New success of African cycling in the Tour de France and again thanks to the Eritrean explosion Biniam Girmay, who became the strongest and most consistent cyclist at the outcome of the eighth stage of Large Bouclewhich is 183.4 kilometers, between the towns of Semur-en Auxois and Colomeby-les-Deux-Eglises. The team runner Intermarché-Wanty has achieved the second victory in this edition of the race after the historic one he achieved on the streets of Turinwhere he became the first black African cyclist to win a stage in the Tour.
The stage turned out to be more complicated than it might seem at first glance. On a day where the rain was good, where the peloton had to climb and descend five heights and started with the news of the Dane’s abandonment. Mads Pedersenat a perfect stage for Girmaydue to the removal of the corridor from Lidl-Trek Biniam is the leader in the regularity classification, who is in the green jersey.
A day had in eThe Norwegian from the One-X team Jonas Abrahamsen andThe hero of the day. Abrahamsen was initially part of the breakaway on the day, which he entered with the strong intention of continuing to score points on the day’s climb to continue leading the mountain classification. A few kilometers later Abrahamsen He was left alone in the lead and, remarkably, he was caught 14.5 kilometers from the finish line, after running away for 169 kilometers. No wonder he was chosen as the toughest cyclist of the day.
Neutralized, a new stage was born, which had EF Education team especially insistent, even if in the end they did not achieve their goal. In the peloton they searched for many kilometers and in the final approach from the car they were encouraged to set the highest speed possible to punish all the sprinters they could. They partially achieved their goal, as sprinters want Jakobsen and Thijssen They stayed behind the group, but in the end their betMarijn Van den Bergcan only be fifth.
In a finale that rises, Philipsen He moved very well and gave the impression that his first victory on this Tour might finally come, but Girmay He came back in the final meters to achieve another great victory and another historic day for African cycling.
Source: La Verdad
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