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WVan Aert won an explosive stage seven of the Tour de France at Lavaur when Adam Yates held on to the yellow jersey amid strong crosswinds.
Jumbo-Visma’s Van Aert achieved his second Tour stage victory as crosswinds swept through the peloton in the final hour of the race, with Tadej Pogacar, Mikel Landa, Richie Porte and Richard Carapaz among the overall contenders to lose 80 seconds in the divisions.
The 168km stage was run at a fierce pace as Peter Sagan’s Bora-Hansgrohe team dropped the hammer as soon as they left Millau, dropping the sprinters to allow the former world champion to regain the points leader’s green jersey. the Irishman Sam Bennett.
The Tour continues on Saturday with the 140 km race from Cazères-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle and concludes in Paris on September 20 with the 122 km stage from Mantes-la-Jolie to the Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Yates remained vigilant near the front of the pack throughout the stage and placed himself in the leading group when the race was torn apart when they left Castres.
Primoz Roglic, three seconds behind Yates in second place overall, was in the leading group alongside his teammate Tom Dumoulin, ensuring there are no changes at the top of the overall standings.
Ineos Grenadiers did much of the work to divide the group in the wind, with defending Tour champion Egan Bernal well placed, but Carapaz withdrew from the front group after suffering an inopportune puncture.
Sagan was unable to feature in the reduced sprint, but once again took control of the points standings he has won in seven of the last eight Tours, with Bora working to split the group that allowed him to score 17 points in the sprint. intermediate won by Matteo. Trentin.
Bennett ended a difficult day empty-handed, part of a group that ended up more than 10 minutes on the road.
That means Sagan, who started the day behind Bennett by 12 points in the fight for the green, now leads the category by nine.
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