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Froome, who is trying to double the Giro d'Italia-Tour in 20 years, cracked two kilometers from the finish when the Dutch Tom Dumoulin attacked and went from second to third place .
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas wins the 11th stage of the Tour de France on July 18, 2018. Photo: LeTour / Twitter
SAINT-LARY-SOULAN, France – Britain's Geraint Thomas extends his lead over the Tour de France in As long as Chris Froome's hopes for a fifth-place tie were hanging on a thread after the defending champion was eliminated in the final of the 17th stage on Wednesday.
Colombo Nairo Quintana attacked at the foot of the last climb to the prestigious Portet Victory Colle at 28 seconds from Irishman Dan Martin, but all eyes were on the yellow jersey Thomas and the four-time champion Froome
Froome, who was trying to double the Giro d'Italia-Tour in two ended when the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin attacked, and slipped from second to third place.
Thomas, who took third place 47 seconds of pace, now leads Dumoulin by 1:59 and Froome by 2:31 and is widely expected to Sky their sixth in his seven year title.
Froome's hopes are hanging on a thread after he's crossed the line at 1:35 as he does not seem to have legs to reverse the deficit and might not be allowed by his team after Thomas emerged as the undisputed leader of the British team
. Froome's last hope seems to be whether Thomas cracks in the final leg of Friday's day, which seems unlikely after the Welshman's three finals. had set up a grid start at the foot of the first climb but, although it often brings excitement into Formula One, it was an unforgettable moment here, with the peloton well organized after a few hundred meters.
Team Sky controlled the pace of several riders attacked in the Montee de Peyragudes, an ascent of 14.9 km with an average height difference of 6.7%.
Among them, the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, who has strengthened his lead in the ranking of the mountain.
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The team AG2R-La Mondiale of Romain Bardet accelerates in the second ascent, the Col du Val Louron Azet (7.4 km at 8.3%) , to shake the pack and hope to drop several Team Sky but they failed.
These tactics even failed during the last climb, an effort of 16 km with an average altitude of 8.7%, while the French cracked and had no teammate to help him [19659008]. Last effort, Quintana jumped in an impressive style followed by Martin who quickly found himself unable to maintain the pace of the Vice-Champion Tour.
With 14km left, Primoz Roglic, fourth in Slovenia, also attacked and was immediately followed by Froome. . The duo opened a small gap before being stopped by the yellow jersey thanks to the work of Dumoulin protecting his place on the podium.
Froome began to suffer and was briefly distanced 2.5km from the summit of another Roglic attack. [19659004TheaccelerationofDumoulinenfouitalorFroomequiammeeudumalatlarironcooncoquipeEganBernal
Thomas finally made his point, accelerating to about 400 meters to let Dumoulin and Roglic
crush in the descent of the pass of Val Louron but ride his bike and have it cut off time, his jersey torn.
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