The Tour is no longer a party, it is something else, it is a party that is scheduled to end on Saturday at wicked time. What a spectacle, what a couple, what great Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, and what a firmer character Carlos Rodríguez was in his third place and with a time trial, on Tuesday, after the rest day on Monday, which is favorable for him over the threat that now has and is no longer Jai Hindley but adam yates.
On the second day through the Alps, a breakaway was allowed to go because plans changed when 128 kilometers from the finish line, and with the escapees controlled, an unsupportive spectator shot half the peloton, and since they had to organize themselves, those who were ahead they said good-bye and see you at the finish line, where the Dutchman triumphed Wout Poelsan old climber who seemed to pedal with the light off.
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You had to allow a lot of kilometers to go by, you could even eat, including a nap, because you had to be as cool as a rose in April for the final kilometerswith a trap of almost three kilometers that was called the Amerands level, what a trap, and the final climb to Saint Gervais Mont Blanc.
If someone could think that that name unknown and with only the modest score of second category port was a tack, it was only necessary to pass it by car a few hours before the runners to realize that it it was a savage. The cyclists went up tumbling and so slow that it was even scary that they would lose their balance; it was outrageous.
The UEA, to do their thing
And it was the place where the UEA group, clearly superior to the Jumbo, began to do their thing, cracked the main group, fragmented the small squad, all alone and suffering from behind. But vingegaardwhich seems to have recovered the freshness that indicated that it was beginning to have an expiration date, did not let go of Pogacar’s companions or three.
The Tour party had begun, without glasses in hand, only with drums that emptied in a flash over the heads or necks of the cyclists. Interesting the UAE tactic. They had escaped to Marc Solerwho, seeing that he could not win the stage, let himself go to take in some of the warm Saharan air that fluttered over the Alps in case the leaders from behind might need it.
🔥 Pogacar attacked, but Vingegaard held on well and they entered on a par
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Rodriguez -now it seems that Ineos does not want to let Movistar go- he let himself be seen and accelerated when he observed that hindley He was entering the phase of suffering. And that’s when Adam Yates arrived, all to hell, at 26 per hour on 8 percent ramps, too much for Carlos who, without getting off the hook completely, could see them a bit in the distance.
The Tour entered the phase of maximum voltage, to sweat even more than with the prevailing heat in the Alps. Was Pogacar cheating on Vingegaard? The Danish doubted. He did not want to enter the rag of his rival, because he knows that the change of pace of the Slovenian phenomenon can riddle him. It even seemed like the world was turned upside down when yachts left their leader already vingegaard, and left alone. That will be no. It was bad for Carlos because if it took more than 37 seconds, he would get off the podium. And at this point in the Tour, the cyclist from Granada is not up to joking.
Carlos Rodriguez’s reaction
Hallelujah! Rodríguez captured Vingegaard and Pogacar. yachts it was a few meters away. But she showed up then to usually do to give you encouragement. The UAE wanted it all, the yellow jersey and the podium with the British cyclist. vingeggardnervous, looked and looked at pogacar. She didn’t dare attack him. It was a fantastic stage finish.
Was pogacar touched? Not out of surprise. 800 meters from the finish line, the pace changes. Carlos it hangs up, but Vingegard hold. to usually do renders the last service to its leader. vingegaard then he reacts, they almost touch in the last corner and they enter together, at the same time and to leave a dream time trial on Tuesday.
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“Now I should achieve some differences in the ‘chrono’ & rdquor;, says pogacar At the goal, I always dream. And it is that he is having a fabulous time at the party. You just need to dance. “I don’t want to think about the time trial. Just focus on myself. But it was a good day for me,” he says. vingegaard always less expressive than its rival. It will be a time trial to frame.