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EFE · Road Competition · 04/09/2020
Belgian cyclist Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) shone again signing a sprint double on the seventh stage of the Tour de France, disputed between Millau and Lavaur, of 188 kilometers, in which the British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) He retained the yellow jersey and a fan fan 1 minute and 20 seconds to two favorites: the Spaniard Mikel Landa (Bahrain-McLaren) and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates).
Van Aert (Harentals, 25 years old), triple world champion of cyclo-cross and of the Milan-San Remo and Strade Bianche this season, is seeded with inspiration. He won in Privas and the double was hunted in Lavaur, where he defeated with authority a small group of sprinters, including Peter Sagan, and the favorites of the general, this time in the “ointment”, as survivors of a fan that caused havoc.
The Jumbo-Visma’s third victory and Van Aert’s third in the Tour took place in a time of 3 hours, 32 minutes and 3 seconds, at an average supersonic speed of 47 km / h. Super the Norwegian Boasson Hagen (NTT) and the French Coquard (Vital Concept). Cut by a fan promoted by the Ineos with 35 of goal came Mikel Landa and Pogacar.
This time there was movement, battle, spectacle. The squad arrived at the finish line half an hour early. And also changes in the general. Yates in front, followed by Roglic at 3 seconds and the French Guillaume Martin at 9. A group with Bernal, Quintana, Dumoulin, Supermn López and Pinot is at 13. Pogacar went from second to sixteenth in 1.28 minutes. Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde interspersed at 22 and 34 seconds, respectively.
THE MEN OF SAGAN SHAKE THE BALL
The stage went full blast with continuous attempts to escape, but it was Peter Sagan’s Bora Hansgrohe that had the card to break the pack at the first change taking advantage of the presence of the wind and the steep terrain.
Max Schachmann took it upon himself to set a rhythm that wreaked havoc, tearing the group apart into three parts. Most of the sprinters were eliminated: Ewan, Kristoff, Nizzolo, Viviani, Bol and Bennett, the latter being Sagan’s rival for the green jersey.
The favorites were attentive to the Bora maneuver, similar to the one that Sagan’s Cannondale starred in in 2013 on the way to Albi, and were grouped in the first sects.
In the Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance intermediate sprint Trentin overtook Sagan, but the Slovakian team was increasingly distancing Bennett, which made the persecution a martyrdom for Deceuninck.
DE GENDT ESCAPES AND INEOS CAUSES FANS
In the front group was the Belgian Thomas De Gendt, official escapist of any race in which he participates. Since his debut in the 2011 Tour, he has accumulated 28 leaks, of which he solved two with victory, at Chalet-Reynard and at Saint-Etienne last season.
The fugitive crowned Col de Peyromenc and Col de Paulhe and held a small difference, which at 50 kilometers from the finish line was 45 seconds, with the group with the green Bennett jersey at 5 minutes and that of Ewan at 9.
De Gendt’s success was complicated given the potential of the pursuers. In addition, Ineos cut the group at the start of Castres, 35 km from the finish line, after a tremendous relay from the Polish Kwiatkowski with Carapaz and the same leader Egan Bernal. The wind began to be a nightmare putting the nerves to the surface. As if that were not enough, the Jumbo put a hand in the fan that caught favorites like Pogacar and Mikel Landa.
POGACAR AND LANDA TRAPPED, INEOS AND JUMBO FLY
Tremendous front end with Ineos, Jumbo-Visma, Groupama-FDJ and Astana Pro Team pulling a sack. The worst possible enemies for Landa and Pogacar, interspersed one minute 15 kilometers from the finish line. If Bennett’s green jersey had flown before, Pogacar’s white led the same way.
At 5 km from the finish the sprint was sung. The contenders were Sagan, Coquard, Van Aert and Boasson Hagen. A puncture sank the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. He stayed with Castroviejo and both were hunted by Landa’s group.
VAN AERT RELENTLESS
The victory was to be played by a handful of sprinters, but Alaphilippe never gives up and tried to surprise, although the former leader was trapped. Launched the sprint, and without noticing the effort deployed during the evolution of the fan pulling the front of the group, Wout Van Aert returned to offer a beautiful show. Huge win and prize for a few more. Peter Sagan got the green mailot back and Egan Bernal got the best young white. Everyone happy, except for Landa and Pogacar.
This Saturday the first Pyrenean stage will take place, this time with a downhill finish, between Cazres sur Garonne and Loudenvielle. Three major ports: Col de Ment (1st), Port de Bals (Special) and Col de Peyresourde (1st), with the summit 12 from the finish line.
Classifications [Clasificaciones completas]
Stage classification:
Wout Van Aert (BEL / Jumbo-Visma) – 3:32:03
Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR / NTT) – mt
3. Bryan Coquard (FRA / B & B-Vital Concept) – mt
4. Christophe Laporte (FRA / Cofidis) – mt
5. Jasper Stuyven (BEL / Trek-Segafredo) – mt
6. Clment Venturini (FRA / AG2R-La Mondiale) – mt
7. Hugo Hofstetter (FRA / Israel Start-Up Nation) – mt
8. Egan Bernal (COL / Ineos) – mt
9. Adam Yates (GBR / Mitchelton-Scott) – mt
10. ALEJANDRO VALVERDE (ESP / MOVISTAR) – mt
General classification:
1. Adam Yates (GBR / Mitchelton-Scott) – 30:36:00
2. Primoz Roglic (SLO / Jumbo-Visma) at 0:03
3. Guillaume Martin (FRA / Cofidis) at 0:09
4. Egan Bernal (COL / Ineos) at 0:13
5. Tom Dumoulin (NED / Jumbo-Visma) at 0:13
6. Nairo Quintana (COL / Arka-Samsic) at 0:13
7. Romain Bardet (FRA / AG2R-La Mondiale) at 0:13
8. Miguel ngel Lpez (COL / Astana) at 0:13
9. Thibaut Pinot (FRA / Groupama-FDJ) at 0:13
10. Urna Rigoberto (COL / Education First) at 0:13
Next stage, 8: Cazres-sur-Garonne – Loudenvielle / 141 Km.
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