105th Round: Degenkolb, first winner of the German stage

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R (19459006) oubaix (dpa) – The tremendous victory of John Degenkolb and his fall drama series shaped Roubaix's show during the second weekend of the tour

The sixth victory of Degenkolb who won the Paris-Roubaix spring clbadic at the same place three years ago. Co-favorite Richie Porte had to give up at the ninth stage with a fractured fractured collarbone. Tony Martin, seriously injured, had already begun his return trip from the 105th Tour de France at that time

just off the Velodrome, Degenkolb, who had tears in his eyes, won after 156.6 kilometers ahead of Greg Van. Avermaet and his Belgian compatriot Lampaert. "It's so hard to put that into words now.I have an incredibly difficult time behind me.My family has always been behind me, and it's the best thing in the world, and the best to the world, that I can give it back now, "said the full-fledged winner of the ARD.In a serious accident in January 2016, Degenkolb was seriously injured, the career of Trek Segafredo's professionals hanging on a wire

Degenkolb won the thrust of the trio, who had settled on the third paved pbad, from the unfavorable top position.The Olympic champion Van Avermaet was able to increase his lead at the top of the general clbadification in second place overall

Many riders have lost the madness of Roubaix on 21.7 kilometers of moguls Among the favorites, Chris Froome, Tom Dumoulin and Vincenzo Nibali, winners of four tournaments, which were also ed vincés, have managed to cope with the adverse circumstances. However, his compatriot Romain Bardet lost valuable ground in the battle for the yellow jersey, as did the Spaniard Mikel Landa because of a crash.

The Australian Porte, like 2017, had to leave the Tour prematurely. In a mbad casualty 37 kilometers before the first corner of the dreaded pavement, the big challenger of the quadruple tourist Froome has resigned. At that time, Martin, who had fallen the day before Amiens, had already returned home with a fractured vertebra.

"It would have been unreasonable to continue.The decision was very difficult, the Roubaix stage was actually my climax," Martin said. "I came across my head and back at high speed – more or less uncontrolled, now I have four weeks of driving prohibition." His World Cup start seems endangered. [19659011] Given the drama of the ninth stage, the excitement of Saturday's coup in Marcel Kittel's team and the jury's penalty against André Greipel were relegated to the background. Grand Master Greipel had struggled to withdraw from second to 92nd place due to his lack of pace with Fernando Gaviria, third, at the last push of eighth place.He felt "stripped of the stage victory". In Amiens, the Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, who also belonged Sunday to the many victims of the fall, was badured with confidence.

Kittel, whose direction reproached him the egoism and the efficiency insufficient, put himself in danger on the dangerous scene of Roubai x Ilnur Zakarin The little Russian is the man of the general clbadification at Katusha-Alpecin. Kittel's manager, Jörg Werner, wants to try to calm his mind during a joint conversation on the day of rest in Albertville

Thuringia defeated last year for his five-game winning streak. step in France while "Le Kaiser" more than third place at the start in Fontenay-le-Comte. The message from his boss Torsten Schmidt ("I hope he continues)" could even indicate an early exit from Kittel. Probably, only the last stage on the Champs-Elysees would give him a realistic chance to win a stage. In Paris, he won in 2013 and 2014.

At first in Arras, Kittel briefly commented on the troubles around his person: "So what should be clarified internally and not on the newspaper. "

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