After the suspense that accompanies any revision of the photo finish tears of joy flow from the Slovenian Matej Mohoric and the disappointed face of the Danish Kasper Asgreen, who is looking for his second consecutive Tour de France victory. Thus ended the 198th day of the 110th edition of the Tour de France, the penultimate round of the race, after a very contested day from start to finish, of a very competitive stage, in which the riders their legs were crushed. and dry mouth from the effort made.
The narrative of this stage is quite similar to the previous one, a leg-breaking day in the province of Jura, difficult for the sprinter teams to control, due to the constant ups and downs that the stage hunters took advantage of from the start. Initially, a breakout of up to 36 riders was formed with well-known surnames from the peloton such as Trentin, Bennot, GHaigh, Alaphilippe, Pedersen, Barguil or Campenaerts, yes, again like this Thursday the Belgian, who fought against the unwritten to see. if He had the option to defend the victory. This is not possible.
And this is not possible because the great escape is divided into several groups, and each of the group members gives their all. It was a real battle, as the group of favorites ignored the stage, focused on conserving their energies thinking about the difficult day in the mountains that awaits them this Saturday.
At the second stop of the day, Côte d’Ivory (3rd), Campenaerts began to say goodbye to the dream of winning the Tour. He was rushed by Asgreenb, Mohoric and O’Connor, with Ion Izagirre trying to link up. The man from Cofidis, already a stage winner in this Tour, knew this was the key moment with 30 kilometers to go, but Ion couldn’t connect and eventually put his foot up.
Mohoric crowned Côte d’Ivory in first position, ahead of O’Connor. Asgreen followed his wheel and the three faced each other in the final 20 kilometers with 23 seconds to go. Three braves against nine braves who chased them with a knife between their teeth. But as much as Laporte, Trentin, Pidcock, Bettiol, Pedersaen, Van der Poel, Philipsen, Zimmerman and Mezgec tried to connect with the top trio, they couldn’t.
In fact, the difference has increased. In this way, the trio who took the stage could play a victory game among themselves. Instead, between the duo that formed Mohoric and Asgreen, as O’Connor was a bit behind. The last meters between the two applicants were crucial, and Mohoric’s last kidney stroke decided for him to win the stage after the analysis.
Great victory for Mohoric, the second this season for this adventurous rider after the one achieved in the Tour of Slovenia and the third he achieved in the Tour, Bahrain-Victorius is one of the elite cyclists with victories in three great tour.
The Tour, unfortunately, is over. The best Tour in recent years will play out in the final mountain stage this Saturday. Victory is in Vingegaard’s pocket. Pogacar has already warned that he will be looking for victory to take revenge and finish the Tour with pride and the Ineos team assured that they will do everything so that the young man from Almuñécar, Carlos Rodríguez, can once again attack the third place on the podium. maximum expected
Source: La Verdad
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