:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/1b52e870-fe0b-11ec-9781-0218eaf05005.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Magisterial Pogacar takes strong Van Aert yellow in Tour de France | cycling")
sport">Yellow jersey wearer Wout van Aert gave the stage color with a nice breakaway. Van Aert was on the attack for 209 kilometers, but in the end had to pay the toll by losing the lead in the general classification.
sport">“Wout had something in his head, we knew that,” said teammate Steven Kruijswijk. “He wanted to create the chance to win the stage in the leading group. I think he destroyed the peloton in the first hour and a half.”
“The plan was good, the execution came pretty close, but we can’t just arrange it”
sport">Van Aert’s attack ensured that the other Jumbo-Visma riders did not have to check in the peloton. “We knew it would be very difficult if we had to check all day and that in the days to come that would be almost impossible.”
Wout van Aert with Quinn Simmons and Jakob Fuglsang in his wheel.
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sport">“The plan was good, the execution came pretty close, but we can’t just arrange it with 22 teams in the peloton,” Kruijswijk described the team’s tactics at the NOS† „In retrospect you can say that we should have driven Wout to the finish, but whether we would have driven there with Wout for the win is open to question. Tomorrow at La Planche des Belles Filles he would have said goodbye to the yellow jersey, so it’s time to say goodbye.”
sport">The longest stage of the Tour de France (219.9 kilometers) took the peloton from Binche in Belgium to the French Ardennes. When the clouds of smoke were just as nervous as the lightning-fast start of the stage, one of the favorites for the win was already in the leading group. We are talking about Van Aert here. The Belgian from Jumbo-Visma was accompanied by Jakob Fuglsang and Quinn Simmons.
Van der Poel
sport">Far behind, Mathieu van der Poel once again had to determine that he does not have the legs yet. The 27-year-old Dutchman from Alpecin-Deceuninck was also unable to participate in the cobblestone stage on Wednesday, normally he is one of the better ones in that kind of stage. Jumbo-Visman leader also lost almost two minutes in that stage due to a crash. The Slovenian did put his dislocated shoulder in place with his own hands.
sport">At 60 kilometers from the finish, Van Aert and Simmons shook off Fuglsang and tried to stay away from the chasing peloton together. Another 30 kilometers later, Van Aert also felt that Simmons was not going fast enough and drove away from the American. In the end, Van Aert himself lasted for almost 20 kilometers before he was swallowed himself.
sport">Then the big men went into battle. Five kilometers from the finish was a venijing climb. Frenchman Alexis Vuillermoz made an attempt. One and a half kilometers before the finish, he was taken back. Tadej Pogacar then drove everyone off in the sprint and took over the yellow from Van Aert.
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