In the end there were two left. Tadey Fogchar may not be able to shake off his great rival Jonas Winggor, but at least he achieved a victory today (Wednesday) over the yellow shirt wearer, when he overtook him in the sprint to the top of the Pyragids in the Pyrenees and recorded a third victory in the 2022 column. Wingagur actually approaches Paris, wearing yellow.
As throughout the last two and a half weeks, the short 17th section (129.7 km) was conducted at a high pace, with Pogchar’s UAE team writing the pace and not letting the escape team (Alexei Luchenko and Tibo Pino) open too big a gap until Who swallowed it in a stage that included 4 Category 1 ascents.
The three opened a one-minute gap over Guaranté Thomas and more than 2:30 minutes over the Nairo Quintana team at the summit of the Voice de Loron Aza, where Fogchar tried to challenge Wingagor (about 22km to finish), but without success. , The status quo was maintained and only in the final meters did Fogchar overtake Winggor and win his eighth segment of his career.His opponent finished in second place and lost 4 seconds in the overall standings, with McNulty coming 32 seconds later and finishing third.
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1⃣. T. Pogacar
2⃣. J. Vingegaard
3⃣. B. McNulty #ARDTour #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/wpRHk5tdRm— Sportschau (@sportschau) July 20, 2022
Thomas, the 2018 Tour champion, admittedly finished fourth and 2:07 minutes behind the two leaders, but was the best rider of all his other competitors and established himself in third place in the overall standings. The Welshman earned 30 seconds on Roman Barda and over a minute more than David Gudu and Nairo Quintana.
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– COPEdaleando (@Copedaleando) July 20, 2022
At the top of the overall standings, Winggor leads by a margin of 2:18 minutes over Fogchar, with the two meeting again tomorrow in the mountains. Thomas III with 4:56 minutes behind. Quintana (7:53) and Gudu (7:57) are far behind, and it seems that only a catastrophe will prevent Thomas from reaching Paris on the podium.
The 18th stage of the Tour de France and the last in the Pyrenees set off tomorrow from Lord to Hotokam – 143.2 km. ), While in the middle of the voice a category 1 fender (10.3 km, 8.3%) faded. This is the last chance for changes in the overall ranking, before the section against the clock on Saturday.