The fifth section of the Tour de France has been marked as one of the key stages of the column – as the cliché says – in the first week it is impossible to win a column, but it is easy to lose it. While Simon Clark made history today (Wednesday) and recorded a huge victory at Ehrenberg for Israel Premier Tech, Primoz ‘Roglich will want to very quickly forget about the stone stage.
Roglich dislocated his shoulder following an accident about 30km to the finish, before the 5th section of the stones. As a result he lost the platoon and had to chase all the way to the finish, finishing in a time of 2:02 minutes behind Teddy Fogchar, the champion The gap between them in the overall standings is 2:17 minutes, with Roglich ranked 44th overall.
Roglich, Who finished second in the 2020 column, said a motorcycle that had lost its balance in the middle of the road and hit a checkpoint that had slipped into the road, caused an accident. “I had to put my shoulder back in place only after I sat down on a fan’s chair by the side of the road. It’s not the best thing that could happen, but it’s what it is,” Roglich said.
“It would have been better if there were no injuries, but this is the situation. In the end my teammates faced all the problems and we will see how we go in the coming days. Luckily I am still here,” Roglich added. His friend Jonas Winggor, last year’s vice-champion of the column, lost only 13 seconds to Fogchar despite having to change bikes twice due to a technical glitch. The gap of the column champion from the Danish rider stands at only 21 seconds in the overall ranking.
#TDF2022GC (Stage 5/21) – only ‘biggest faves’ listed
Pogacar
Vingegaard +0:21
A.Yates +0:29
G.Thomas +0:31
Vlasov +0:37
D.Martinez +0: 50
E.But +1:02
Caruso +1: 40
Roglic +2:17
O’Connor +4:15— professional cycling (@ammattipyoraily) July 6, 2022