Carlos Rodriguez plays, Vingegaard and Pogacar hover in Morzine – Liberation

2023-07-15 18:03:21

The duo went blow for blow in the Col de Joux Plane, the Slovenian being hampered by a motorcycle when attacking. Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez took advantage of this rivalry to win. Overall, the two monsters are separated by only 10 seconds. Romain Bardet gave up on a fall.

Airs of US Postal of the heyday, implacable train where the supposed rollers team members put in agony 95% of the peloton over a stage beating drum. The Dutch formation Jumbo-Visma has certainly disgusted a good part of the riders of the Tour de France this Saturday July 15, between Annemasse and Morzine. Letting an escape slip away? Forget ! The Frenchman Christophe Laporte, teammate of the yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard, quietly enquired a long relay of several tens of kilometers to keep the fugitives of the day within range (including Giulio Ciccone, Michael Woods, Thibaut Pinot), before these will only be picked 50 km from the finish, in the ascent of the penultimate difficulty of the day, the Col de la Ramaz. It was then time for the last stages of the Jumbo-Visma rocket to go into action in the Col de Joux Plane: Wout Van Aert, Wilco Kelderman, Sepp Kuss. Everything was written for Jonas Vingegaard to attack, hoping to put his rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) in difficulty, whom he left behind in the morning by nine seconds.

Tadej Pogacar hampered by motorcycles

But it was in fact the Slovenian who drew first, digging a few meters, before the race leader managed to pick up 1.5 kilometers from the summit. The duel then took on the air of a comic farce, the two rivals looking at each other like earthenware dogs. Yours ? To me ? It was finally Vingegaard who put one back a few dozen meters from the top, after an abortive attack from Pogačar hampered by motorcycles, to grab three bonus seconds. In the final descent, the marking between the two protagonists of the Tour allowed the Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) to pack up, to win, 24 hours after the victory of his teammate Michal Kwiatkowski. Pogacar finishes second, Vingegaard third. Before a new stage in the Alps this Sunday, July 16, the duo is held in ten seconds.

And the rest of the world? Romain Bardet gave up after a fall. Others ? Far, very far, in the general classification. In addition to Carlos Rodriguez, who steals 3rd place from the Australian Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), the survivors are called Simon Yates, Pello Bilbao, or even David Gaudu and Guillaume Martin. The French finish the stage six minutes behind the winner. A hole.