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Winner today: Hugo Hall, Canada (Israel Premier-Tech)
Finished in time of: 4: 23.47 hours
Average speed: 40.6 קמ״ש
distance: 178.5 km
From where to where: Carcassonne to Foa
Hugo Hall became the first rider from Quebec and the second rider from Canada (after Steve Bauer, 1988) to win a section in the Tour de France. He won a solo victory with a tribute to his late brother. Valentin Medua and Michael Woods closed the podium. Jonas Winggor kept the yellow shirt after controlling Tadey Fogacher’s attacks.
Second victory for “Israel Premier-Tech”
Hugo Hall won his first professional victory on the biggest stage, winning section 16 of today’s successful escape. The Canadian attacked from a small leading team and enjoyed smart work from behind his compatriot and teammate Michael Woods and went into the solo for more than 27km to give the team its second segment in the race after the victory of Simon Clark In section 5 on the pub. Hall dedicated the win to his brother Fairrick, who died after being injured in a car accident by a drunk driver in 2012 while out running. The emotion was clear on the 31-year-old’s face a decade later as he celebrated his success. “It’s the big win of my career, the first win of my career and the place to do it,” he said after graduating.
“We came to ride here in the most offensive way possible and marked all the sections that we believed that if we went offensive and put riders on the run – we have a chance to win,” said Jack Dempster, the team’s sports director. “Today was one of those days Simon Clark and twice we got to third place when in one of them it was Hugo Hall himself. It happened today too. We set out with a plan to go on the run and we believed there was a chance to win. But one thing is a plan and the second thing is to win. To arrive as a group. “
צ פ ו | Summary of section 16
What was on the track?
Tuesday, July 19 – The third week of the Tour de France opens with a 178.5-mile transition stage to Foa. The town at the foot of the Pyrenees was the terminus of successful escapes in some cases. In the current century, three sections of the Tour de France have been recorded in Foa. In all cases in recent years, the winner has come from the escape.
The course of the competition
After the last rest day of the race only 147 riders (out of 176) started section 16 in the 109th Tour de France in Carcassonne at 12:41. Five did not leap today: Yaakov Fogelsang (Israel-Premier Tech, broken ribs), Leonard Kamna (Bora-closed, cooling), Orlian Part-Painter and Michael Charles (AG2R-Citroen) are positive for Corona. 29 riders ran forward in the fourth kilometer: Brandon McNoletti (UAE), Watt van Art and Nathan van Hoydonk (Yombo-Wisma), Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grandier), Alexander Velsov and Felix Groschartner (Bora-Hensgor) Alpha-Vinyl), Gorka Izagir and Matthew Jorgenson (Mobistar), Simon Gashka (Cupidis), Damiano Caruso and Dylan Tunes (Bahrain Victorios), Olivier La Gac, Valentin Medoa and Michael Store (Grupma-FDJ), Nils Ikhoff and DSMC, Simson (Astana), Stephen Bisger and Nelson Pauls (EF Education-EasyPost), Maxim Boat and Lucas Ocian (Arca-Samsik), Philip Gilbert and Tim Wellens (Lotto-Sudal), Tony Gallopen (Trek-Sagpardo), Matthew Burgado ( Total-Energies, Hugo Hall and Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Cyril Bartha and Alexis Gojard (B&B Hotels-KTM). Burgundy attacked at 14 km, joined by Jorgenson and Gojard. The American Jorgenson was not allowed to work with them and eventually dropped out of the race. 30. The 29 riders reconnected at 51 km while the platoon led by Tish Benot and Christophe Laport from Yumbo-Wisma were cruising backwards at 5:30 minutes.
