The sentence: "I think I lost about three years of my life on the stage".
Signed Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) at the finish of the 15th stage at the top of the Grand Colombier.
Ejected from the peloton of favorites 13 km from the finish, Egan Bernal had the worst day of his career.
Unable to keep pace, then to limit the gaps, the outgoing winner of the Tour was shattered and fell to 13th place in the general classification.
Far from the initial ambitions of the Ineos-Grenadiers team who had chosen not to align Christopher Froome and Geraint Thomas to make room for him.
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The number: 40.
The seconds that separate Primoz Roglic, the yellow jersey of his young compatriot Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).
The two Slovenes crush the Tour (a stage victory for Roglic at Orcières-Merlette; two for Pogacar at Laruns, then at the Grand Colombier).
The third week includes the ingredients to give relief to the duel.
“I wish the suspense was killed.
We are in a very good position but the race is far from over.
We must continue to stay focused to do well until the end ”, summarizes Primoz Roglic.
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The stat: 1934.
Since René Vietto in 1934, Tadej Pogacar is the first rider to win two stage victories in the Tour de France before he turns 22.
The team.
We only see yellow.
Jumbo-Visma rolls in the plains and in the mountains.
But a team by its creativity, its joy to run and its way of behaving brilliantly illustrated during the first two weeks of this Tour, Sunweb with smoking blows, daring and 2 resounding victories with the Swiss Marc Hirschi in Sarran (12th stage) and the Dane Sören Kragh Andersen in Lyon (14th stage).
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The match: That of the green jersey.
It is the second skin of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe).
The Slovakian runs after a stage victory.
Downgraded for a dangerous sprint in Poitiers (11th stage), he put his training to work (especially during the 7th and 14th stages), large-scale movements to try to stay in the race and undress the Irishman of his precious tunic. Sam Bennett (Deceunink-Quick Step) ahead of him by 45 points.
The rest promises.
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The French.
They have two stage victories: Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) in Nice (2nd stage), accompanied by 4 days in yellow and Nans Peters (AG2R-La Mondiale) at Loudenvielle (8th stage).
And a collection of misfortunes with in particular the injury of Thibaut Pinot during the 1st stage, the Franc-Comtois who lets the days pass by hoping for the return of the form figure in the 31st place in the general classification (at 1h22 of Primoz Roglic).
And the abandonment of Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), 4th before the 13th stage), suffering from a concussion.
Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), long in the Top 5, suffered towards the Puy Mary (13th stage), then towards the Grand Colombier (15th stage).
He occupies 11th place in the general classification (at 6'45 '').
The heart stroke.
As a guest team B&B Hôtels-Vital Concept wanted to rise to the occasion.
The training led by Jérôme Pineau has regularly shown to its advantage without running the advertising breaks but by grabbing places of honor (9 places in the Top 10) in the sprint with Bryan Coquard or on rough terrain with Pierre Rolland, again on the attack on the rise of the Grand Colombier.
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