Tour: Ewan's win-bis before the ascents

Caleb Ewan confirms himself as the fastest in the 107th Tour de France, taking the second victory. In Poitiers, at the end of a sprint that was not without controversy, the Australian burned the three-time world champion Peter Sagan at the finish line, who stretched his elbow too far in order to carve out a space between the contenders, after the Belgian Wout Van Aert had launched the sprint of Poitiers, the finish line of the 11th stage. Sagan widened his elbow too much, helped with his shoulder and unbalanced Van Aert, on his right, earning a relegation from 2 / o to 85 / o in the order of arrival. The Var was relentless and deprived the Slovak of second place, as well as of the relative points for the points classification of the green jersey. Primoz Roglic has kept the yellow jersey and will now try to defend it where he must, that is, in the stages where the sprint will remain only a distant memory. From tomorrow the Tour will start to rise again, even if not very much, proposing duels on the last pedal for the success in Paris. In short, the wait is about to end. Today the 'mosquito' Ewan has carved out the last limelight, aware that from tomorrow he will have to fight against the sword of Damocles of exclusion for having reached the maximum time limit. A cleaver for sprinters. In today's sprint there was (almost) glory also for Sam Bennett who, just yesterday, had reversed the parts, burning Ewan himself at the finish line. The Irishman, confirming an enviable state of form, today had to settle for third place in the order of arrival, Matteo Trentin even 11 / o (without the penalty to Sagan he would have been 12 / o), still being first of the Italians on a Tour where the blue window appears too opaque. The first blue in the general is Damiano Caruso, 16 / o, and 3'42 "behind the top of the standings. From tomorrow the Sicilian will be able to try, without the burden of having to win at all costs, he who has always worked for a few predestined to the final victory. Roglic, on the other hand, will have to bear the weight of success extensively and will be called to show that he has very strong shoulders. The Colombian Bernal, in fact, heels him at 21 ", Bardet is at half a minute and Nairo Quintana at 32" . Tadej Pogacar, who is 44 "behind from Roglic, showed an excellent form condition, but would have preferred to have Fabio Aru at his side in the uphill stages: the Slovenian will have to confirm that he has become a leader, keeping up with the compatriot and trying to limit the damage with Bernal, whose shape did not appear brilliant after the first raids, but is given in great growth. If so, then for Roglic and his companions, goodbye dreams of glory. The Colombian, in fact, if he is really well, is the strongest of all.