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In the mountain classification yesterday there was a change of leader and Jonas Vingegaard climbed to the top of this ranking with 72 points, eight more than Simon Geschke.
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In the regularity classification, Wout van Aert starts as a solid leader with 451 points, 232 more than Tadej Pogacar, so he is guaranteed the green jersey if he manages to complete the race. Today, in addition to the points distributed at the finish line, the Intermediate Sprint is located in Auch at kilometer 38.
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FACT. Enric Mas has retired for the first time in his eight participations in the three Grand Tours, four of them in the Tour de France. This year he has dropped out in three of the four stage laps that he has contested on the UCI World Tour circuit (Tirreno-Adriatico, Critérium del Dauphiné and Tour de France), completing only the Vuelta al País Vasco.
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We have evidence of the abandonment of Enric Mas after testing positive for Covid 19. The Balearic was the best of the Spanish cyclists in the general classification, but the truth is that he did not find anything good in the Pyrenean stages and today he ends his participation in the race in advance.
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In reality, only three sprint finishes have been seen in the current edition of the Tour de France, with victories for Fabio Jakobsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Jasper Philipsen so far.
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Today’s route is eminently flat. There are only two scoring ports of little consideration, both of the fourth category and a massive arrival at the sprint could be seen. It will therefore be a day for cyclists like Fabio Jakobsen, Caleb Ewan or Dylan Groenewegen among others, in a Tour that has not given them too many opportunities to show their potential.
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It cannot be said that Tadej Pogacar has not tried. In yesterday’s stage he launched up to four attacks on Vingegaard, but all of them were unsuccessful. The Dane held on and ended up launching a devastating attack on the Hautacam climb, just as he did on the Col du Granon in stage 11. Two lethal movements, which did not find a response from the Slovenian and that have served to unbalance the balance of the race clearly in his favor.
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The Danish cyclist from the Jumbo-Visma team managed to increase his lead at the head of the general classification and faces these last three stages of the Tour de France with an advantage, in principle, sufficient not to go into great trouble. He has an advantage of 3’26” over Tadej Pogacar and 8’00” over Geraint Thomas.
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Transition day today in the gala round before tomorrow’s decisive time trial and after Jonas Vingegaard practically sentenced the race with his solo victory in Hautacam.
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Hello !!! Welcome to the 18th stage of the Tour de France, the penultimate stage of this edition. Ready? We start…
