Jungels left Castroviejo and Verona without the first Spanish victory

Date:

the luxembourgish Bob Jungles won this Sunday in the ninth round of Tour de Francethe last survivor of a long escapade that ended alone Châtel, at the gate of the Alpsahead of the Spaniards Jonathan Castroviejo and Carlos Verona. Castroviejo crossed 22 “behind the winner and Verona, 26”. Fourth at the finish line was Thibaut Pinot

The AG2R team cyclist, who has already had success in the Giro d’Italia, completed a good day in the first two climbs in the category, the latter with its summit 10 kilometers from the finish line. the slovenian Tadej Pogacarleader of the quiz, accelerated to the final section and fifth on stage, 49 seconds behind the winner, with the same time as Dane Jonas Vingegaard, who scratched three seconds on other contenders for the podium, such as the British Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates, The Spanish Enrique Morethe Colombian Nairo Quintana and the slovenian primoz roglic.

Pogacar maintains 39 seconds with Vingegaard and now has 1.17 with Thomas and 1.25 with Yates, while Mas is eighth at 1.50 and Quintana in tenth at 2.13.

Colombian Daniel Martínez, who lost by more than 16 minutes, fell in battle for the overall classification, while his compatriot Rigoberto Uran, who was on the breakaway of the day (and became the virtual leader of the race), can’t stand. the speed and finished more than 7 minutes behind the winner, placing him in 22nd place with 9.41.

A ninth stage in which Frenchman Guillaume Martin did not start after being tested positive for covid, the International Cycling Union (UCI) indicated. Neither is the Danish Kasper Asgreen, who has knee discomfort, and the Portuguese Ruben Guerreiro, due to a disease unrelated to the covid.

Eighth in the last edition, Martin was fourteenth in the current edition, 3.02 behind the leader, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar. Martin is the second cyclist to be forced to leave the Tour since it was formed, after Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen, from the UAE team in yellow jersey, did so on Saturday.

Martin, known for his solidity on the bike but also known as the philosophical cyclist, because of his love of philosophy, was chained 362 days without giving up.

The UCI indicated that the runner was not included after a college of three doctors, his, the team and another from the organization, reviewed the results of the covid tests which he underwent.

This is the application of the new protocol, which does not require automatic abandonment of positive cyclists, only those considered to have sufficient viral load to infect.

Martin’s positive came a day before the second day off, during which all cyclists will be subject to covid controls. At the same time, teams conduct tests on their cyclists, while taking extreme precautions to prevent infection.

Source: La Verdad

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Worth 9 million euros – 150 kilos of coke: 18 arrests among the Tyrolean “Bandidos”

The Tyrolean police have succeeded in striking a blow...

Major financial injection – Signa Prime: 100 million euros from British funds

There is a major financial injection for at least...

With gun and knife – armed robbery of a Viennese tobacconist

Masked and armed, two men stormed a tobacconist in...