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It's the return of the plain this Friday on the Tour de France. After three days of mountain stages in the Alps, the sprinters regain chances of victory during the 13th stage between Bourg d'Oisans and Valence.
14h50: the gap is narrowing
The Scully quartet De Gendt-Claeys-Schar prints a rather calm tempo. The peloton, however, does not slow down and stays in contact. We are headed for a mbadive sprint. It's almost a certainty just 116 kilometers from the finish.
The breakaway does not force the pace and the pack is already at 1'40 "at 122KM Even if the quartet plays, hard to imagine something else than a mbadive sprint # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/VD9rqrWWo2
– The Gruppetto (@LeGruppetto) July 20, 2018
2:30 pm: De Gendt at the head of the first difficulty
The Belgian Thomas De Gendt pbaded the summit of the Côte de Brié, thus recovering two points in the climbers' clbadification, no danger for Julian Alaphilippe who will always keep his polka dot jersey today
14h24: rally in the front
Thomas Scully and Thomas De Gendt finally waited for two counter-strikers Dimitri Claeys-Michael Schar, with the four riders having a 2'44 lead over the peloton. sprint training, Groupama-FDJ for Arnaud Démare and Bora for Peter Saga
2:15 pm: 60,000th kilometer from Chavanel
At kilometer 25, the experienced Sylvain Chavanel (39) is traveling his 60,000th kilometer on the roads of the Tour de France. In disputing an 18th Great Loop, the Frenchman became the holder of an absolute record of participations.
14:05: still two men in front of
Thomas Scully (EF Education First-Drapac) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto- Soudal) remain alone at the front of the race. But the attitude of the peloton has changed significantly: the teams of sprinters began to roll and leave only two small minutes to the break. A group of counter-attackers, with Claeys and Schar, is interposed. Sylvain Chavanel was taken over.
De Gendt allows his duo to count 1'45 "in advance, the other duo Schar / Claeys points to 50 seconds. # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com / v16KFN0wBz
– The Gruppetto (@LeGruppetto) July 20, 2018
1:46 pm: the actual start given, attacks
Right from the start, several riders attacked, for the moment Thomas Scully (EF Education First-Drapac) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) falsified company to a platoon, which rolls quietly.Several runners, including Sylvain Chavanel, trying to join the duet.
13h41 : the real start in a few minutes
The riders give their first strokes In a few moments, the director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme will wave his flag for the real start of this 13th stage.
13h30: distinctive jerseys not in danger
From Bourg d'Oisans, wearers of distinctive jerseys have no reason to tremble. The leader of General Geraint Thomas first, who should live a quiet plain stage. With only three points to hand out in the mountain standings, Julian Alaphilippe, who has 14 points ahead of Warren Barguil, also has no reason to shake. And what about Peter Sagan? He has, after Fernando Gaviria, more than 200 points ahead of his dolphin.
The Frenchman Pierre Latour, best youngster of the Tour, should not have to be used, with 2 minutes ahead of Guillaume Martin
The distinctive jerseys
Green jersey
1. Peter Sagan (SLQ / Bora-Hansgrohe) 339 pts
2. Alexander Kristoff (NOR / UAE) 129 pts
3. Arnaud Démare (FRA / FDJ-Groupama) 106 pts
White shirt
1. Pierre Latour (FRA / AG2R) in 49h41'14 "
2. Guillaume Martin (FRA / Wanty-Gobert) at 2'08"
3. Egan Bernal (COL / Sky) at 4'41 "
Jersey with dots
1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA / Quick Step) 84 pts
2. Warren BArguil (FRA / Fortueno-Samsic) 70 pts
3. Serge Pauwels (BEL / Dimension Data) 63 pts
1:28 pm: the top 10 modified by the abandonment of Nibali
With the abandonment of Vincenzo Nibali, 4th on arrival at the Alpe d'Huez, the Frenchman Roman Bardet wins a place and is now in 5th place
The overall clbadification
1. Geraint THOMAS (GBR / Sky) in 44h06'16 "
2. Chris FROOME (GBR / SKY) at 1'39 "
3. Tom DUMOULIN (P./B./Sunweb) at 1'50"
4. Primoz ROGLIC (SLV / Lotto-NL) at 2'46 "
5. Romain BARDET (FRA / AG2R) at 3'07"
6. Mikel LANDA (ESP / Movistar) at 3'13 "
7. Steven KRUIJSWIJK (P./B./Lotto-NL) at 3'43"
8. Nairo QUINTANA (COL / Movistar) at 4'13 "
9. Daniel MARTIN (IRL / UAE) at 5'11"
10. J.FUGLSANG (AST – DAN) at 05'45 ''
13h: abandonment of Nibali
The big news of this Friday is the abandonment of Vincenzo Nibali. The Italian rider, winner of the Tour in 2014, did not recover from his fall caused by a spectator in the Alpe d'Huez. He suffers from a fractured vertebra, diagnosed after further examinations that the Sicilian spent at the hospital in Grenoble.
13h: two small ribs and then that's all
The race, which starts from Bourg d'Oisans, found the plain on the course of 169,5 kilometers including two small coasts.
In its final part, the race, which follows an east-west direction, could be exposed to the wind, sometimes violent in the valley of the Rhône. With the risk of possible breaks and loss of time for the contenders in the general clbadification
Published on 20/07/2018 at 13:04
Last updated about 1 hour ago
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