Another day showed that in stage cycling you can’t claim victory until you cross the finish line, as seen today in fifth stage of the women’s Tour de Francea day 152.5 kilometers aparte Bastogne and Amnéville. The day passed with complete normality, with the typical tension typical of a top-level event such as the women’s gala round, until six kilometers from the finish line there was a fall.
A number of accidents that affected several cyclists such as Mavi García, Puck Pierterse or one of the great favoriteswinner last year and wore the leader’s yellow jersey, Demi Vollering. The blow was severe, he got up from the ground bruised, with scratches and holding his lower back and none of his companions (Team SD Worx-Protime) waited for him to help him reach the finish line.
Ahead of Vollering, a group of eight runners formed (Vas, Niewiadoma, Dygert, Brand, Adegeest, Kermaol, Faulkner and Norsgaard) where the winner will appear on that day.
The first to really attack was the Polish I don’t know, movement that helped some of his rivals fall and in a painful finish was the Hungarian Blanca Vas, fourth in the J road testParis Olympicstook the victory, her 11th as a professional, ahead of Niewiadoma, who had the consolation of leading the Women’s Tour de France, with a 19-second margin over the American Kristen Faulkner with Demi Vollering the ninth, in 1’19” seconds.
This Friday, a tough high mountain stage, 1,592 kilometers, in between Remiremont and Morteauwith up to five ports. It doesn’t end on a high, before the final fireworks of the last two hard and decisive high days of this mountain. Women’s Tour de France.
Source: La Verdad
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