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The Irishman Dan Martin fell back one kilometer and got a draw that no one was able to seal on the sixth stage of the Tour de France
This victory became a victory step for Alexander Kristoff 's teammate in the United Arab Emirates.
31 years old stood out of the French Pierre Latour, who took second place. The Spanish Alejandro Valverde became number three.
BMC runner Greg Van Avermaet is still in the yellow ledger. The Belgian is three seconds behind Geraint Thomas (Sky).
Alexander Kristoff announced before departure that he had no intention of fighting for victory but that he wanted to help Martin at best.
– I think Kristoff told TV 2 after finishing playing.
He was looking forward to the triumph of the teammate
– We did not ride as well as we had hoped, Can win a stage here, the Tour de France did not succeed for us. He lobbied the entire team, and obviously on his shoulders, said Kristoff.
Edvald Boasson Hagen or Amund Grøndahl Jansen also did not compete for the top positions on Thursday.
No great Norwegian expectations
Sixth stage of the Tour de France started in Brest, west of Brittany, and crossed 181 kilometers inland with a destination in Mûr-de-Bretagne.
The field would raise twice the infamous rise of Mûr-de-Bretagne. The step that was created for the greatest classics and the fastest favorites.
A breach of five men immediately established Dion Smith won the impetus of the two categorized increases, the third category Ploudiry Coast and the fourth category Cote de Roc & # 39; h Trévézel
Common Field
Due to the heavy side wind, the field was divided by about ten miles to the left when the speed was increased. The jerseys and most of the favorites managed to stay in the group primarily in the main area. There was also Alexander Kristoff and Edvald Boasson Hagen
With 80 miles to go, the distance between the breach and the main pitch had dropped by just over two minutes. After that, there was about a minute left before the second group on the main pitch, where Amund Grøndahl Jansen was sitting.
On the spur of just over 40 kilometers, Kristoff was crossing the main field line ahead of Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan. ten points in Norwegian
Drama in the mountains
The bride had at least seven minutes in the main field, but it gradually decreased, and from Mûr-de-Bretagne, all the runners were sunk there.
Toms Skujins was first on Mûr-de-Bretagne for the first time and took two new points in the fight against the climbing suit, while Jack Bauer left the field and scored three points in the Bonus printing.
Tom Dumoulin punctured five kilometers before the goal, and the winner of the Giro d'Italie last year lost a lot of time in the match
Edvald Boasson Hagen was well placed and the field of rope first stretched the ground, but Norwegians should not be completely in the leg today.
Dan Martin moved one kilometer back and he kept all the way in the goal for the 31 year old. So, step win for Alexander Kristoff's teammate.
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