Falls in cycling are not uncommon. The 32-year-old Frenchman from the Groupama – FDJ team laid down on the asphalt in the middle of the peloton and rose quickly. He seemed fine and was trying to get to the main group as quickly as possible. He was already getting ahead of Mads Pedersen from the Trek-Segafredo team.
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However, at that moment the Dane was handed a bag of water bottles by a member of his service team, which Pinot did not notice. And he got a nasty blow to the face. The inattention must have really hurt him.
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Van Aert dominated the eighth stage of the TourVideo: sntv
A star competitor who dominated three stages of the Tour de France in the past and was third overall in 2013, he still got on his bike after a few seconds and made it back to the peloton. However, he did not last long there and finished in 51st place with a loss of over two minutes.
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However, the favorite of the home audience is not going for the overall standings, he would like to attack for victory in one of the mountain stages. We’ll see if he succeeds. At least he can hope that he has already chosen all the bad luck.
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