On the roads of the Tour (20/21)
The Belgian won in the time trial at Saint-Emilion, his second stage victory in this Tour de France. Pogacar will be in yellow on the Champs-Elysées. And also the statement, the stat, the bike dico, the quiz …
Wout van Aert is always hungry and thirsty for victories, in another wine country for this twentieth stage of the Tour de France 2021. A success during a stopwatch in Saint-Emilion, oh happiness of the ogre van Aert, he who was Monsieur Malaucène a few days ago at the foot of Mont Ventoux. We can therefore, in 2021, win, on the pedal, the hardest mountain stage of the Tour de France, fly over a flat time trial and be one of the favorites to win, this Sunday, in the sprint on the Champs-Elysées.
During this time trial, Van Aert shows himself, Pogacar controls. 8th in the stage, the Slovenian remains at the top of a general classification in the top 10 unchanged and will win his second Tour de France in a row this Sunday. The first Frenchman, Guillaume Martin, is 8th. Here are three other lessons from this end of the Tour de France.
The rebirth of Jumbo-Visma
Wout van Aert first and his teammate Jonas Vingegaard 3rd on the stage, further proof of the new form of the Jumbo-Visma team. After a discreet first week and the abandonment of Primoz Roglic, we thought the Dutch team defeated. Van Aert twice and Sepp Kuss also won stages, and Jonas Vingegaard followed up the runners-up. Revelation of this Tour de France, the Dane is second in the general classification. Jonas is already much more than a wine to keep.
Ineos, a Tour to forget
The best this Saturday is Dylan Van Baarle, only 10th on the stage: the team sponsored by a chemical giant did not find the right formula for this Tour de France. Three of its four leaders (Porte, Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart) fell, of course, but a fortnight later, nothing. The team tried to harden the race in two mountain stages, but never put the other leaders in difficulty, and Richard Carapaz did not materialize the collective effort. He finished 3rd in the general classification, and twice third on a stage, a starving record when we know that the team won the first grand tour of the season, in Italy, with Egan Bernal, and the two stage races that prepare for the Tour de France: the Tour de Suisse (Carapaz) and the criterium of Dauphiné (Porte). Almost unheard of on the Grande Boucle since the start of the Sky-Ineos decade.
Franck Bonnamour, supercombative of the Tour de France 2021
Practically unknown, even to high level cycling enthusiasts, a few months ago Franck Bonnamour is the new French face of this Tour de France. Four times in the top 10, taking six breakaways and following the favorites in the most difficult passes, the Breton’s record is excellent. A year ago, he was a simple teammate in the neighboring team, Arkéa-Samsic. At the end of last season, Bonnamour decided to change air. A successful bet for him, who exploded at 26 and finished 22nd in the general classification.
Pierre Rolland, his teammate at B & B Hotels, joined by Release : “He really had an exceptional and exemplary Tour. He’s on the edge of the Top 20, it’s his first big tour. He is a fairly discreet person. The change of team in the winter did him a lot of good. He saw it thoroughly. “
Thing seen
The declared
“I don’t know, we can’t hear anything special. Nothing illegal is used. I do not know what to say.”
— Tadej Pogacar, responding to a question from Liberation on Friday, after the article in Le Temps claiming that a Tour de France rider heard a noise in the rear wheel of certain bikes
The state: 5,500
This is the number of kilometers that the Libémobile will have covered tomorrow evening for this Tour de France, from Balard to Balard via Brest, Tignes and Andorra.
The dico of the bike
Saddle nose
Riding the saddle means having a forward position on it to be able to pedal harder. This is often the case on time trial bikes, like this Saturday in Gironde.
The question of the day
This Sunday is the end of the Tour de France.
In what year was the Champs-Elysées the place of arrival of the last stage of the Tour for the first time? (victory of the German Godefroot)
♦1955
♦1965
♦1975
♦1985
Answer tomorrow!
Answer of yesterday’s question : 63,5 km.
The profile of tomorrow’s stage
Season 2021 Episode 01 / Episode 02 / Episode 03 / Episode 04 / Episode 05 / Episode 06 / Episode 07 / Episode 08 / Episode 09 / Episode 10 / Episode 11 / Episode 12 / Episode 13 / Episode 14 / Episode 15 / Episode 16 / episode 17 / episode 18 / episode 19
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