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The Irishman Dan Martin won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, the Australian Richie Porte finishing in the top 10 after a day when several big names lost time on the leaders. [19659005LecoureurdelTeamEAUEmiratesasautédupelotondanselierkilomètreetn'ajamaisregardéenarrièreBattantleFrançaisPierreLatourparunesecondeetl'SpanishAlejandroValverdepartrois
The BMC Porte driver, the Italian Vincenzo Nibali and the British Geraint Thomas crossed the line three seconds after the 181 km of Brest. Wall of Brittany, with reigning champion Chris Froome five seconds later
Door to 11th place overall 53 seconds behind Belgian teammate Greg van Avermaet, who clings to the yellow jersey, three seconds ahead of Thomas of the Sky team
Thomas collected two seconds of bonus during the stage, and left Froome in his wake during the last climb while he was away the defending champion with a group of other favorites.
The Welshman was The first week, Team Sky gave free rein to Froome for the yellow jersey, but he should return to the role of super-servant after the first day of rest after the ninth step.
Van Avermaet is the first former Olympic road racing champion to wear the yellow jersey after winning gold since 1903 and has set a goal of keeping the jersey until the peloton reached Roubaix last year, Rigoberto Uran finished at 11 seconds from Martin, but he was worse for the French hopeful Romain Bardet, who finished at 31 seconds to exchange bikes with a teammate following a mechanical problem just before the last climb
The Dutch Tom Dumoulin, champion of the Giro d'Italia 2017, punctured five kilometers from the finish and finished the day 53 seconds behind the winner. 19659005] He was then penalized 20 seconds by the race jury for having stayed too long in the wake of his team car.
Martin came in second the last time a stage of the Tour was over at Mur de Bretagne three years ago He admitted that he had been obsessed with winning here this time on a punchy climb that suited his abilities.
"I thought about it (his second place in 2015) all day."
"It was difficult because there was a headwind, so go solo was risky. "
Martin becomes only the third Irish rider to win two or more stages on the Tour, along with Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, members of the Irish cycling team
C & # 39; In 2011 the Tour finished a stage on the steep two-kilometer climb to Mur-de-Bretagne
– a marker on its rivals while it claimed the stage on the way. of victory in Paris.
F On Friday, the riders will take the longest stage of the race to 218km when they leave Fougères to finish at Chartres.
The last time this road was used, it was won in 2004 by Australian Stuart O. Grady.
This year, we expect that stage ends in another massive sprint, but the possibility that strong winds are forming could impact the overall standings if the teams are not lit.
Dan Martin tweet: Wow. Mute. Thank you
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