Landa and Mas win two places at the Ineos party

• Classification This is the general

Michael Kwiatkowski

and

enter the finish line fused in a hug, after a last kilometer of victorious parade through the waiting crowd in

.

They are all smiles and happiness after a very tough Tour for Ineos, which savors a double on the last mountain day of this edition.

The Polish and the Ecuadorian speak and they decide that the victory has to be for the first of them.

Yes, Carapaz had been looking for three days with determination for the partial victory, but Kwiatkowski has spent five years

, for which it was necessary.

And this same Thursday by Carapaz himself, cleaning up the flight of dangerous enemies until Pello Bilbao, the last one who held out, gave in on the first ramps of the Plateau de Glières and both were left alone.

And while the Ineos duet is enjoying its day of glory after so many setbacks,

take stock and accept the day.

The Alava goes from seventh to fifth position and still aspires to fourth, although it seems difficult.

The Spaniard advances from eighth to sixth and knows that only a total debacle in Saturday's time trial would undo him from it.

They only regret not being able to take advantage of the opportunity to win one more place each.

They had it in hand, after a puncture from

, but the Australian was rescued by the Jumbo, who will surely win the Tour, but who will not win friends.

Spanish cycling, in short, leaves the Alps with restrained satisfaction, because although it does not achieve the desired podium, the presence of two representatives among the six best of the race is guaranteed.

Yates went deep, Urán also, while Landa and Mas resisted with the best, grouped together at the finish line with four

, which is exhibited and likes.

It is not enough for them to win with

, but they also seek to remind the world that they are an unstoppable roller, the team that has ruled this Tour with tyranny from start to finish.

still has little hope of dethroning them against the clock, but he knows it will take almost a miracle to cut 57 seconds off the leader.

Roglic did not suffer in a stage with five passes and more than 4,000 meters of accumulated unevenness, the most of the entire Tour.

He let a 19-runner break out, in which Kwiatkowski and Carapaz were getting stronger.

After the first port they were only accompanied by

.

The French yielded immediately, the Swiss fell and could no longer connect and the Spanish handed over the spoon in the only

of the day.

A great job by the Ineos that found the reward of the double at the finish line.

36 kilometers from the finish line

The peloton, meanwhile, advanced, led by the Jumbo, smoothly in the first four ascents.

Just when the last one began, Plateau de Glières (6 km. At 11.2%), Landa invoked

', attack 36 kilometers from the finish line.

His gregarious Poels made the first acceleration and then he set his pace to try the solo adventure.

To tell the truth, the Jumbo had always controlled the situation, but the Alava made in the end the brave attack that those who often forget that the desire and the forces have to go hand in hand for such movements demanded so much.

Landa did not go far, but his attack was a resounding success, since he forced Jumbo to squeeze to keep him under control and that caused

give way behind the group much earlier than imagined.

There were two places in the general.

But he also saw it that way and decided to move the tree, ending up splitting the group.

Only Roglic, Pogacar, López and Porte could respond to the movement of the Balearic, which liquidated the loneliness of Landa, who has since been reinstated with the best.

After treading the top, there was the iconic slope of dirt roads prior to the descent.

A dangerous area, as Porte well verified.

The Australian punctured, always embraced by misfortune, and held out as best he could until his car caught up with him so he could change bikes.

He was going to fourth place there, even fifth, but

appeared to rescue him and reconnect him with the group of the best.

To better tuck Roglic?

To consolidate Dumoulin in ninth place and close him to eighth?

Out of sheer pride, just to show they are the best?

Any one could be valid, even all three could be valid at the same time.

The fact is that Porte overcame his puncture and was able to connect with Landa, Mas and the rest.

'Supermán' López, tied the third place since the day before, did not force the machine.

Pogacar, either.

Neither of them looked particularly fine, really.

Roglic, on the other hand, did not blink throughout the stage.

In fact, she has hardly done it during a Tour that will hardly escape her.

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