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Egan Bernal concludes in the morning that it is better to accept reality and not take the exit.

Nairo Quintana refuses for the moment to throw in the towel, but gives in on the Madeleine ramps, the first of the two passes on the queen stage.

Rigoberto Urán does the usual, finding quiet shelter in the group of the best and willingly accepting that the race will take him where it can best, but his legs falter and he assumes that his ambitions to reach the podium are hopelessly evaporated.

But in the face of the national drama, Miguel Ángel López grits his teeth and claims the crown of Colombian cycling.

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At 2,304 meters, the third highest elevation ever hosted by a Tour de France arrival, latitudes more typical of his beloved Colombia, 'Supermán' reaches the peak of his career with undeniable authority.

And, already seated in the third drawer of the podium, perhaps he regrets that inspiration has reached him too late, because at his wheel he saw Roglic suffer, even more leader, and Pogacar, who clings to the present as if he did not have a splendid future .

The Col de la Loze, with its impossible ramps, paved almost for the occasion, as it was nothing more than a track to connect the Méribel and Courchevel stations, finally breaks the Tour deck.

There is still an alpine stage, but it already seems hardly debatable that the glory in Paris will be for Roglic, that Pogacar and López will be placed next to him, that the 'top 10' will once again be the limit of Landa and that there will also be Mas, who, as promised, is going to more in this Tour, and perhaps Valverde, who at 40 years old rises to the tenth position.

The one cataloged as the queen stage of the Tour was void until the final four kilometers.

The Jumbo's 'mechanical banana' train was not seen, as on other days, but from Madeleine it was the Bahrain de Landa that led the group.

His gregarious worked to set the pace, implying that the Alava would launch an attack worthy of the most genuine 'landismo' at any time.

But Landa's stroke of genius did not come and grimaces of suffering were drawn on his face, that his legs did not fit as well as the hard work of his team suggested.

There came a time, when there were about nine kilometers to go to the final peak, when Carapaz, the sole survivor of the escape, increased his income with the platoon instead of losing it little by little, as indicated by logic.

When Caruso, his last gregarious member, left, Landa went to the final part of the group and there it was proven that he was not going to be able to finish the work of his team.

De la Cruz, a domestic from Pogacar, took over and the Alava was cut off along with Urán, who was choked badly by the port.

The stage lost four from the end the script set throughout the day.

It was then that López smelled the blood, when he verified that the Tour that began with his face stamped on a traffic sign had a day of glory in store for him.

Kuss started to accelerate and when he turned his head he realized that Roglic had stayed.

In a gesture of arrogance from Jumo, the American continued on his way and 'Superman' overlapped his wheel.

When the leader's team regretted what they had done and ordered Kuss to stop, the gates of heaven were opened to López.

There were still two and a half kilometers of impossible ramps, over 20% in some sections, but no one was going to take the stage away from him.

Roglic and Pogacar did not have enough gas and prevailed to control each other.

The stronger leader knocked down the cliché that he suffers in long passes and exaggerated altitudes and released his young compatriot.

He managed to distance him in 15 more seconds, which raises his income to 57. López, for his part, leaves the fourth, Richie Porte, at 1:39.

And the best news, at least for the viewer, is that this Thursday there is an alpine stage with a Macedonian of ports in which those who have nothing to lose, which are many, can give a lot of war.

Will they want?

Will be able?

There are the more than reasonable doubts in this strange Tour.

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