Marc Hirschi missed victory in Tour de France

Courage, class and passion: Marc Hirschi (22) has it all. And that’s exactly what he shows before an audience of millions on the Pyrenees second leg of the tour. However, the Bernese narrowly missed the victory.

On his heroic 90-kilometer solo journey, the best riders in the general classification overtake him shortly before the finish line. “That was it,” they all think, “Hirschi is now demoralized.” Indeed? Think! Hirschi does not stop, he actually runs to win the stage, he is even ahead and is caught again. 3rd place angrily, the young Swiss hits the handlebars with his right hand. Little was missing, so little for his first professional victory. “Sure, I’m sad. It was a hard day and I was close. But it wasn’t enough, ”he says. The fact that you received a 20-second penalty from the jury for unauthorized food in the last 20 kilometers does not change the great performance.