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FONTENAY COUNTY (procycling.no):
The opening of the 201 km long Tour de France ended with a lasting fate settlement.
It was Fernando Gaviria, but much of the drama involved collectors under The Scene
Richie Porte slipped with Arnaud Démare, while Chris Froome was pushed on a career advertising duel against a pilot Katusha-Alpecin.
– I have seen so many people today. There are such things that can happen. We knew that the first days became difficult and that such things could happen. This is unfortunately a part of the sport. We were sitting on the front of the field and there was not much more things the boys could have done. It has become relatively chaotic with a lot of spurs, but that is the cycle. I'm just grateful that I did not hurt, and the long way back to Paris, Froome said after.
Quintana smokes punctured
Then, Nairo Quintana smoked a puncture of 3.2 kilometers before the goal. Adam Yates also lost time on the first day.
Alexander Kristoff became a fourth on the race. Marcel Kittel became number three, while Peter Sagan was unable to overtake Gaviria on the other side of the line.
– I do not know what happened to Froome, but it looked like they were trying to calm down.
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A quick record shows that Geraint Thomas, Tom Dumoulin, Ilnur Zakarin, Steven Kruijswijk, Romain Bardet, Alejandro Valverde, Rigoberto Uran and Mikel Landa were among the collectors which have been rewarded at the same time as the main field.
Losing the minute
Froome, Adam Yates and Richie Porte lost 51 seconds while Quintana and Egan Bernal lost a total of 1 minute and 12 seconds.
– What is so amateurish, Thor Hushovd stated in the TV show 2 when he saw Quintana receiving help from neutral service just before the last three kilometers of the scene has begun.
– He managed to roll on flat tires and waited for it to be three kilometers to the left, he would have secured at the same time as the main field, the southern country continued.
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How did it go:
Over 30 degrees and without wind, took a bucket on a potentially dramatic leg right off the bat in Noirmoutier-en-L & Ile and 20 miles south to Fontenay Le Comte.
With a flat profile, there was a long-awaited opportunity for spurs from the driving field in the yellow register.
Last year Geraint Thomas drove yellow during the opening stamp in Düsseldorf. kept until the 5th stage. Last year, Mark Cavendish finally managed to get a taste of the cool after a pissing on the historic beach of Utah Beach in Normandy.
Before the start of the competition, three teams opened the ball in 2018 first day Despite a flat relief, the Côte de Vix (1965-007) was waiting for the Côte de Vix (700m at 4.2%) at La Tranche -on-sea after 173km of cycling.
Kevin Ledanois (Fortuneo-Samisic), Yoann Offredo Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Jerome Cousin (Direct Energy) then found themselves on the podium, throwing their heads on paper that seemed like a relatively hopeless day in breach.
119.5 kilometers took the full pot Cousin and 20 points while Ledanois took 17 and Offredo 15. None of them stepped in to win the spur, all shouted that the real motive to join the break was the white and reddish shirt.
Lawson Craddock (EF Education First-Cannondale) was unlucky and agitated in the long run just before the shot. Bloody he was filmed while receiving the treatment of the car behind the field.
When the field passed 119.5 led, Fernando Gaviria threw the cards and took 13 points in the fight for the green shirt. André Greipel, Arnaud Démare, Mark Cavendish and Alexander Kristoff were involved, while a runner like Dylan Groenewegen remained completely at rest.
The peloton held up in an iron team, and the trio never managed to get more than four start of the minute. Most of the time, the distance was between two and three minutes and awakened for a minute and a half by just over four miles to ride again
Ledanois was exploiting inattention
The Cooking arrow of the Côte de Vix still appeared 28 kilometers. In advance, Offredo tried to get rid of his brothers, but rallied up to the category of 700 meters
Kevin Ledanois (Fortuneo-Samisic), 25 years old, opened the spur and took it in front. [19659004] Ledanois would therefore be seen in the polka-dot trunk during Sunday's leg. There was something to fear from Offredo and Cousin who seemed insignificant that the line had appeared where she had actually done it.
The quiz teams had constantly pushed the front of the field up here on the stage and here in the gear LottoNL-Jumbo (for Groenewegen), Quick Step (Gaviria) , Bora-Hansgrohe (Sagan) and Groupama-FDJ (Démare) on a small extra to ensure that the escaped were driven.
Ledanois was the first to be injured The cousin went after Offredo who had already attacked two miles again.
Demare and Froome in the Earth
Ag2r also chose to be active and actually sent Oliver Naesen out of the field. The Belgian champion last year tried to get in front of the duo, but the main peloton did not seem interested in letting the 27-year-old run away.
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He continued to advance to the Bonus Points, which made him win a bonus after Cousin and Offredo.
The land was gathered right after. The drama began seriously at nine miles when Arnaud Démare went to sit outside the fight for the yellow jersey
Egan Bernal, Pierre Latour and David Gaudu participated in the fight
. saw Chris Froome himself in the ground after being shot and dropped a banner on the right side of the road.
Quintana Punctured
Only 3.2 kilometers before the goal, Nairo Quintana stopped puncturing. The Colombian had the same time as the others had used a neutral service 200 meters later, but could lose precious seconds measured against the other pushers of his companion.
Bora-Hansgrohe and Quick Step made a serious effort against the goal, and he spelled between Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria.
The Colombian brought the scalp to Sagan, while Marcel Kittel became number three. Alexander Kristoff followed fourth place
– I was really fine, but I knew I was not completely thrown, Kristoff told TV 2 afterwards.
However, most attention was given to all the favorites who ended up losing a lot of time on the first day of the tour.
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