Getting the last movement right is key to cycling in order to aim for stage success. This Friday,Frenchwoman from Brest Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team) He moved smartly after completing the last ascent of the day (Côte des Fris3rd category, 1.8 kilometers at 6.8%). He did this to the Dutch woman Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceunick)but Kerbaol showed himself to be more complete and stronger in the last kilometers, while a full battle broke out behind him, in a day full of events from the start and where we saw the riders suffering more than necessary. Demi Vollering.
Sometimes a group of 18 cyclists lead the race, including Spaniards Iurani Blanco and Sheyla Gutiérrezwhich fell apart as a stage progressed featuring up to five climbs, with the final 15 kilometers from the finish line.
Kerbaol He has proven to be a good rider (French time trial champion last year and runner-up this year) and knows how to manage the gap he has at the race leader very well. 10 kilometers from the arrival at Morteau He had a 22-second gap over a very resilient peloton, which reached 37 seconds with 5 km to go.
Far from reducing the gap, it went even further, with a margin of 34 seconds at 1.9 kilometers from the finish line, to end up winning in a time of 4h04’41”. Behind him, 21 seconds Marianne Vos won the sprint with one hand, ahead of German Movistar Team Liane Lippert.
Katarzyna Niewiadoma retains the yellow jersey with the last two stages of the women’s Tour de France remaining, with the brutality of the mountains as the protagonist. The force is very even, the first ten cyclists are separated by 1 minute, and the final fireworks on Sunday will be the result in Alpe d’Huez It promises to be pure spectacle.
Source: La Verdad
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