The winning moves
At the 100th mile, the platoon gap was 7:40 minutes. This put Velasov in fourth place overall virtually and later in second place with Pogachar, as the time difference increased and was 8:10 minutes before the 2 climbs in difficulty level 1. La Gac and Crusoe attacked from the front group at the bottom of Fort de lars. Caruso advanced further alone and joined him, first Woods and Storer and secondly Van Art, McNulty, Jorgenson and Gashka one mile before the summit. Gashka further increased his lead in the mountain rankings in the polka dot shirt as he crossed the Port de Lers in first place. Pugacher attacked three times in the ascent, the third time was right on the line of the summit but Winggor responded well each time.
With 40 km to finish in the valley a leading group of 12 riders was formed. Hall ran 40 km before the finish in Foa. Galofen chased after him but did not close the gap. Jorgenson, Woods and Storer formed a haunting trio. Hall climbed hard on the Moore de Paguer and passed him first, 20 seconds ahead of Jorgenson and Woods, keeping the same gap he had at the bottom. Jorgenson crashed into a bend with 14km to go but got back on the bike. Woods was of course happy with his teammate and compatriot’s solo riding up front. The last to reach second place in Foa was 1:10 minutes behind the excited winner Hall.Various moves in the yellow shirt group put various riders in a difficult position, including Grant Thomas who placed third, but in the end among the main contenders in GC, the main loser was Roman Barda who went down From 4th to 9th place while compatriot David Gudu climbed into the top 5.
Close up on section 17 – Wednesday
Wednesday, July 20 – At an altitude of 129.7 kilometers, the 17th section takes three intermediate climbs before the end of the summit in the Fairogads. The climb at the end is 8 kilometers long and averages 7.8%, while the last 500 meters go up a 13% incline.
It sounds like an explosive race. But it’s even worse than that – or better yet, depending on your perspective. All the cumulative vertical meters are adjacent to each other in the second part of the race. In fact, more than half of the last 76 miles are uphill.
Are we going to see the winner of the segment come from an escape, or will it be a GC rider? It largely depends on where the disconnection and separation occurred. If it is early, it is unlikely to be a good climber up front, as the first hour of the race takes place on the plain. Afterwards, the riders enter the Cole de Espin and it is clear that good “climbing legs” are needed to get away from the main group with a 12-kilometer ascent at 6.5%. Which raises the chance that the escape will be successful.
Favorites to win in section 17
*** Dylan Tunes, Michael Woods, Tibo Pinot, Leonard Kamana
** Teddy Fuga, Jonas Winggard, Alexander Velasov, Romain Bardt
* Julio Chicon, Mark Soler, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Felix Groschartner
Results of the first ten riders in section 16
1. Hugo Houle (can)
2. Valentin Madouas (from) + 1.10
3. Michael Woods (can) .t.
4. Matteo Jorgenson (usa) + 1.12
5. Michael Storer (out) + 1.25
6. Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian) st
7. Dylan Teuns (bel) s.t.
8. Simon Geschke (ger) + 2.11
9. Mathieu Burgaudeau (fra) + 5.04
10. Damiano Caruso (ita) s.t.
The first ten riders in the overall GC rankings after section 16
Jonas Vingegaard (den)
2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) + 2.22
3. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 2.43
4. Nairo Quintana (cabbage) + 4.15
5. David Gaudu (from) + 4.24
6. Adam Yates (gbr) + 5.28
7. Louis Meintjes (rsa) + 5.46
8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian) + 6.18
9. Romain Bardet (from) + 6.37
10. Tom Pidcock (gbr) + 10.11
Wearing the shirts after section 16
Yellow Shirt (GC columnist) – Jonas Winggor, Denmark (Jumbo-Visma)
Green Shirt (Leading Sprint Accelerator) – Watt Van Art, Belgium (Jumbo-Visma)
Dotted shirt (the leading climber in mountain scoring) – Simon Gashka, Germany (Cofidis)
White Shirt (Leading Young Rider GC) – Taday Fogacher, Slovenia (UAE)
Top Team in the Ranking – Ineos Grenadiers
Today’s Most Offensive Rider – Warren Bargill, France (Arkea-Samsic)