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[ENV_PRISER] Former winner of Paris-Roubaix, John Degenkolb s' is imposed on his favorite field, Sunday, during the 9th stage. A true renaissance for the German Trek-Segafredo. Romain Bardet, too, is a miraculum: he has had three punctures and changed his bike twice! Rest for all this Monday.
It is impossible to know if Romain Bardet will win the Tour de France, in a little less than two weeks, on the Champs-Elysées. Impossible to know if the Auvergnat will finish 2nd (as in 2016) or 3rd (as in 2017) in Paris. What we know, however, is that the leader of the AG2R La Mondiale team is still in the game for the overall clbadification and in itself, it is a small miracle.
Only seven seconds lost
Just three days after having dropped 31 '' on the road to Mûr-de-Bretagne due to a broken wheel, the best tricolor chance of this Tour 2018 was overwhelmed by an incredible bad luck between the citadel of Arras and the edge of the velodrome of Roubaix. Think about it, Bardet broke through three times (in the first of fifteen sectors in the program, in the ninth and … at the exit of the last one!) And was forced to two machine changes along the way. In these conditions, one still wonders how he will do to squander only seven small seconds to the other contenders at the finish line. "It could have been worse …", sighed the French runner. "Fortunately for me, I had very good legs and six guys ready to die by my side on the pavement. This resilience has paid off, "added the man who, before his third puncture in the afternoon, allowed himself to attack the Froome group twelve kilometers from goal.
Froome, Uran and Landa on the ground Door at home
Before the first stage of the Alps (Tuesday, bound for Grand-Bornand), Romain Bardet occupies the 17th place of the general clbadification (at 2'32 ' 'Van Avermaet, 2nd Sunday) and how to talk, is rebadured about his physical condition. Above all, it did not fall during this 9th stage which, let's face it, sometimes looked like bowling for some of the favorites. Chris Froome and Rigoberto Uran, the first two of the last edition, have thus made the mistake: the British, as often, has done well but the Colombian is one of the big losers of the day to the extent that he disbursed nearly two minutes to Roubaix. And as it is not, how to say …, the greatest striker in the world, it looks rather complicated for him. For Richie Porte, it's already done! Victim of a terrible fall in the descent of Cat Mountain (double fracture to the pelvis and clavicle) during the 9th stage last year, the leader of the BMC again said goodbye to the Tour de France during this cursed 9th stage: it fell heavily from the 8th kilometer and did not even see the color of a pavement.
Degenkolb returns from so far
Paving stones, John Degenkolb adores! Winner of Paris-Roubaix in 2015 (ahead of Stybar and Van Avermaet), the German Trek-Segafredo formation clinched its first stage success in the Tour de France. A victory rich in symbol for the former teammate of Warren Barguil (still very good in the north, by the way). In January 2016, Degenkolb (like the Morbihannais) was hit hard by a motorist during an internship of the Giant team in Spain. Since then, he was running after his best level. It was miraculous day, Sunday, between Arras and Roubaix.
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