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With high tension, nervousness and multiple falls throughout the 156 kilometers of route, this Saturday the 107th edition of the Tour de France. Day in which in impeccable packaging, Alexander Kristoff (United Arab Emirates Team) beat his rivals with great superiority and is the first leader of the event.
Trek Segafredo launched the packing in the final kilometer for the World Champion Mads pedersen, who despite starring in a good sprint, was not enough to overcome Kristoff who appeared from the rear of the group and on the right of the track passed his rivals. Cees Bol (Sunweb Team) closed in third position.
In the final five kilometers, INEOS Grenadiers to protect their leader Egan bernal, Deceuninck Quick Step and the Sunweb Team They took control of the group that was looking for the best positions to enter the goal and close this day of great intensity. However, the largest fall was pro to occur three kilometers from the finish with a significant number of runners affected, including Thibaut Pinot. With the lag of an important group of favorites, the organization neutralized the times and those affected in the break were classified with the same time as the winner in the positions they crossed the finish line.
A remarkable placement of his team in the final meters allowed him to Sergio Higuita (Cycling EF Pro) enter the dispute for privileged positions, classifying in box 16, in the run-up to a match that can play in their favor this Sunday.
The calm in the group that by mutual agreement had a notable deceleration in the last sixty kilometers was broken in the final fifteen kilometers with roads a little less damp from the rain, which opened the wide range of ambitions of the sprinters who were supported by the great contenders for positions of privilege who did not lose footing in the top spots of the group.
Miguel Angel Lopez in a descent to 46 kilometers from the finish line and later Nairo Quintana on a curve on the descent, Richie porte, Julian Alaphilippe, Sam bennett, Pavel Sivakov and Pierre Latour they suffered the ravages of the persistent rain and great nervousness in the peloton and had a fall. The most affected turned out to be the Russian Sivakov who had multiple contusions and arrived at the finish line behind and visibly affected.
At the end of this day of great difficulty, the ten Colombian runners who also suffered falls, as happened with a hundred runners, were classified with the same time as the winner.
From the first kilometers, Fabien Grellier (Direct energy), Michael Schär (CCC) and Cyril Gautier (B&B Hotels) left in a tip and made up the great getaway of the day. Runners who marched at the top with a difference of about three minutes and were hunted by the main group 58 kilometers from the finish line.
With the leak neutralized, a agreement in the large platoon of 176 runners who took the game, to march at a controlled pace, with the intention of not causing more havoc than what happened, due to the falls caused by the great nervousness and the copious rain that accompanied the day during a long journey.
This Sunday in the second fraction the mountain appears in the Tour. The stage that will once again have Nice as the starting and finishing stage will have 186 kilometers and three categorized ascents, two first class Col de la Colmiane (16.3 km at 6.3%) and the Col de Turini (14.9 km at 7.4%). Meanwhile he Col d’Eze (7.8 Km to 6.1) of second, it will conclude with 32 kilometers of goal.
Results
Stage 1
1 KRISTOFF Alexander UAE-Team Emirates 3:46:23
2 PEDERSEN Mads Trek Segafredo mt
3 BOL Cees Team Sunweb mt
4 BENNETT Sam Deceuninck Quick Step mt
5 SAGAN Peter BORA hansgrohe mt
6 VIVIANI Elia Cofidis, MT Solutions Credits
7 MT NIZZOLO Giacomo NTT Pro Cycling
8 COQUARD Bryan B&B Hotels Vital Concept mt
9 TURGIS Anthony Team Total Direct Energie mt
10 STUYVEN Jasper Trek Segafredo mt
16 HIGUITA Sergio EF Pro Cycling mt
36 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe EF Pro Cycling mt
45 BERNAL Egan INEOS Grenadiers mt
46 CHAVES Esteban Mitchelton-Scott mt
59 QUINTANA Dayer Team Arkéa Samsic mt
60 QUINTANA Nair Team ARKE Samsic mt
93 URÁN Rigoberto EF Pro Cycling mt
130 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Pro Team mt
132 TEJADA Harold Astana Pro Team mt
137 ANACONA Winning team Arkéa Samsic mt
Individual General Classification
1 KRISTOFF Alexander UAE-Team Emirates 3:46:23
2 REQUEST Mads Trek Segafredo 0:04
3 BOL Cees Team Sunweb 0:06
4 BENNETT Sam Deceuninck Quick Step 0:10
5 SAGAN Peter BORA hansgrohe 0:10
6 VIVIANI Elia Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10
7 NIZZOLO Giacomo NTT Pro Cycling 0:10
8 COQUARD Bryan B&B Hotels Vital Concept 0:10
9 TURGIS Anthony Team Total Direct Energie 0:10
10 STUYVEN Jasper Trek Segafredo 0:10
16 HIGUITA Sergio EF Pro Cycling 0:10
45 Grenadiers BERNAL Egan INEOS 0:10
46 CHAVES Esteban Mitchelton-Scott 0:10
130 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Pro Team 0:10
132 TEJADA Harold Astana Pro Team 0:10
138 ANACONA Winning team Arkéa Samsic 0:10
