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sport">The Tour really exploded on the final climb to the Granon. Vingegaard attacked and Pogacar could not follow. In fact, he completely fell through the ice and lost almost three minutes. The Tour completely turned upside down by Jumbo-Visma! Pogacar is now not even second in the general classification, but third. Romain Bardet is now second.
commotion
sport">In the descent of the Col du Télégraphe – about 60 kilometers before the finish – there was a sudden commotion in the peloton. Tiesj Benoot opened the attack on behalf of Jumbo-Visma, with his leaders Primoz Roglic and Vingegaard in his wake. The intention was to put pressure on Pogacar. Jumbo was clearly heading around with a plan. The Slovenian yellow jersey wearer was able to hook up, just like Geraint Thomas (Ineos). So the four best classification riders this Tour de France, so far.
sport">The peloton still had to cross the Col du Galibier and the Col du Granon, but it already seemed like day. The door was open everywhere and many riders had a hard time. And that with two more monster mountains ahead. Jumbo-Visma smoked everyone, while Pogacar was left alone early on, without teammates. It’s the only way to beat Pogacar, was the thought. Roglic attacked on the Galibier and again had to Handsome in pursuit. However, not much later, Roglic had to release. This was unfortunate for the fight between Jumbo-Visma and Pogacar, because this was clearly in favor of the two-time Tour winner.
Van der Poel
sport">Incidentally, the race was started early by Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. The two drove off together. Later a large leading group arose, where Van der Poel let himself down a little later. During the ascent of the Télégraphe, MvdP to give up and get off.
Van der Poel and Van Aert both attacked early.
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sport">Warren Barguil was left alone out of the leading group, but the gap slowly narrowed with the big classification men. In between were Van Aert, Pierre Latour and Simon Getschke, the leader in the mountains classification. Meanwhile, Thomas also had to let himself go. It was another duel between Vingegaard and Pogacar.
Jumbo-Visma against soup (Pogacar)
sport">The real battle on the Galibier seemed over for a moment. Bardet also rode here and the French hope in frightened days was relatively short in the standings, so he was not allowed to drive very far away from this elite group. On the descent of the Galibier, the strong men reunited outside Roglic. He drove too far behind. Jumbo was tactically stronger again: Van Aert had lowered himself to join Vingegaard. Jumbo riders Steven Kruijswijk and Sepp Kuss also reported to the front. The yellow-black brigade opposite the soup (Pogacar). Ion Izagirre and Nairo Quintana were now also among them.
sport">The question was: could anyone shake the tree while climbing the final climb Granon (11.3 km long, gradient 9.2 percent)? Barguil had a five minute lead, but was it enough against the big guns? The wonder on wheels Van Aert had meanwhile dropped back to Roglic and personally brought him to the Pogacar group. This only took a while, because he also had to get off quickly.
sport">However, Pogacar seemed to be fine in the final phase, as witnessed by a smile to the camera on the engine. Or was appearances deceiving and a hunger knock?
sport">Quintana snuck out of the GC group, heading for Barguil. Striking: after all the violence of Jumbo all day, Vingegaard was alone on the final climb, while Pogacar still had Rafa Majka with him and Thomas still Adam Yates. Bardet went after Quintana. Just under 5 kilometers before the finish, Vingegaard tried again and this Tour cracked for the first time Handsome.
sport">Majka tried to close the gap, but Pogacar couldn’t follow. In fact, the Slovenian fell completely silent and fell through the ice. Also Thomas and drove away from the Slovenian. Vingegaard was allowed to put his arms in the air a few minutes later: a double blow for the Dane and Jumbo-Visma. And Pogacar? Minutes behind and probably also lost the Tour.
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