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The BMC Racing Team with captain Richie Porte won the team time trial of the 105th Tour de France
Chris Froome challenged the renewed hoots of the public at the 105th Tour de France and showed some strength after the nasty departure. In the 35.5 km team time trial of the third stage around Cholet, the quadruple winner of the Sky Express is ranked second in second place.
"It was an amazing day and a tough test for us." At the end of the timed pursuit, Sky only separated four seconds from the victorious BMC Racing team, including Captain Richie Porte (Australia). World champion Peter Sagan lost the yellow jersey after only one day.
The Slovak showed a good run with the German Bora-Hansgrohe team for a long time, but then lost the connection and eventually the top of the overall standings, which he had conquered with the victory sprint Sunday. The new man in yellow is the classic BMC fighter Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium).
In addition to Door challenger was the big winner among the favorites Froome. On the side of his teammates, the 33-year-old needed 38 minutes and 50 minutes behind the track, which allowed him to gain ground.
Colombian leader Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) 49 seconds. Even bigger was the gap with the hope of France's Roman Bardet (AG2R), who lost 1:11 minutes to Froome. The winner of the Ex-Tour Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) conceded at least 1:02 minutes.
For Froome, the good performance of the first "TT" of the tour since 2015 has been of great importance. On Saturday, the Briton at the start of the Tour after a 51-second crash on the main rivals exchanged, including Bardet. The time lost that he has caught up to now.
The damage that his reputation has taken in the case of asthma medications are much more difficult to correct for Froome. As at the team's presentation last Thursday, he was once again exposed to the public's dislike.
Immediately before Sky was the second of 22 teams to leave the boat launch at 3:15 pm, there was another expression of discontent on the part of the public. Froome itself has shown no reaction, has been shown very concentrated.
Four-time world time trial champion, Tony Martin has not achieved a better result. The 33-year-old and his Katusha-Alpecin team, which includes Germany's Marcel Kittel, Rick Zabel and Nils Politt, took ninth place on the technically challenging course with lots of waves and a steep climb.
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