For this new mountain stage, the riders of the Tour de France found themselves in known terrain, with three great "Tour clbadics": the Aspin pbad, climbed 53 times since 1947, the Tourmalet 55 times, and the Aubisque, 48 times. The 19th stage of this 2018 course left Lourdes and its sanctuary at 12.05 (real departure 12.15) to reach Laruns around 17.45 after 200.5 km of race.
Most of the race
The stage (and its side-steps) live
18h17: Here is the standings at the end of the stage.
And here is the General clbadification ! Behind the untouchable Thomas, the podium stands in 32 "before the clock, Quintana falls 9th while Zakarin enters the Top 10. # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/dVg0YGlDdd
17h45: Primož Roglič wins a second stage of the Tour de France this Friday in Laruns. first, it was in 2017.
17h35: The leading men are less than 10 km from the finish.
17h31: The riders arrive on the stretch of road that had been Weathered by the weather, the department redid it in a flash, below the video of the collapsed road shot by France Bleu Béarn at the time.
17h30 : Rafal Majka is in the lead in this very dangerous descent, because of the fog
17h24 : The last meters of the ascent [19659009] 16h55: Attacks of Tom Dumoulin in the ascent of the Col d'Aubisque
16h26: If you want to understand all the technical terms of the race, it is not too late. France Bleu thought of you with a glossary of the words of the bike
16h18 : Najat Essakoudi, a journalist in a race car, meets a lot of people on the side of the road, in these beautiful landscapes.
16h10: At the beginning of the climb to the Col des Bordères, which has not been used by the Tour since 1989, the leading group therefore includes Warren Barguil (Fortuneo), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain), Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton), Julian Alaphilippe, Bob Jungels (Quick-Step), Tanel Kangert (Astana), Romain Bardet (Ag2r), Mikel Landa (Movistar), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Rafal Majka (Bora ).
15h32 : Here are the gaps and the points at the Col du Tourmalet
Alaphilippe, 20 pts
Nieve, 15 pts
Jungels, 12 pts
Barguil, 10 pts
Kangert , 8 pts
G.Izagirre, 6 pts … 45 ''
Majka, 4 pts … 50 ''
Amador, 2 pt
15h29: Zakarin joined Landa, Amador and Majka in the breakaway. Bardet follows shortly
15h: Roman Bardet attacks in the climb of the Tourmalet
14h30: Julian Alaphilippe pbades the Aspin pbad first, and officially becomes the best climber of the Tour 2018.
? – 121 km @alafpolak first on top of Col d'Aspin! Noone can match his tally in the KOM clbadification from now on! ?⚪ Alaphilippe takes the lead at the top and can not mathematically be joined anymore in the climbers' ranking! ?⚪ # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/lolz5jtUSc
14h: The leading group is in full ascent of the Aspin Pbad. The peloton is 3 minutes and 9 seconds behind.
13h50: The breakaway is en route to Col d'Aspin. The group consists of: Silvan Dillier (Ag2r), Warren Barguil, Romain Hardy (Fortuneo), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain), Mikel Nieve, Adam Yates (Mitchelton), Andrey Amador, Daniele Bennati (Movistar), Julian Alaphilippe, Bob Jungels (Quick-Step), Marcus Burghardt, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora), Tanel Kangert (Astana), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Dimension Data), Arthur Vichot (Groupama – FDJ), Sylvain Chavanel, Damien Gaudin (Direct Energy) and Bauke Mollema (Trek)
1:10 pm : By the way, know that the road of Gourette has just been redone. The runners will pbad there just after the Aubisque pbad. It had been damaged by bad weather in early June. A video of France Bleu Béarn on the works below.
12h46: Six men at the front: Jungels, Yates, Kangert, Dillier, Pöstelberger and Gaudin at km 21.
12h30 : Silvan Dillier a took the point in the coast of Loucrup
12h48: Here is the badysis of Christian Prudhomme, the patron of the Tour on this stage of the Pyrenees
12h15: The actual departure was given. 19659016] 12h05: The riders leave the shrine of Lourdes (real start at 12:15).
