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Peter Sagan drove only one day in the yellow jersey. After the team time trial in Cholet, the Belgian van Avermaet took the lead of the BMC's victorious team. The winner of the Froome series wins time
Peter Sagan had to change the yellow jersey against the green. But the triple World Champion took the small demotion to Cholet after the team time trial of the 105th Tour de France, dominated by the BMC team. In yellow, the Belgian Greg van Avermaet will leave on Tuesday
The victorious bouquet of flowers of Sagan, deliberately thrown, finds nevertheless the good recipient in the public. "It's not Sunday every day, I have to apologize to my teammates, it was a bad day for me," lamented the Slovak. The 28-year-old has reached the finish far behind his colleagues.
Sagan had already lost his legs in the last few kilometers, his team crossed the finish line 50 seconds after the BMC team without his captain. In the future, the winner of Paris-Roubaix, this year again, will take care of stage and green jersey successes. He wants to win the brand for the sixth time and catch up with the record holder Erik Zabel.
Among the big winners of the team time trial was the new van Avermaet leader of the BMC team, also the winner of the series, Chris Froome, who could catch the majority of his competitors
"I'm going to try the jersey The next few days are almost clbadic courses, and that's fine with me," said Belgian van Avermaet, whose team won the match against the clock in 38:46 minutes The Froomes Sky team was only four seconds slower in second place.
After a frantic tour of falling and verbal abuse of the audience, some days quieter could now take place for the controversial Captain Sky. "We have a strong team and we confirmed it today, and after the nervous start of the tour, things went well for us today. – we are very happy, "said Froome, who is I was crushed at Fontenay-le-Comte just before the tour.
The quadruple triumph of the tour took over French rival Romain Bardet (1:11 minutes), but perhaps also the most dangerous challenger Tom Dumoulin (+7 seconds) and Vincenzo Nibali (+1: 02 minutes)
In the hot and hot cauldron of Cholet, Froome was initially escorted by a large bodyguard. The Brit had already lost two riders ten kilometers from the finish on the difficult track. Wout Poels, a precious aid in the mountains, and Luke Rowe could no longer follow
The best German sprinters around John Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel, who had helped shape the start of the weekend's tour played no role with their teams in Cholet. You can hit the fourth step again. Destination after 195 kilometers Tuesday is Sarzeau in Brittany, who chairs the President of the World Federation David Lappartient as mayor. (dpa)
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