Special envoy to Lyon,
Soren Kragh Andersen
bouquet
.
The Dane thwarted the plans of the surviving sprinters (foremost among them was Peter Sagan (4th on the stage). Left 3 km from the finish in Lyon, he resisted to offer Sunweb a second bouquet on this Tour ( after Marc Hirschi during the 12th stage, in Sarran), concluding the work undertaken in the final by Tiesj Benoot, then Marc Hirschi. Sunweb classified 3 riders in the Top 10 (with Pedersen 5th, Hirschi 10th). Seized my chance, I was well on my feet, when I saw a little moment of relaxation, I said to myself, I must go. ”Carried by the dynamics of a successful team.
The number
5. The number of retirements of Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) who courageously finished the 13th stage at Puy Mary with a concussion on Friday, after a fall 86 km from the finish but was unable to take the start this Saturday.
The Auvergnat has only quit 5 times in 680 days of racing since the start of his career.
The AG2R-La Mondiale team also deplored, this Saturday, the abandonment of Pierre Latour, still suffering from a hip.
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The solo
sailor Already on the attack towards the Île de Ré (10th stage), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) tried his luck again this Saturday towards Lyon.
The Swiss rider was joined 80 km from the finish.
Rewarded by the price of combativeness.
Like Friday in the Puy Mary stage (4th), his teammate Valentin Madouas then tried to get out of the peloton less than 10 km from the finish.
The color
Green.
Bora-Hansgrohe.
The formation of Peter Sagan succeeded, driven by an intense rhythm, to outrun and eject Sam Bennett, the wearer of the green jersey, despite the activity of his Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Sagan (4th on the stage) is far from having given up on the points classification jersey (if Sagan has nibbled 22 points, the Irishman Sam Bennett is still 43 points ahead of the Slovak).
The fight promises to be sumptuous as far as the Champs-Elysées.
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Julian Alaphilippe's
favorite
.
He tried his luck.
A new time.
As in the last two days.
The final "à la Milan-San Remo", as Thierry Gouvenou, the sports director, has inspired him.
The Deceuninck-Quick Step puncher went on the attack 5.3 km from the finish.
Without success.
He will try his luck again.
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