Tour de France
Non -aggression pact in the central massif: Pogacar loses yellow
With almost 4,500 meters of altitude and eight mountain ratings, the cycling professionals are challenged on the tour. In the end, the outliers cheer with the first Irish in the yellow jersey for 38 years.
After a non -aggression pact in the central massif, Tadej Pogacar has been rid of his yellow jersey, instead on the French national holiday, an hour of outlier king Ben Healy. After 4,450 meters of altitude and eight mountain ratings with the third place behind day winner Simon Yates on the Puy de Sancy, the youngster has been the first Irish since Stephen Roche 38 years ago.
The Grande Nation, on the other hand, has been waiting for a day victory at the Fête Nationale since 2017, but was able to cheer on Lenny Martinez’s mountain jersey at least on the tenth stage over 165.3 kilometers. The fact that the hosts hardly play a role in the struggle for the yellow jersey has been a tradition for 40 years for 40 years of ex-champion Bernard Hinault.
Lipowitz in the favorite group
At least for a short time, Pogacar also gave up his favorite jibot. The world champion, rival Jonas Vingegaard and the other candidates for a top placement took a leisurely stimulus before the rest day in Toulouse and reached the goal of the tenth stage at a height of 1,324 meters with a 4:51 minute deficit. The German hopeful Florian Lipowitz also belonged to the favorite group for a long time and reached the goal three seconds behind Pogacar.
“It was a super hard day. Ten days in a row. Everyone was at the limit and I can look positively into the next week,” said Lipowitz of the ARD.
In any case, the big strength of strength was missing. Pogacar started an attack on the final climb, but then left it. The pace was not too high anyway. No comparison to the previous day, when the second fastest stage in tour history was recorded.
Healy now 29 seconds before Pogacar
Healy used that. The Irishman, who had already triumphed on the sixth stage, is now 29 seconds ahead of Pogacar. Tour newcomer Lipowitz is led to eighth place with 3:34 minutes behind. His German compatriot Georg Zimmermann gave up the race after the violent fall on Sunday.
On the national holiday, the French drivers traditionally put their best effort. Several French belonged to a larger group of outliers. Such as briefly ex-world champion Julian Alaphilippe and Martinez, who diligently collected points for the mountain jersey. This has already been a tradition in the family, his grandfather Mariano Martinez had secured the red and white-scored trikot in 1978. However, it shouldn’t be enough for the first French stage victory on the national holiday since 2017.
In the main field, the UAE team around Pogacar tried not to grow the gap too big. That meant a lot of work for Nils Politt again, especially since Pogacar’s most important mountain helper João Almeida is no longer there after his rib break on Friday. “We will continue to fight with seven drivers and try to win this tour for João,” said Pogacar.
Zimmermann suffered a similar fate, who had fallen heavily on Sunday. After a painful night, the Augsburger waived a start and ended his fifth tour prematurely. Zimmermann fell the day before a drinking bottle. The German champion did not suffer any broken bones, but had to be sewn in two places. Especially on the left elbow, Zimmermann complained of great pain.
On Wednesday, the 112nd tour of France with the eleventh stage continues over 156.8 kilometers around Toulouse. A mountain ranking of the third category could be too heavy for the sprinter. From Thursday, the Pyrenees are waiting.
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Source: Stern
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