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Preliminary decision of the 105th Tour de France: The favorite Christopher Froome lost Wednesday against his teammate Sky, Geraint Thomas, 48 seconds. In addition, Tom Dumoulin (+1: 59), now second, could not keep pace with the Welsh in the end and lost a few seconds. The winner of the day was the Colombian Movistar professional Nairo Quintana
20:29, July 25, 2018
[19659009] The section only 65 kilometers long but very demanding during three difficult climbs was one of the last opportunities for the Siegaspiranten to return the clbadification to the back. In the end, however, the once unbeatable Sky Armada parried all attacks – except those of Quintana – sovereign. Primoz Roglic (4/2/47) tried it, but could not get rid of Froome at first. Three kilometers from the finish, the Slovenian dared to attack again, but was doubled again.
When Dumoulin was two kilometers up, Thomas joined, but Froome lost his strength. In the sprint for third place, Thomas won out, defending champion Froome arrived 48 seconds behind his Sky colleagues and is now in the standings at 2:31 minutes behind Thomas. Thus, the hierarchy of the British Super Team is probably finalized.
After the finish, Froome abandons his ambitions on his fifth victory in the Tour de France for this abandoned year. The Briton, the first professional cyclist since Marco Pantani in 1998 had looked for the Giro d 'Italia and Tour double, announced that he wanted to fully serve his senior teammate Geraint Thomas.
He deserves to be 100% in the yellow jersey, I hope he can finish it off and bring the jersey to Paris, "said the 33-year-old. two minutes on (Tom) Dumoulin, which is, I think, a pretty comfortable lead. "
The end of the ambitions of victory was not so negative for Froome that day. demanded that the quadruple overall winner from the destination to his team bus stops, which caused Froome to fall to Sky information.The 33-year-old man remained unscathed in the
Froome, who had won the last three editions in a supremely scary way, could show this domination this year at no time.In addition, he has been confronted from the beginning Two and a half weeks on several occasions with audience hostility.Its launch was due to a possible doping offense during the tour from Spain last fall, a few days earlier. The UCI of the World Association closed the case and exonerated Froome of all allegations
There was a moment of shock in the 17th section for triple world champion Peter Sagan . The winner of the green jersey for the best sprinter fell in freefall. The Slovak could continue his trip, but it is not clear if this can continue.
Although nothing is broken, Sagan has open bruises and abrasions, said Ralph Scherzer, spokesman for the German Bora team Wednesday night. Only Thursday to decide if the 28-year-old Slovak can continue to ride.
Before the last mountain stage of the Pyrenees and the Saturday time trial, the best riders can enjoy a quieter day on Thursday. As on the 18th section of Trie-sur-Baïse in Pau on 171 kilometers, a flat stage with mbad sprint expected at.
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