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Fair play and the wings of Vingegaard
This will probably be the image of the 2022 Tour. In the descent of Spandelles, preceding the final ascent leading to Hautacam, Vingegaard was struggling to follow Pogacar when in a left turn, his rear wheel chased and threatened to unseat him.
A few hundred meters further, Pogacar on the attack made a trajectory error.
A turn too wide ended in the gravel projected to the ground, before recovering, torn shorts, scratched left flank.
The yellow jersey got up to wait for its rival.
The handshake between the duelists signifying a short truce full of respect.
Before the explanation in the ultimate ascent.
And the success of Vingegaard (his 2nd success on this Tour after the Col du Granon; the 4th Danish victory on this Tour) powered by Kuss and Van Aert (3rd on the stage;
Jumbo-Visma, the strength of the collective
Tadej Pogacar was able to take advantage of the help of the American Brandon McNulty, the Dutch team had the Belgians Tiesj Benoot and Wout Van Aert in front (a habit for the green jersey).
And to accompany Vingegaard, the American Sepp Kuss.
The Jumbo-Visma team displayed an unparalleled collective domination that the too diminished UAE Team Emirates formation was not able to thwart.
The Spandelles pass, the taste of the new
It was the pass to discover on this Tour.
Placed between Aubisque and Hautacam.
To harden the stage, cut the plain, give some runners a stiff neck and make their tongues hang out.
Narrow, rough, the Col de Spandelles (10.3 km at 8.3% average) has successfully entered the Tour.
A nice detour.
Read alsoTour de France: fall of Pogacar, fright for Vingegaard and handshake between the two rivals, the crazy descent of the Col de Spandelle
Thibaut Pinot, the brave last card
Wednesday, on arrival at Peyragudes, he regretted being “bad”.
Thibaut Pinot offered himself a new day in front.
He feels the blows to project himself and knows how to animate them.
The Franc-Comtois has long accompanied Wout Van Aert, all-terrain green jersey, then took matters into his own hands in the final climb of Hautacam, in the company of the Colombian Daniel Martinez (Ineos).
Before giving way 8.5 km from the finish.
He saw Van Aert and Martinez fly away.
After giving it your all.
A bravery extended by the Breton duo of the Groupama-FDJ team, David Gaudu winning his match from a distance with Nairo Quintana.
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Tadej Pogacar, attacking heart attacked
The Slovenian will have given everything in the last part of the Alps.
Without success.
After 3 attacks on Tuesday in the stage leading to Foix, then 1 in the planted stage in Peyragudes, the Slovenian launched 4 attacks on Thursday.
And each time, he saw the yellow jersey return at lightning speed.
And the yellow jersey never gave the impression of being overwhelmed or panicking.
For Pogacar, the will was not enough.
On a violent attack from Van Aert at 4.4 km, he ended up letting go and seeing his last hopes of victory in Paris vanish.
Enric Mas overwhelmed
The Spaniard, leader of the Movistar team, was quickly left behind.
The stage was about to take off and the leaders had their say, he just kept slipping.
He finished 19th at 6'23''.
Illustration of a Tour on which he will have clung without managing to play any role.
Nairo Quintana loses a place
The Colombian, leader of the Arkéa-Samsic team, in the showdown with David Gaudu for 4th place, left feathers.
13th at 5'22'' from the yellow jersey, he lets Gaudu pass, led as in the last stages by Valentin Madouas, having in the end of the stage started a crazy comeback offering him to climb to the foot of the podium.
Romain Bardet only limited the damage
Stunned in Foix, the Auvergnat had found colors in Peyragudes.
The leader of the DSM team had a complicated day.
He hung on, tried to limit the damage.
17th in the stage, 6'40'' from Jonas Vingegaard, he slipped to 8th place in the general classification (16'11'').
