Track, manfall and spur when Thomas won the bloody scene

Geraint Thomas increased his leadership at the Tour de France when he won Thursday the mythical stage of Alpe d'Huez. He becomes the first Briton to win.

– Alpe d'Huez, man! I am speechless Thomas told TV 2.

Thomas took his second stage victory right. He was two seconds ahead of Dutchman Tom Dumoulin and three seconds over Frenchman Romain Bardet.

– I said yesterday that this race was created for me, but it's so hard that you do not know how the body will react. I repeat what I said yesterday, that I always roll for Froome, said the walker in yellow.

He increased his overall lead to 1.39 minutes ahead of teammate Chris Froome and 1.50 ahead of Dumoulin. Froome was number four on Thursday, beaten four seconds.

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Kruijswijk learned

The leader Tour, Gerain Thomas, rode 5 kilometers after spotting competitors

. About seven miles from the goal of the landslide stage, Steven Kruijswijk abandoned the main pitch.

When he started on the last slope up to Alpe d'Huez, he landed the title of Team Skys tour leader Geraint Thomas for nearly four and a half years, challenging Chris Froome.

– He drove As if he were to be invincible, said commentator Christian Paasche at age 31 began on the third and final mountain on the hard stage. Nine kilometers from the end, the direction was down in less than three minutes and the seconds followed while Romain Bardet tracked down the leader, but the energy of the Dutch fans contributed to the victory of the first leg of the Tour de France. La France. Thousands of Dutch have encircled the steep slopes

Minutes by Minute: We followed the step today

Before the riders leave Bourg-Saint-Laurent Maurice vs. Alpe d'Huez, runner LottoNL-Jumbo was number one six – two minutes and 40 seconds behind Team Skys Geraint Thomas in the yellow leader shirt.

Dylan Groenewegen, André Greipel and Rick Zabel and Fernando Gaviria had to qualify for the 12th stage of the Tour de France.

The peaks of the hard mountains are known as a national festival and historically there are good opportunities for the leader after this stage to be the man who remains the winner of the Tour de France.

"The crowd is incredibly close to the riders.What they face there is absolutely crazy, as to the trick.There are not many sports where you can ride the runners.But that may be good and not so good.We have seen many episodes of Alpe d'Huez, said bike expert Mads Kaggestad before the beginning of the year until the beginning of the year. At the Alpe d'Huez shipyards

Drama

Four kilometers higher, Nibali collided with a motorcycle, Thomas was also embarrassed while Froome took the Dutchman at 3 , 4 kilometers from the summit It did not seem that Froome had the same speed on the pedals as at his best.

Suddenly, five cyclists sat down and looked at each other. It was Froome, Thomas, Bardet, Tom Dumoulin and Spanish Mikel Landa

– I thought I did not want chances, but I followed Bardet and Dumoulin, said Thomas

– Incredibly boring with Nibali, he added about the episode where Nibali was hooked.

(Adresseavisen / © NTB)