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Although yesterday Fernando Gaviria could not celebrate his third victory in the Tour de France, to be defeated in another superb package, this time by the Dutch Dylan Groenewegen, the Colombian sprinter makes the difference with this, because eight times they established milestones, triumphed in 5.
Groenewegen had already won, last year, in China (fifth stage in which the country was second) and also in the Tour of Britain (seventh fraction, with Gaviria, seventh), thus adjusting his third partial victory in the duel against Gaviria.
The Dutch, as reflected in the gesture in the end, all closed them. Its rise, in the last two hundred meters, has not resisted neither Gaviria nor Peter Sagan, the other packer who in this Tour takes two triumphs.
A fact no less underlines that Gaviria yielded on 14 occasions before sprinters in stage finishes In the various races of the World Tour (see detail attached)
Groenewegen, 25, won his second partial victory in the Tour, in which he participates for the third year, according to the press agency EFE
. gave the luxury of winning in the last fraction of the French test, raised his arms in phase 21, the closing and was applauded in Paris.
The Dutchman, professional since 2015, has 31 victories in his record, 10 season. "I did not have good legs in the first sprints.People said that I wasn 't able to win a stage.Today, the legs were good and I' d not able to win a stage. I responded to the criticism, "replies the Dutchman at the request of the media.
Dylan claims his own style and rejects the comparison with Mark Cavendish and even with Robbie McEwen ex-cyclist of similar physics, ie 1.77 in height and 70 kilos.
"I have a sprinter style that belongs to me and I want it to continue like this," he said.
The winner of the stage of Chartres is from Amsterdam, lived on the street where the house of Anne Frank the girl who died at the Nazi camp in Bergen-Belsen at the age of 15, famous for his diary. 19659003] Since childhood, he has lived cycling. Between the two world wars, his grandfather, Ko Zieleman created his own bicycle brand, and his father also worked in a bicycle business, according to the EFE News Agency
. bad feelings, but their improvement has increased. "I'm improving every day, I've already said that I needed time."
The arrival yesterday in Chartres revealed the generation change that occurs in mbadive arrivals. The British Mark Cavendish (33 years old) and the Germans André Greipel (35 years old) were again defeated.
Since the beginning of this gala round, Greipel has been able to win on arrival at Sarzeau (3rd). Cavendish, with 30 partial wins in the Tour, was not near winning so far. At Chartres, & # 39; Cav & # 39; signed his best result … a tenth place.
Now, the two names that win these honors, are Gaviria and Sagan, who are adjusting two wins each in the Tour's 105 edition. 19659003] Today, the eighth stage, from Dreux to Amiens (181 km), ideal for sprinters, the last opportunity of the week, before the pavements and the arrival in the high mountains.
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