Groenewegen takes a touching sprint on the Tour ahead of Van Aert

Voltage, high voltage, sparks jump in the last kilometers third stage of the Tour de Francethe latest on Danish soil, 182 kilometers between cities Vejle at Sonderborg. Everything was decided as expected in a close sprint where everything happened and where the fastest was the Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, a success that needs to be confirmed by the finished picture. The corridor of BikeExchange was imposed with a sigh on the leader of the race, Wout Van Aert, na Jasper Phillipsenwith the peter sagan fourth and Fabio Jacobsen, winner of the first sprint of the gala round, fifth. A sprint where everything happened, where Caleb Evanunlucky in the sprint on Saturday due to a mechanical problem, cursed hitting the steering wheels in confinement and not being one of the fighters for victory, and where Sagan pointed a finger of blame at Van Aert criticizing his final moves.

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This tension experienced in the last meters of the day and in the last kilometers of the day – where a montonera occurred again, which cut off the group – is different from the ‘passivity’ of the peloton in a good part of the stage, which allows the Danish Magnus Cort Nielsen. The corridor of EF Education-EasyPost He was the star for a good part of the stage, with the approval of the peloton, allowing him to enjoy an advantage of more than six minutes, which he did not waste. As he did in the second period, Cort surpassed three fourths of the category climb in first position, even tying the polka dot jersey which was awarded best on the mountain, re-bathed, before being chased by the peloton 52 kilometers from the finish line, when another race was born.

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The Tour is the Tour and the nerve passes the peloton at least. The narrowing of the road, the islands and the desire to win raises the tension several degrees ahead of the peloton, raising it several degrees in the last 10 kilometers. The teams Quick Step, Jumbo-Visma, Ineos, Lotto-Soudal and Ineos they took the first potions, but ultimately the Quick Step was the best to build the ‘train’, thinking again the Jacobsen and other runners benefit from this training, such as Van Aert.

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After the last lap the peloton stretched hard into a long straight. At the moment it seems that the Quick steps he did his job well, but Jacobsen he could not take advantage of it like the day before and Van Aert he is the smartest of all. It seems his first success on this Tour may have come at last, but Groenewegenwho in the last few meters was in fifth position in the sprint, made spectacular progress towards success, his sixth of the season and his 62nd success as a professional since making his debut in 2012 with Rijke-Shanks Cycling Team.

Two years had to pass Dylan Groenewegen I will return to smile at Tour de France, nothing last year, after the incident in 2020 at Poland included Fabio Jacobsen, who won the previous day. Whims of fate.