PARÍŽ 29 July (WebNoviny.sk) – British cyclist Geraint Thomas has become the winner of the 105th Tour de France. (19659003) Thomas won the Tour de France with 1:51 min ahead of Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) and 2:24 min before fellow and teammate Chris Froom
Thomas, formerly known only as the house of Froom on the way of his victories, won the greatest triumph of the Grand Tour career. In the past, the Tour de France was twice as high in the last 15 years.
Thomas became the third Briton, but the first Wales to win the Tour de France.
Sagan finishes eighth
The last round with Houilles in Paris (116km) was supposed to be the conclusion of a sprinter and was the best Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (UAE Emirates), which intimidated the Germans John Degenkolba (Trek-Segafredo) and the French Arnaud Demar (Groupama-FDJ)
The Slovak Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) was 200 meters from the goal to fight for the victory, but in the end he "had no legs" and finished in eighth place. Sagan, in addition to the victories in three stages at TdF 2018 for the sixth time, dominates the match score and equalizes the historic record of Nemec Erik Zabela
"It's a dream come true to win the Paris stadium." I was paid to borrow with the difficult stages in the Alps and Pyrenees, now it's worth I was still in the tunnel, I was not in the right position, but then I took it in advance and I went to John Degenkolb's head, I'm happy. " Alexander Kristoff said in his first television interview.
Thomas attributed the champagne
The first part of the last 21st stage had a traditionally manifested character, and already the winner Geraint Thomas drew the champagne with his team
The competition begins only after his arrival in Paris, where the cyclists have completed the last eight rounds in view of the fields of the Elysee. During the day, the six cyclists were: Silvan Dillier (AG2R-La Mondiale), Taylor Phinney (EF), Michael Schär (BMC), Damien Gaudin (Direct Energy), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Wanty – Gobert Group]
Schär winner of the last speed-speed
The winner of the last sprinter at the 105th TDF was Switzerland Schär, the winner of the score competition Peter Sagan did not play
The group had the smallest advance, but 10 km before the goal fell below 10 seconds and it was clear that the eighth winner in Paris of the breakout would not be born.The longest advance was Germany in the colors of Katyus-Alpecin Nils Politt, who entered the last circuit 6.6 km long with a lead of a few seconds
At the beginning of the last stage, the Italian-Belgian pair Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) – Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), only later the Belgian remained. It was not enough for him and 300 meters in front of the goal that he was crossing the pack. In the turmoil, he finally had the most strength of Nór Kristoff, who won the first stage of the TdF in 2014.
