The Dane, one of the best last men for group sprints, surrenders to the forty degrees of Carcassonne and finishes out of time
When he reached the finish line, one hour five minutes and forty seconds after the sprint, Michael Morkov found a crowd waiting for him. The few people behind the barriers clapped their hands, but without knowing exactly why. Many had already left, after seeing the stage winner, the yellow jersey, the white jersey, the green jersey, the polka dot jersey pass on the podium.
