The month of July arrived and the Tour, a classic in everyone’s routine at this time. Also, an exciting Tour as always, but maybe this year with a little more rivalry because nothing is missing. There is everyone who needs to be there to give a show in this historic race, which was born in 1903 and is growing every day.
The Tour started in a dizzying fashion, first with the success of Bardet to an exciting finish and then to the difficult climb to San Luca where Pogacar tried Vingegaard, to which the Dane reacted well. This is a doubt that we can have, that in the state of Vingegaard’s form, but with the fierce attack of Pogacar in San Luca and Vingegaard’s reaction seemed to be that the Dane had recovered somewhat.
then, Remco Evenepoel maybe reacted in the back Primoz Roglic He may be the only favorite not seen, but this is just the beginning.
And this Monday, in the first stage of the marathon and first sprint, the surprise also took place victory of Biniam Girmay, The young Eritrean who is not one of the top favorites is a good sprinter, maybe they are more. Philipsen and Pedersen.
This Tuesday we have a big test on Galibier. It is also not a very difficult stage, the Galibier is, the last 10 kilometers, when the 2,000 meters have been exceeded to reach 2,642 meters and I think Pogacar will try again Vingegaard, with an ascent of more than an hour and a half and be careful in the descent, because the other day in the descent of San Luca Vingegaard was not seen loose. He came from a hard fall, he entered the Tour without competing from Itzulia and I saw him a little forced on the Pogacar wheel on the descent of San Luca. And this Tuesday there is an 18 kilometer dizzying descent of the Galibier, almost only the last kilometer is flat.
For now Carapace took advantage of that technical tie between times Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel and now there could be a tiebreaker or so it feels.
There are no tougher days left in the coming week apart from the time trial on Friday, which will be a very important test, if we don’t see things in Galibier Over 25 kilometers, in an undulating but relatively flat time trial, you have to see things; and on Sunday with a spectacular stage San Fermin Day with 14 stretches of dirt, a day full of surprises, with few holes or breakdowns. Tough day and that’s what we’ve had this first week.
We will continue to do this in MD. It has been a very difficult Journey, maybe this year a little more and until the next episode next Monday we will review everything that happened this week.
Source: La Verdad
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