In the green jersey, Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) added his second victory in the 109th Tour de France on bike this Saturday with a stage eight win, while Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) stepped up the yellow jersey.
Fourth round winner, Van Aert raised his hands again this Saturday, at the end of the 186.5 kilometers between Dole and the Swiss city of Lausanne, defeating the yellow jersey of Australia’s Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco) who cut the finish line. , coinciding with a third-digit mountain score, with the same 04:13.06 hours as the winner.
Tadej Pogacar scored four seconds of bonus and extended the lead of Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) to 39 seconds and to 01.14 minutes difference of Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS), second and third respectively in the overall standings, the day before. ninth stage, a 192.9 km link between Aigle, Switzerland, and Châtel, with two first-class mountain peaks on the route.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
