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In the morning, the tense calm over the results of the PCR tests became unbearable when an ambulance appeared in front of the hotel in La Rochelle where the Deceuninck-Quick Step rested.

But, as if it were a decoy, the news was located in other coordinates, those of the resting places of Ineos, Ag2r, Mitchelton and Cofidis, with one auxiliary infected each.

And the main race car, that of the director,

, who awaits at least seven days of confinement before resuming his usual position on the Tour.

The Deceuninck started completely clean of Covid-19 in a historical stage in its own way, the first of all the editions of the Tour that went from island to island, from Oléron to de Ré, maritime jewels of French geography, with the threat of the wind that was not scared.

Everything was decided to 'sprint' and there it was that

team made

the headlines.

At the fourth 'volata' the triumph of the best team in these leaders finally came, led by a

who, tearfully, celebrated the triumph he had always dreamed of.

Until this year at the Bora,

hierarchy

had kept the Irish sprinter from the best stage race in the world, despite the fact that in other events he sufficiently demonstrated his ability to compete with the best.

So he decided to go to the Deceuninck, to the self-described 'Wolf Pack', where life is always much simpler.

The wind and the fans

So worked and half is the previous task, that of protecting their leader, raising him in the peloton and then throwing him at the right moment, that the sprinter on duty is only asked to finish well.

As

,

,

and

did years ago

, now it is Bennett who enjoys the best workout in the world peloton.

With Bennett there are already four different winners in mass arrivals, adding his name to those of

,

and

, the only one who has repeated so far.

On paper this Tuesday seemed like a propitious stage for an outcome to the 'sprint', but it had the asterisk of the role that the wind and fans could play and the use that the teams of the candidates for the final triumph would like to give it in the always complicated day after a day of rest.

However, Deceuninck himself was the first to seek war, cutting off the platoon with 100 kilometers to go and frustrating the escape of

and

, skilled Percherons.

Several groups of runners yielded, but as none of them was of special pedigree, no one gave continuity to the work of Bennett's gregarious and the peloton regrouped.

Green jersey

Fireworks were once again announced as they passed through La Rochelle, about 30 kilometers from the arrival in Saint Martin de Ré.

Now it was Ineos who was speeding up the group and looking for a ditch, with

always very attentive after his mistake last Friday.

Jumbo wanted to continue their movement, but only

and

were cut off, and not so much by the wind, but by a fall in the part of the peloton in which they were filming.

The bridge that connects the mainland with the Ile de Ré seemed like the right place for one last blow from those who wanted to party, but nobody especially had them.

Or the wind wasn't helping enough.

Either for one reason or another, the fact is that everything was condemned to the massive arrival, with all the important men for these struggles in the leading group.

And although Sunweb once again did an impeccable job for

, the Dutchman did not even appear in a photo in which, behind Bennett, were Ewan and Sagan, now stripped by the Irish rider of the green jersey he longs for.

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