Tour de France, Vauquelin wins in Bologna. Pogacar and Vingegaard placed on a present: they duel on the San Luca, the Slovenian takes the yellow jersey

BOLOGNA – Il Tour de France has already exploded and the San Luca climb has fantastic information for everybody (apart from Pogacar, most likely): Jonas Vingegaard there’s, certainly. The Dane held off a livid assault from the most recent winner of the Giro on the ultimate move over the hill overlooking Bologna. The 2 checked out one another and went at it in each approach, even on the descent. One other nice piece of stories: Vingegaard has additionally overcome the trauma of a fall on the descent on the Tour of the Basque Nation.

The picture of the 2, nevertheless removed from the lads who competed for the stage within the lead because of the morning’s breakaway, is the primary snapshot of a battle that we are going to see a number of occasions, hopefully all through the Tour de France. One other Frenchman gained, Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Inns) on a Bianchi bike. At 2’21” Pogacar and Vingegaard, joined solely within the closing by Evenepoel and Carapaz.

At 2’42” Bardet and variety of different captains, from Roglic to Bernal, with a wonderful Julius Ciccone first of the group within the dash. Very tight classification on the prime: Pogacar is the brand new yellow jersey, however because of the sum of the placings (he had completed 4th in Rimini). There are 4 of them with the identical time within the normal classification: behind the Slovenian are Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Carapaz. And for the following duel we cannot have to attend too lengthy: the Galibier is already on Tuesday 2 July. Pogacar returns to the yellow jersey after two years: in 2022 he misplaced it on the Col du Granon, his first main defeat of his profession, by the hands of Jonas Vingegaard.

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A crowded breakaway goes away within the morning, after the beginning from Cesenatico and the homage to Marco Pantani. Quentin Pacher (Groupama – FDJ), Axel Laurance (Alpecin – Deceuninck), Hugo Houle (Israel – Premier Tech), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Crew), Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa – B&B Inns), Cristián Rodríguez (Arkéa – B&B Inns), Mike Teunissen (Intermarché – Wanty), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan Crew) and Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) get right into a secure place very early, with a big benefit over a yellow jersey group that, because of the warmth, isn’t pushing. With 85 minutes to go, a double crash at Visma complicates Vingegaard’s plans: Van Aert and Jorgenson fall, with out obvious penalties. De Plus (Ineos) additionally falls. The benefit of the ten of the breakaway reaches 10 minutes and the race appears over. However Lotto, on the Montecalvo climb, the final earlier than the double passage on the ultimate circuit with the double San Luca, takes the initiative and the stage victory is again in query. On the strategy of the primary San Luca the attackers have a 4 minute benefit. Surprisingly, it’s Vingegaard’s Visma that makes the climb robust and the benefit collapses, whereas the breakaway falls aside. However between the climb and the descent the yellow jersey group will get again up and the breakaway, now three – Oliveira, Vauquelin and Abrahamsen, within the polka dot jersey – returns to having 4 minutes. Decisive within the handbrake pulled by Visma on the prime is maybe an virtually mocking dash by Pogacar, who in two pedal strokes, on the primary San Luca, has handed Vingegaard’s prepare and reached the masseur to get a few water bottles. The three move over the end line and take the final San Luca. It’s the Frenchman Vauquelin who pushes, however it’s behind that the race actually explodes. Vingegaard places Jorgenson to push, then it’s Pogacar who sends Adam Yates in entrance. And on the identical level the place he had taken the water bottles, Pogi assaults. Just one individual solutions him, Vingegaard. The duel, which many feared wouldn’t happen as a result of Dane’s troubles, materializes within the Bologna solar. And it’s a nice sight: livid assaults by each on the descent, an actual spectacle. Ultimately Vauquelin, a 23-year-old Norman, wins along with his fifth profession success. France makes two of its two within the Italian levels of the Tour. Monday the final completely Italian stage between Piacenza and Turin, with a tribute to Fausto Coppi.