New drop, and there are now 29, in the cycling platoon of Tour de France. In the 17th stage, on another day where they rode very fast, the abandonment of the Alexey Lutsenko. The Kazakh of Astana He was suffering all day, and he was seen at the back of a very resilient platoon and sometimes he had difficulty following the wheel of the group and he went down, also weighed down by the physical consequences suffered a few days ago in a fall.
Until there are 123.3 kilometers left, the Petropavl cyclist (31 years old) He got off his bike and got into his team car.
But it didn’t rise so far, Lutsenko It was hard for him to think about leaving the race and it was hard for him to get into his team car, and even before that he couldn’t help but tear up when he saw that he had to leave the race and the huge amount of preparation work. is useless.
This is the ninth Tour for Lutsenko and the second in which he leaves after his debut, in 2013. His best overall positions were achieved in 2021 (7th) and 2022 (8th) and in 2020 was he won the stage at Mont Aigoual.
He left the Tour de France from 104th position overall and after being sixth in the ninth stage of Troyes, his best partial result this year.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Robert Maynard, and I am a passionate journalist with experience in sports writing. For the last few years, I have been writing for Today Times Live. My main focus has been on sports-related stories and features. With my strong background in journalism and extensive knowledge of the industry, I am able to provide readers with well-crafted pieces that are both informative and engaging.
