21-07-2022, 22:42
It threatened to be another episode of the Pog/Ving Show, but Jonas Vingegaard decided it was time to go solo and rode to an emphatic win by over a minute from Tadej Pogacar. Sepp Kuss, who finished 8th, helped to soften Pogacar up, then the job was completed by Wout van Aert, who finished 3rd. Brilliant tactics from Jumbo-Visma, who had van Aert in the breakaway ready to help Vingegaard near the top.
Jonas Vingegaard now leads Pogacar by 3 minutes 26 seconds, with Geraint Thomas in 3rd place, 8 minutes behind.
As predicted, Simon Geschke was overtaken in the KOM competition, this time by Jonas Vingegaard on 72 points, while he has 64 points. There are only 3 more available points left in the race and Geschke could be caught by either Giulio Ciccone or Tadej Pogacar.
Tomorrow's stage heads north-eastwards from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors. It's 188kms long and is fairly flat with two Category 4 climbs and will definitely favour the sprint teams. You can take your pick of at least ten sprinters who can win the stage, but you can bet your bottom dollar Wout van Aert will be in the mix, still hunting for points. I'd add Jesper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Danny van Poppel.
Cahors is famously associated with two French stars. It was the birthplace of Fabien Galthié, scrumhalf for Les Bleus and now their head coach. Iconic mime artist, Marcel Marceau, died in a retirement home there in 2007.
Jonas Vingegaard now leads Pogacar by 3 minutes 26 seconds, with Geraint Thomas in 3rd place, 8 minutes behind.
As predicted, Simon Geschke was overtaken in the KOM competition, this time by Jonas Vingegaard on 72 points, while he has 64 points. There are only 3 more available points left in the race and Geschke could be caught by either Giulio Ciccone or Tadej Pogacar.
Tomorrow's stage heads north-eastwards from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors. It's 188kms long and is fairly flat with two Category 4 climbs and will definitely favour the sprint teams. You can take your pick of at least ten sprinters who can win the stage, but you can bet your bottom dollar Wout van Aert will be in the mix, still hunting for points. I'd add Jesper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Danny van Poppel.
Cahors is famously associated with two French stars. It was the birthplace of Fabien Galthié, scrumhalf for Les Bleus and now their head coach. Iconic mime artist, Marcel Marceau, died in a retirement home there in 2007.
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