He Tour de France experienced this Friday a thirteenth episode of cuts and nerves. The 165.3 kilometers between Agen and Pau They left a day with the wind leading the stage, with many cuts and a fall at the finish line that split the peloton and did not affect either the sprinters or the men in the overall standings.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won top speed over Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech), with Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) fourth and Tadej Pogacarfiltered into the first group, without any problem defending their profit before the Pyrenees.
This becomes a phase marked by a steady decrease throughout the day. With the loss of Primoz Roglic and Jesús Herrada before the start of the day, the attacks followed each other from the beginning. I struggled at breakneck speed Juan Ayusowith the coronavirus, which showed wear and tear very quickly, was invalidated and I decided to put my foot down and abandon the test kilometers later.
In the wind that leaves a mark, the cuts are continuous. One of them was forged afterwards a mass attack of twenty-two runners. Theirs, Adam Yates (UAE Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadoers), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin), Rui Costa (EF Education) or Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility). Yates’ presence gave the platoon peace of mind, but forced the Visma-Rent a Bicycle to act with a subsequent attack Christopher Laporte along with some runners a few moments later.
Between attacks and counterattacks, the sprinter teams worked to try to maintain control in a rather crazy stage. They kept the differences achievable and stable, but the acceleration of the main group also caused confusion at the back. About 45 kilometers from the finish line, the escape ended, immersed in small groups into which the platoon was divided. Dylan Groenwegen (Jayco AlUla), one of the candidates for victory in the sprint, was cut off by one of them, although he connected for a while.
Between attacks and counterattacks, the platoon reached the last kilometers of the stretch. By Richard Carapaz or Jasper Stuyven They managed to surprise the big group. So, we reached the last few kilometers where there was a shock for the final sprint: a pileup on the right side of the road, with several runners crashing into the fences and causing a big cut in the big bunch. Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny), Cees Bol (Astana), Amaury Capiot (Arkéa) and Maxin van Gils (Lotto Dstny) had the worst of it.
Several sprinters escaped from him and, because of the speed, Jasper Philipsen defeated Van Aert and Ackermann. So he added his second victory in this Tour, the forty-eighth overall of his career as a professional, at the end of a period with some peace for all cyclists.
Yes, he entered the finish line with her Pogacar, tenth in the front cut and no problem. This Saturday, at the start of the Pyrenees with 151.9 kilometers of the fourteenth between Pau and Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, he will defend his 1:06 rent in Remco Evenepoel and the 1:14 what do you have about Jonas Vingegaard. They are waiting for the Tourmalet, Ancizan and the ending high in Pla d’Adet.
Classifications of the day
13th stage, Agen-Pau, 165.3 km
1. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3h 23’09” (10″ bonus)
2. Wout van Aert (Belgium/Visma-Lease a Bike) id. (6″ bonus)
3. Pascal Ackermann (Germany/Israel-Premier Tech) id. (4″ bonus)
4. Biniam Girmay (Eritrea/Interarché-Wanty) id.
5. Nikias Arndt (Germany/Bahrain Victorious) id.
6. Jasper Stuyven (Belgium/Lidl-Trek) id.
7. Clément Russo (France/Groupama-FDJ) id.
8. Bryan Coquard (France/Cofidis) id.
9. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia/UAE Emirates) id.
10. Soren Waerenskjold (Norway/Uno-X Mobility) id.
General
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia/UAE Team Emirates) 52h 40’58”
2. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium/Soudal-Quick Step) at 1’06”
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark/Visma-Lease a Bike) at 1’14”
4. Joao Almeida (Portugal/UAE Team Emirates) at 4’20”
5. Carlos Rodríguez (Spain/Ineos Grenadiers) at 4’40”
6. Mikel Landa (Spain/Soudal-Quick Step) at 5’38”
7. Adam Yates (Great Britain/UAE Team Emirates) at 6’59”
8. Giulio Ciccone (Italy/Lidl-Trek) at 7’36”
9. Derek Gee (Canada/Israel-Premier Tech) at 7’54”
10. Felix Gall (Austria/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) at 9’18”
Source: La Verdad
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