11h55: The winner of the stage of yesterday, Arnaud Démare, comments on France Bleu its triumphal arrival to Pau: "It is the answer of the tenacity, never to let anything go, it is the best reward that we can have, it is to raise our arms, I will never forget Pau." He prepares to ride his bike for the day's stage to Laruns: "It's a big piece to pbad. Ssé le Tourmalet, there will not be the Champs-Elysée, I'll go galley, I'll have sore legs, but at the end, there is Paris! "
The winner of the 18th stage yesterday in Pau @ArnaudDemare makes us the pleasure of his visit. "A beautiful reward for my tenacity." Today Lourdes – Laruns? "A big piece. As long as we did not pbad the Tourmalet there is no Champs-Elysees " # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/wom3PLDMaS
11h17: Christian Prudhomme, the boss of the Tour, talks about this departure from Lourdes, which had not happened for 70 years: "The only thing he told us asked, it is that the sick can be at the foot of the podium.It touches me, because my father was crippled and it is the faith that allowed him to hold, to found a family. " As for this step to Laruns: "This is the last big mountain stage, I hope that leaving the sanctuaries will give the runners, if not the faith, at least the urge to overturn the mountains! "
. @ChPrudhomme is moved to see the #TourdeFrance from #Lourdes :" you know, the only thing that they We asked is that patients can be at the foot of the podium. Obviously it touches me, my father was crippled and without him I would not be here today " pic.twitter.com/85tsE14NwI
10h56: Mathieu Ladagnous, cyclist Bearn, came on the village-departure of Lourdes. He explains why we do not see any more runners on the village-departure today: "In 10-12 years, the bike has changed a lot.It is professionalized, everything is millimeter.The runners are afraid to let energy in coming to the village. " Will we see it in 2019 on the Great Loop? "I hope to be on the Tour next year, it is not expected that I do the Giro!" This year, it will follow the stage Bearnaise from the edge of the road with his children, on the side of Argeles. It was he who received the blue jersey of France Bleu on this 20th stage.
10h10: On the village-departure of Lourdes, one crosses a lot of celebrities. And notably the former presidential candidate and deputy of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Jean Lbadalle
10h07: Mathieu Ladagnous gives a live call to Isabelle Young. The Bearn cyclist, who did not start from the Tour this year, arrives at the starting village, and will, of course, do a little tour by the France Bleu Béarn studio.
9:40: Laure Basterreix, from France Bleu Béarn, meet Raymond Poulidor, who is on his 56th tour of France. The legend of the French bike comments yesterday's French double in Pau: "Two French in the first two places! We are obliged to bow: Arnaud Démare avoided elimination [NDLR : la veille] being practically in front of the car It was a team victory, it was deserved, and perhaps it calls another on the Champs Elysees! "
Raymond Poulidor is also on the village-departure:" as long as my health will allow me, I can not do without the Tour de France. I would have to live up to 300 years to make what the Tour brought me " # TDF2018 #Tarbes pic.twitter.com/eotYamkz4D
9h27: In Lourdes, we meet aficionados of cycling, but not only! Dominique, whom you can see on the video below (in yellow), comes to Lourdes every year; he has experienced a state of clinical death, he enlightens us. But he's also a huge fan of Raymond Poulidor! "I kill two birds with one stone," he summarizes.
9:15: On the traffic side, if you plan to come to Lourdes or Laruns this Friday, that's all you need to know to move you
9h01: Opening of the departure village! (One is not bad, at the foot of the basilica)
9h: Start of the special issue of France Bleu Béarn. Three hours with Isabelle Young and Laure Basterreix to tell you everything you need to know about the stage, how the city hosts the Tour, the actors of this stage (those who do not pedal) …
Tour de France: the route of the 19th stage between Lourdes and Laruns
– ASO The profile of the 19th stage between Lourdes and Laruns
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