Tour de FranceNew Belgian success in the Tour de France. Dylan Teuns won the first Alpine stage after a blistering stage. An unleashed Tadej Pogacar finished fourth and takes the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel. A new step towards final profit.
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3 jul. 2021
Latest update:
03-07-21, 18:45
Just like yesterday, today we had another stage to lick your thumbs and fingers. It went straight uphill from the start, throwing a lot of riders overboard. Not only the sprinters dropped out, but also Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic and Pierre Latour soon had to release the role.
Wout van Aert did not spare his strength. The Belgian clearly wanted to conquer the yellow jersey and put Mathieu van der Poel under pressure. Like Tadej Pogacar, Van Aert attacked several times, but the Dutch yellow jersey wearer’s group always returned. And when halfway through a leading group of eighteen riders withdrew from the peloton, Van Aert was not with them.
Dylan Teuns and Tiesj Benoot had not missed the trick. But the two Belgians did face competition in the front from Sepp Kuss, Wout Poels, Michael Woods, Guillaume Martin, Nairo Quintana, Simon Yates and Ion Izagirre. Especially the industrious Poels, who grabbed the mountain jersey on the way, made an impression. But the Dutchman had to pay for his efforts in the final.
Woods then ran off alone, but the leader of Israel Start-Up Nation had to recognize his superior in Teuns on the final climb. The Limburger flew like a rocket to the head of the course and left the Canadian on the spot not much later. punishment.
Ahead, Pogacar showed no mercy for the opposition. While Van der Poel and Van Aert dropped out on the penultimate slope of the day, the Slovenian dropped several bombs. Richard Carapaz initially reacted, but the Ecuadorian went through the law of the strongest. There was no stopping it. Pogacar had gone flying.
The Slovenian defending champion, who popped up the final slope on his large plateau, overtook all the escapees. After Teuns. The Belgian held off Pogacar in the final phase and so soloed to his second stage win in the Tour, two years ago he also celebrated at La Planche des Belles Filles.
A completely exhausted Pogacar (fourth) eventually had to give way to refugees Izagirre (second) and Woods (third), but is the new yellow jersey wearer in the Tour de France. The Slovenian took another step towards the final victory. And that in the eighth stage…
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