In the first hour a gigantic group drove away from more than 50 drivers with the two Dutch people who also colored in the past stages: Mathieu van der Poel and Thymen Arensman. Arensman had no fewer than four teammates, including Carlos Rodriguez. The Spaniard was at 5.44 from Ben Healy the best placed in front.
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Other important attendees were Bergkoning Lenny Martinez, Julian Alaphilippe, Ben O’Connor and the number two of Wednesday Mauro Schmid. The peloton mainly checked because of the presence of Rodriguez and did not give the leaders for two minutes.
Problems Remco Evenepoel and Ben Healy
For example, the riders raged towards the foot of the Soulor. In the leading group, many riders soon went overboard, including Van der Poel. The news from the group of favorites was more surprising. Remco Evenepoel soon had to release. Not much later that also applied to Healy, although the Irishman saw the group riding for him for a long time, but then broke completely. Evenepoel continued to fight and came back, partly due to Visma-Lease a Bike the pace in the group pressed after a bad moment of Matteo Jorgenson.
In the front of the leading group and it was the Frenchman Bruno Armirail who drove away from his last companions in the descent of the Soulor Solo. With a small two -minute lead, he started the final climb Hautacam. But that margin had disappeared at lightning speed, when Pogacar opened the attack. After a great lead-out by Jonahtan Narvaez, he drove everyone out of the wheel, including Jonas Vingegaard.
The Dane seemed to be able to return to Pogacar after the first swipe, but in the end it quickly continued towards the two minutes.