The Tour de France of the Skujins at the 11th stage engages in a retreat; Thomas becomes the new leader

Photo: Trek – Segafedo Team Archive

The 11th round of the prestigious Tour de France Tour de France took place Wednesday, winning the "Sky" team player Geraints Thomas, who also became the new leader, over a distance of 108 kilometers and rich in mountains. Toms Skujins was involved in this significant phase of a significant breakthrough; Finish carnikavietim 61st place.

For the second consecutive day, the multi-faceted cycling race of the Tour De France was welcomed by a serious mountain test: over a distance of 108 kilometers, two major categories were included, including one in the first and the second. second category. Tom was 18 and 42 seconds behind the winner

Geraints Thomas scored the new leader, who outstripped the next and his teammate Christopher Frum for 1 minute. and 25 seconds, the third is Dimulen, who loses to Tom 1 minute and 44 seconds

In the first part of the distance, the owner of the most active t-shirt (sprint) Peters Sagan, who together l? BMC Racing team, Romain Sikaru ("Direct Energie") and Dani Navaro ("Cofidis") contacted at

The goal of Sagana was to get bonus points in the only sprint midfielder of the year. step, which also fully succeeded. Slovakia has increased its lead over Fernando Gavriju, the most progressive driver of the next race. Later, Sagan returned to the group

The central defeat of the race, approaching the first hinterland, became bigger. The leader of the royal jersey, Zilien Alafilips, also won the title and increased his lead in the royal clbadification.

When the first 40 kilometers were completed, there were already 30 athletes in the group. For the support of Latvian fans, among them were Toms Skujins. In addition, this company was driven by two Estonian cyclists on this bike ride – Tanel Kangerts and the third finalist Rhine Tetram. The leaders on the peleton reached more than six minutes.

The group of leaders split into the mountain of the "Col Du Pre". Toms Skujins was among the main drivers for a long time, but at the end of the heavy race, he started falling behind. Two Movistar cyclists escaped from the peleton where the controls were mainly taken over by the men of the "Sky" – Alehandro Valverde and his compatriot Marc Soler. . Both tried to make a breakthrough, which was unsuccessful. At the end of the day, both were followed by a group of followers controlled by the "Sky" and "Bahrain Merida" units

A group of ten riders gathered in the middle of # 39, an incomplete rally of 20 kilometers. The front was covered by Mikkel Njeve (Mitchelton – Scott), who finished 23rd overall. The Spaniard won the first victory in the Tour de France at a balanced pace.

Five kilometers before the attack, Gerain Thomas ("Sky"), became the leader of the overall standings, tried to get the most supporters. He first realized the trance of Carousel and Toma Dimuelena.

In the last few kilometers, other favorites have also shown their best performance. The attack was led by Frums who, along with Daniel MARTIN ("United Arab Emirates"), managed to withdraw from Nairobi Kintan of Moviroz, Vincienzo Nibali ("Bahrain Merida") and Primoza Roglica ("LottoNL Jumbo ")

. the last kilometer remaining. At first, Tombad was another breakthrough. Sky Player 300 meters before the finish reaches Mikel Njevi and won a beautiful victory. He traveled on the track for 3 hours 29 minutes and 36 seconds

Not enough 100 meters before the finish, Njewi also beat Dimulen, Frum and Caroused for second, third and fourth places respectively. The winner, Dimuelen and Frum, lost 20 and Carousel 22 seconds

Bake Mollema, leader of the Trek – Segafredo team, finished in 36th place, 11 minutes and 29 seconds behind the winner. The Netherlands have lost the hope of fighting for victory in the overall standings.