The first mountain stage of the second week of the Tour de France 2024. What everyone wanted to see: the battle between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, in which the Dane from Visma won this time | Bike lease. No one could keep up with the two formidable contenders for the title.
Richard Carapaz, Ben Healy and Guillaume Martin were part of the 10-cyclist breakaway, which began to weaken as the kilometers went on and the terrain became tougher. The Irishman from EF Education EasyPost was the last to concede, but was caught 32 kilometers from the finish line.
In that last part of Puy Mary, the only first-class port in this fraction, ie. came Tadej Pogacar’s attack. Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard tried to respond, while Remco Evenepoel struggled a little further back. The overall leader completed the climb and tackled the descent alone, maintaining a lead of more than 20 seconds over his chase.
Mano and mano Pogacar – Vingegaard
But there was more mountain, since two ports remained second and third category. In the first of them, Vingegaard released Roglic, who did not give more, and reached Pogacar. They worked together in the last kilometers and in the final duel the Dane from Visma won | Bike lease for half a wheel.
Santiago Buitrago was our best. The victorious Bahrain rider reached box 11, 3 minutes and 34 seconds behind Vingegaard. Egan Bernal also entered the top 20 of the fraction.
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Tour de France general classification
The podium rankings remain the same with Pogacar at the top, followed by Evenepoel and Vingegaard, although the Dane is closing in on second place. For Colombia, Buitrago becomes the best in fourteenth place, almost 10 minutes behind the Slovenian team from UAE Emirates.
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This will be step 12
Revenge for Fernando Gaviria? The stage this Thursday, July 11, will have a route of 203.6 kilometers from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-lot, with four fourth category promotions which should not be a problem for the sprinters.
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