the strongest.

was the one who best held his pulse, but was unable to catch the Astana runner and reached the finish line in second position.

None had enough income to snatch the yellow jersey from

.

tried to do it

in the last meters, but had no margin to make up for the time lost due to suspension the day before.

The conclusion is that a bottle delivered at the wrong time is having a greater impact on the overall Tour than a mountain stage.

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