In Loudenvielle
The phrase.
“I saw he was going down like a goat”.
Signed Nans Peters targeting the limits of the one who threatened his escape the Russian Ilnur Zakarin who was never able to join him: "It was a dream, it's crazy ... When he returned to 9"?
I knew he was stronger than me in the moguls, I didn't give up.
I played with my strengths, I saw that he was going down like a goat, I went ahead, do the descent, don't look back.
At 2 terminals, I told myself that it was done. "
Peters who had only been integrated into the AG2R-La Mondiale team after the French championships.
A selection in extremis for a masterstroke.
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The number. 2
: The French present in the Top 5 of the general classification, with Guillaume Martin (3rd to 9 '' from Adam Yates) and Romain Bardet (4th to 11 '' from the Yellow Jersey).
The breakaway.
Benoît Cosnefroy, Nans Peters (Ag2r La Mondiale), Michael Morkov (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Neilson Powless (EF Education First), Carlos Verona (Movistar), Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo), Ilnur Zakarin (CCC Team), Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation), Jérôme Cousin, Fabian Grellier (Total Direct Energie), Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb), Quentin Pacher, Kévin Reza (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept).
A group of 13 presenting no danger in the general classification that the peloton let slip by offering them total freedom (14 'at 84 km from the finish).
After Cousin, alone in the Port of Balès, Peters, Zacharin and Pacher stand out in the lead.
Before Peters flies away ...
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The tweet.
Signed by the CPA (the association of professional cyclists) intended for supporters: "To lovers of cycling, respect yourself, respect the distances and wear a mask."
Taken over by Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) or Hugo Houle (Astana)
The nightmare.
That experienced by Thibaut Pinot and the Groupama-FDJ team.
The first Pyrenean stage put an end to dreams.
The Franc-Comtois finished delayed, tested, marked.
He no longer has ambition in the general classification and will try to save his Tour 2020 with a stage victory ...
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