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The last stage of the sprint of the Tour de France before the final Sunday in Paris, Arnaud Démare did not give up
The French imposes in the hot
Pau the day's victory at the finish of the 18th stage of the mbad sprint ahead of fellow countryman Christophe Laporte and Norwegian Alexander Kristoff
John Degenkolb, who had speculated with his second stage victory after his triumph on the track of Roubaix, was to be satisfied with the seventh place after 171 kilometers. Britain's Geraint Thomas defended his yellow jersey with confidence.
"I had no chance to take the lead today.It was a totally eventful finale, and we got lost in one way or another "
Degenkolb reacted to his missed opportunity
Demare, who celebrated his first victory this year, benefited from the very limited terrain of the Sprinter Elite around Kittel,
Greipel Gaviria and Groenewegen, who had to clear their way at the beginning of the 105th lap, Marcel Kittel, who retired due to a stopover on the Alpine stage, won the race. stage at Pau last year
After the spectacular mini-stage of the day before, Skyway exceeded the record of Sky Team Welsh the seventh day in the yellow jersey.His advance on the difficult last stage of the Pyrenees Friday and the following Espelette individual time trial remains 1h59 minutes on Tom Dumoulin. Froome is third
The company Toursieg showed an incident at the last climb of stage 17, when an angry spectator held him by the arm and
with the winner of the day, André Greipel, who had retired a long time, had made a little jostling via Twitter. He had accused the jury of turning a blind eye to Démare the day before on the difficult stage of the Pyrenees. On Thursday, however, Greipel rowed back
A five-person head group had formed early, but that did not significantly increase their lead. At the top of the pack, the remaining Sprinter teams had a good pace. But 18 kilometers from Pau, the fugitives have been caught.
Peter Sagan, who had to leave the 2017 Tour after a disqualification, spent a restless night after yesterday's crash. In the morning, it was clear that the triple world champion and stage winner could continue. He already knows his sixth green jersey – if the Slovak can hold in Paris.
"I have back pain and all the right side, but I want to finish the tour," said Bora-Hansgrohe's captain at Trie. -On-bad explains. His right arm and right leg were bandaged. He suffered from severe abrasions. After all, he still ranks eighth.
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