Sam Bennett won the stage 10 sprint ahead of Caleb Ewan and Peter Sagan. The Irishman is taking over the green jersey from Sagan as the best sprinter. André Greipel was in the top group, but missed the podium.
Sprint winner Sam Bennett clenches his fist.
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Bennett took the win on Tuesday after 168.5 kilometers from Le Château-d’Oléron to Saint-Martin-de-Ré, ahead of Caleb Ewan and Peter Sagan. The yellow jersey will be kept by the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who is still 21 seconds ahead of the Colombian defending champion Egan Bernal.
After Bennett had fulfilled his lifelong sporting dream, even the tough sprint star became soft. “Sorry, I really don’t want to be a crybaby now,” said the Irishman with a torrent of tears after his first stage win at the Tour de France: “But this has always been my goal.”
Recognition for Bennett and Greipel – Buchmann again loses time
You wait so many years to get this chance. It takes time to realize that. It’s such a relief, “said Bennett, who sprinted to fourth, second and third place in the first week of the tour. That Bennett celebrated his biggest coup against his old team after three Giro and two Vuelta stage wins, left satisfaction. Sagan said appreciatively, “Sam has shown that he can win a Tour stage. We’re only halfway through and there are still some chances to get the green jersey back. ”
Andre Greipel also received recognition: The veteran, who suffered so much in the first week of the Tour, sprinted for the first time and came in a strong sixth place. “It was a small ray of hope at the end of the tunnel after the difficult time before today’s stage. I’m glad that I was able to get back into the final,” said the 38-year-old.
On the other hand, Emanuel Buchmann lost more time. The Bora captain, who had been badly beaten in the Pyrenees, had declared his ambition for classification to be invalid on the day of rest.
All drivers negative – sprint probably also on Wednesday
Before the stage, it became known that all drivers had remained negative in the corona tests around the first day of rest. But there was a positive result from Tour Director Christian Prudhomme, who has to leave the race for at least a week. Four supervisors from the 22 teams also tested positive, but this had no consequences for the teams.
On Wednesday, the Tour of France continues with the eleventh stage over 167.5 kilometers from Châtelaillon-Plage to Poitiers. Apart from a mountain in the fourth category, there are no major difficulties so that there could be a mass sprint.
10. Etappe, Ile d’Oleron – Ile de Re (168 km):
1. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 3:35:22 hours; 2. Caleb Ewan (Australia) – Lotto-Soudal + 0 sec .; 3. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – Bora-hansgrohe; 4. Elia Viviani (Italy) – Solutions Credits; 5. Mads Pedersen (Denmark) – Trek – Segafredo; 6. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 7. Bryan Coquard (France) – Vital Concept; 8. Cees Bol (Netherlands) – Team Sunweb; 9. Jasper Stuyven (Belgium) – Trek – Segafredo; 10. Luka Mezgec (Slovenia) – Mitchelton-Scott; … 19. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team; 62. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb; 70. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 32; 94. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo + 5:25 min .; 124. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team; 125. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe; 127. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe; 131. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe; 153. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 7:52; 161. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team + 10:52
Overall ranking individual, status after the 10th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 42:15:23 hours; 2. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) – Ineos Grenadiers + 21 sec .; 3. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits + 28; 4. Romain Bardet (France) – AG2R La Mondiale + 30; 5. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) – Team Arkea-Samsic + 32; 6. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia) – EF Pro Cycling; 7. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates + 44; 8. Adam Yates (Great Britain) – Mitchelton-Scott + 1:02 min .; 9. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) – Astana + 1:15; 10. Mikel Landa Meana (Spain) – Bahrain-McLaren +1:42; … 19. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 11:10; 55. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:04:29 hours; 67. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:15:24; 81. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team + 1:35:05; 126. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 2:14:32; 130. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo + 2:16:07; 136. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team + 2:24:41; 149. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team + 2:30:33; 152. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 2:32:09; 157. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb + 2:36:03; 161. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 2:39:28
Mountain classification, status after the 10th stage:
1. Benoit Cosnefroy (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 36 pts .; 2. Nans Peters (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 31; 3. Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) – Team Sunweb 26; 4. Ilnur Sakarin (Russia) – CCC Team 25; 5. Toms Skujins (Latvia) – Trek – Segafredo 24; 6. Quentin Pacher (France) – Vital Concept 20; 7. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 18; 8. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates 14; 9. Carlos Verona (Spain) – Movistar Team 14; 10. Neilson Powless (USA) – EF Pro Cycling 14; … 36. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 2
Sprint evaluation, status after the 10th stage:
1. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 196 pts .; 2. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – Bora-hansgrohe 175; 3. Bryan Coquard (France) – Vital Concept 129; 4. Matteo Trentin (Italy) – CCC Team 123; 5. Wout van Aert (Belgium) – Team Jumbo 111; 6. Caleb Ewan (Australia) – Lotto-Soudal 105; 7. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) – UAE Team Emirates 95; 8. Julian Alaphilippe (France) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 82; 9. Michael Mörköv (Denmark) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 77; 10. Cees Bol (Netherlands) – Team Sunweb 72; ... 41. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 20; 43. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe 20; 59. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 15; 63. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 14; 87. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal 8; 90. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team 7; 97. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team 4
Team ranking, status after the 10th stage:
1. Movistar Team (Spain) 126: 53: 01 hours; 2. EF Pro Cycling (USA) + 5:12 min .; 3rd Trek – Segafredo (USA) + 5:27; 4. AG2R La Mondiale (France) + 13:22; 5. Team Jumbo (Netherlands) + 17:07; 6. Astana (Kazakhstan) + 20:14; 7. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 24:44; 8. Bahrain-McLaren (Bahrain) + 33:13; 9. Mitchelton-Scott (Australia) + 40:10; 10. Team Arkea-Samsic (France) + 1:14:06 hours; … 12. Bora-hansgrohe (Germany) + 1:16:38; 19. Team Sunweb (Germany) + 3:08:15
All ratings and results can be read in the tour ticker …
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