CYCLING , SPORT – Fraile has passed the stage victory at the Tour de France

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The Spaniard Omar Fraile won his first stage victory at the Tour de France when he arrived at the top of the 14th stage of the year. 39th edition of the year. Geraint Thomas continues in yellow

During the Belgian national holiday, it seemed that it would be a Belgian victory. Jasper Stuyven took a strong lead, but was caught in the last climb. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe has also taken control of Belgium.

In summary, there was no change among the top three. Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin came together to score, more than 18 minutes behind the winner.

On the other hand, Slovenian Primoz Roglic, the captain of the LottoNL team of Amund Grøndal Jansen, managed to take a few seconds on the pitch. He is fourth overall.

The only difference between the top ten in the summary was that Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark overtook Daniel Martin. Alexander Kristoff's teammate suffered a puncture in the last climb.

No Norwegian in Offense

Edvald Boasson Hagen had the ambition to join an outbreak on the 14th stage of this year's Tour de France. Rudsbygdingen slept a little over an hour when a rider of 32 riders departed early on the 188-kilometer stage of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux.

Just after the start, the main field entered a high-sided area. The field has been divided into three groups. Both Boasson Hagen and Alexander Kristoff put the two in the first field, but when the direction was changed, the fields recovered again and that was then 32 sticks.

More than 6 miles from the stage, the Spanish champion Gorka Izagirre flew. Then, the outcasts had eleven minutes in advance on the main field where Geraint Thomas and the yellow leader 's arm were.

Held almost

The Spaniard finally had the company of duo Tom Jelte Slagter and Jasper Stuyven. With 35 kilometers to go, Stuyven said thank you for following two more. Then, the distance to the main field was increased to more than 16 minutes and the distance further increased.

The Belgians had received just over 1.30 minutes from their nearest shooter during the last climb of just over 3 kilometers. The Spanish Omar Fraile was the one who tried early, and he contacted Stuyven before letting him down.

A few kilometers from the summit, Julian Alaphilippe put the turbo. The man in Polish shirt failed to take back the Spanish.

(© NTB)