Escape The Gendarmerie and the Tour look for the spectator who caused a massive fall
Marc Soler New catastrophe in a big one: Broken wrist and abandonment of the Tour
The grandson keeps his promise and pays tribute to the grandfather.
The rookie
Mathieu van der Poel
achieved his first Tour victory and wore yellow, something that
Raymond Pulidor
, the eternal second son,
had never achieved
.
Tears to celebrate the accomplishment of the feat, the most emotional tribute.
The Dutchman perfectly executed his plan to pay off his debt to history. Sensing that the advantage in the finish line of the
Wall of Brittany
might be insufficient, he ventured to obtain a bonus in the first step on the level. An eight-second rental that was ultimately crucial to displacing
Julian
Alaphilippe
from the lead. Inconsolable crying of the new phenomenon, who had convinced those responsible for the
Alpecin
team
to change his jersey in memory of the purple colors of the Mercier de Poulidor, the great squad with which he achieved most of his 189 victories, but was never able to lead the tour.
An unforgettable landmark on the Wall of Brittany, a wall that does not house the brutal slopes or treasure the mystique of Huy, Kapelmuur, Koppenberg or Paterberg, but has already opened a handful of attractive pages in the
Grande Boucle
. Today's, with the great
Van del Poel,
is unparalleled. A more valuable victory than that of 2011, when
Cadel Evans
beat
Alberto Contador
by a span
. Higher than those of 2015 and 2018, with last and successful attacks by
Alexis Vuillermoz
and
Dan Martin
, respectively, with
Alejandro Valverde
touching the post, with two third places.
Van del Poel has enormous talent and still has room for improvement. Today he was more attentive than on Saturday, when he faced the arrival fatally placed. Fast learning. In the first step he attacked with a kilometer to go to the top of the Wall, he did not hide his intentions. The same strategy used in the decisive section. He jumped out of the squad after an acceleration from
Nairo Quintana
and no one could follow him.
Pogacar
and
Roglic
challenged each other to enter the positions of honor, entering ahead of
Alaphilippe
who was not as fresh as the previous day.
Today's was a hangover stage from Saturday's tsunami. Prudence grows when fear settles in the body. After the carnage at the premiere, the platoon cautiously rode down the narrow, wet lanes of the lush Breton domains. Until the last leg of the day, Alaphilippe's Deceuninck gave freedom to the adventurers on duty. At 50 kilometers to the finish,
Jérémy Cabot
(TotalEnergies) and
Edward Theuns
(Trek-Segafredo) had an advantage of 1:46 minutes. The group walked tight, with a march, protecting themselves from the wind, occupying the width of the road. The race was only launched in the last 17 kilometers, when the UAE of
Pogacar
and the Ineos de
Carapaz
they sped up on the first pass over the Wall of Brittany.
An arreón that served to hunt down the escapees and encourage Van der Poel in the preparation of the most beautiful tribute.
Blessed grandson.
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