Lennard Kämna won the 16th stage of the Tour de France. The Bora-hansgrohe professional prevailed as a soloist on the first Alpine stage.
Lennard Kämna celebrates his victory on the 16th stage.
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Overjoyed, Lennard Kämna spread his arms, patted himself on the chest and shook his head in disbelief. After an unbelievable solo ride in the Alps, the huge talent has finally reached the goal of his dreams. The 24-year-old won his first stage win in the Tour de France on Tuesday after a clever attack 20 kilometers from the finish. Kämna triumphed on the 16th section from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans ahead of Giro d’Italia champion Richard Carapaz and on his umpteenth attempt achieved the first German stage win since John Degenkolb two years ago in Roubaix.
Kämna: “That means a lot to me”
“I still can’t believe it. It’s a wonderful day for me, just great. It means a lot to me,” said Kämna and added: “It’s a great relief. We had so many setbacks. I’m up All in on the last hilltop. I knew that nobody would catch me on the descent. ”
This time Kämna was no longer tricked after he had been sprinted over four days earlier at Puy Mary by the clever Colombian Daniel Martinez. On the penultimate climb, Kämna made the decisive attack. Then he played out his time trial skills and drove away from the climbing specialist from Ecuador with ease.
Tour victory? – Kämna: “It would be foolish to say that”
Perhaps the star of Kämna has really risen in the winter sports resort. The experts have a lot of confidence in the former junior world champion, possibly even the tour victory at some point. “Whether I’ll ever get there personally is in the stars. You can never say I’ll be good enough to win the tour: It would be stupid to say that. Not everyone can do that,” said the youngster .
The coup on Tuesday was a victory with an announcement, the North German had already chosen this 16th stage on the rest day. “Every time in a breakaway group, there are new experiences. It’s always a game of poker. I have the feeling that I’ll get better at it,” said Kämna, who achieved the 92nd German stage success on the tour. It was also a great relief for his Bora-hansgrohe team after the disappointments of the past few days.
Favorites save strength for the queen stage
The favorites, on the other hand, allowed themselves another day of rest before the day of truth. More than ten minutes behind, the stars rolled over the finish line around yellow bearer Primoz Roglic and his compatriot Tadej Pogacar. Conserving strength was the order of the day before the queen’s stage on Wednesday up to the 2304-meter-high Col de la Loze. Defending champion Egan Bernal once again lost touch with the favorites – possibly also out of calculation. That increases the Colombian’s chances of a stage win in the next few days.
Nothing stands in the way of an exciting finale. All 785 controls for the virus performed around the second day of rest were negative. This means that all 22 teams can continue their journey to Paris. No further tests are planned until the final stage on Sunday. “It couldn’t be better. The concept works very well. I’m satisfied that no one tested positive,” said Kämna.
Tour boss Christian Prudhomme was also back in the tour organisation’s red number one car after a week of quarantine. The 59-year-old tested negative for the virus after receiving an abnormal result on the first day of rest.
Geschke is a strong fifth
Shortly after Prudhomme waved the starting flag, the attacks started. A large breakaway group quickly formed, in which Kämna and teammate Daniel Oss were represented. Simon Geschke later joined the group. The Berliner had the last German success on a mountain tour stage in Pra-Loup in 2015.
The “queen’s stage” of this year’s Tour de France will take place on Wednesday. There are only two mountains on the program, but they are tough and all two belong to the “Hors Categorie”: First you go over the 2000 meter high Col de la Madelaine, then you have to climb the Col de la Loze The stage destination in Meribel awaits at an altitude of 2304 meters. The Col de la Loze does not – yet – have a sonorous name, but the data is tough: 21.5 kilometers ascent with an average gradient of 7.8 percent. But especially on the last four kilometers, slopes of over 20 percent await the driver!
16. Etappe La Tour-du-Pin – Villard-de-Lans (164 km):
1. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 4:12:52 hours; 2. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers + 1:27 Min .; 3. Sebastien Reichenbach (Switzerland) – Groupama-FDJ + 1:56; 4. Pawel Siwakow (Russland) – Ineos Grenadiers + 2:34; 5. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team + 2:35; 6. Warren Barguil (France) – Team Arkea-Samsic + 2:37; 7. Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) – Team Sunweb + 2:41; 8. Nicolas Roche (Ireland) – Team Sunweb + 2:47; 9. Quentin Pacher (France) – Vital Concept + 2:51; 10. Julian Alaphilippe (France) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 2:54; … 79. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 24:42; 91. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb + 27:27; 92. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 118. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team; 119. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 120. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe; 121. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo; 136. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team; 152. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 30:52
Overall ranking individual, status after the 16th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 70:06:47 hours; 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates + 40 sec .; 3. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia) – EF Pro Cycling + 1:34 min .; 4. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) – Astana + 1:45; 5. Adam Yates (Great Britain) – Mitchelton-Scott + 2:03; 6. Richie Porte (Australia) – Trek – Segafredo + 2:13; 7. Mikel Landa Meana (Spain) – Bahrain-McLaren + 2:16; 8. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 3:15; 9. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) – Team Jumbo + 5:19; 10. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) – Team Arkea-Samsic + 5:43; … 35. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:32:06 hours; 36. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:32:26; 56. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:05:07; 58. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team + 2:10:38; 123. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo + 4:01:19; 125. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 4:04:59; 127. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team + 4:07:29; 134. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb + 4:13:46; 142. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team + 4:22:24; 145. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 4:27:44; 154. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 4:55:05
Mountain classification, status after the 16th stage:
1. Benoit Cosnefroy (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 36 pts .; 2. Pierre Rolland (France) – Vital Concept 36; 3. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates 34; 4. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 33; 5. Nans Peters (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 32; 6. Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) – Team Sunweb 31; 7. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 25; 8. Jesús Herrada Lopez (Spain) – Solutions Credits 25; 9. Quentin Pacher (France) – Vital Concept 24; 10. Michael Gogl (Austria) – NTT Pro Cycling Team 24; … 12. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team 22; 16. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe 14; 55. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 2
Sprint ranking, status after the 16th stage:
1. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 269 pts .; 2. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – Bora-hansgrohe 224; 3. Matteo Trentin (Italy) – CCC Team 212; 4. Bryan Coquard (France) – Vital Concept 166; 5. Caleb Ewan (Australia) – Lotto-Soudal 158; 6. Wout van Aert (Belgium) – Team Jumbo 131; 7. Julian Alaphilippe (France) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 130; 8. Michael Mörköv (Denmark) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 112; 9. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) – UAE Team Emirates 100; 10. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates 97; … 13. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 82; 20. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe 63; 32. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team 47; 40. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 40; 71. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team 20; 88. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 14; 107. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal 8; 117. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team 4; 120th Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo 2
Team ranking, status after the 16th stage:
1. Movistar Team (Spain) 210: 11: 06 hours; 2. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 35:37 min .; 3. EF Pro Cycling (USA) + 37:00; 4. Team Jumbo (Netherlands) + 37:36; 5. Bahrain-McLaren (Bahrain) + 1:00:57 hours; 6th Trek – Segafredo (USA) + 1:09:07; 7. Astana (Kazakhstan) + 1:17:25; 8. AG2R La Mondiale (France) + 1:53:39; 9. Team Arkea-Samsic (France) + 2:08:12; 10. Groupama-FDJ (France) + 2:30:16; … 14. Bora-hansgrohe (Germany) + 3:20:13; 18. Team Sunweb (Germany) + 5:43:01
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