2023-07-28 18:17:49
A fourth victory for the breakaways in six stages. On this Tour de France, the attackers are rewarded. Starting 90 km from the finish with Agnieszska Skalniak-Sojka (Canyon / SRAM Racing) and Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Ceratizit-WNT), the Dane Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen (Movistar) resisted in extremis the peloton’s return to the long straight from Blagnac.
After starting the sprint in the 500m, she beat sprinters Charlotte Kool, Lotte Kopecky and Marianne Vos. A fall in the last kilometer may have disrupted the pursuit of the peloton. Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen, who is the wife of Mikkel Bjerg, teammate of Tadej Pogacar at UAE Emirates, has certainly benefited.
“The greatest victory of my career”
“I don’t have the words, loose Emma Jorgensen, on the verge of tears at the microphone of Eurosport. The start of the season was very difficult for me. My family, my husband, my brother and my team surrounded me well. I am very moved. This is the greatest victory of my career. I knew that in the sprint, it would be complicated for me so when I saw the opening for the breakaway, I went for it. This is the second victory for our Movistar team, I am very happy. The atmosphere is incredible here. »
Before the last two stages of the weekend, decisive for the final victory with the ascent of the Tourmalet this Saturday and an individual time trial on Sunday in Pau, the expected scenario, a massive sprint, therefore did not take place. . This transitional stage was nevertheless marked by many downfalls.
Before the start, this Friday morning, the sporting director of the SD Worx team Danny Stam had been excluded from the Tour de France by the UCI. He was found guilty of making a dangerous overtaking while protecting Demi Vollering, sanctioned by 20 seconds. “The sanction is heavy, even if it will not affect the riders of our team. I no longer have the right to be in the car, but I will still stay here, ”underlines the sporting director of the yellow jersey Lotte Kopecky.
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