Cycling: Jonas Vingegaard is the big winner of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France. The Dane and his team Jumbo – Visma attacked the yellow jersey early in the race. On the final climb he finally managed to distance Tadej Pogacar, win the stage and take the overall lead.
Vingegaard takes 2:52 from Pogacar
With a major attack, the team Jumbo - Visma took over the yellow jersey. The Dutch team began attacking the yellow jersey at the Col du Télégraphe. There could leader Tadej pogacar (UAE) still fend off all attacks. However, when climbing the Col du Granon, the two-time Tour de France winner collapsed. jonas vingegaard (Jumbo – Visma) attacked 4,8 kilometers before the summit and took a lot of time from his opponent, who had seemed unassailable up to that point. Simon Geschke (Cofidis) managed to successfully defend his mountain jersey. The German was part of the large breakaway group and was only caught on the final climb. of France Warren Barguil (Arkéa – Samsic) diligently collected points, but since he wasn't supposed to finish ahead of the group of favorites either, he couldn't conquer the mountain jersey.
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Van der Poel retires from the Tour de France
The breakaway group of the day was able to break away surprisingly early on today's eleventh stage. 20 men could be seen in it, including the German professionals Nils Politt (Bora – hansgrohe), Maximilian schachmann (Bora – hansgrohe), Simon Geschke (Cofidis) and Jonas slip (EF Education - EasyPost). Also the two eternal opponents wout van aert (Jumbo – Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Deceuninck) went on the offensive. While the first-named Belgian once again put in a strong performance, the Dutchman gave up the race just a short time later. Mathieu van der Poel was not in good shape throughout the Tour de France. Today's task was ultimately the logical consequence.
Jumbo - Visma with full attack on Pogacar
The Dutch team Jumbo – Visma made a major attack on the yellow jersey several times today Tadej pogacar (UAE) daring. Already when it went up the Col du Télégraphe, attacked Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo – Visma) with Primois Roglic (Jumbo – Visma) on the rear wheel. As a result, the main field was completely dismantled into its individual parts. In the meantime, there were only Roglic and Pogacar next to them Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and jonas vingegaard (Jumbo – Visma) in the group of favourites. Roglic and Vingegaard then took turns putting their pinpricks against the man in yellow. But Tadej Pogacar didn't let either of them go and personally parried every attack. Thanks to the stop-and-go, drivers who were left behind were able to catch up again and again before falling behind again in the event of another attack.
UAE with big problems
The big attack by Jumbo - Visma once again revealed the big problems in the UAE Team Emirates. Tadej pogacar was isolated with just one attack 60 kilometers from the finish. Although could later with Marc Soler, Rafal Majka and Brandon McNulty two helpers catch up again, but this was only possible because the pace in the group of favorites was repeatedly delayed. But Team Jumbo – Visma also revealed weaknesses – of a tactical nature. you pointed out wout van aert riding in the lead group, descending from the Col du Galibier onto the suspended one Primois Roglic waiting. At that point, the Slovenian was a minute and a half behind the Pogacar/Vingegaard group. It was clearly evident that the far behind Roglic was at the end of his strength. Nevertheless, he was driven back to the front in the Van Aert Express along with all the other competitors – and Pogacar's helpers. The fact that this tactical mistake ultimately had no negative consequences for Jumbo - Visma is only the strength of jonas vingegaard Thanks to.
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Quintana attacks, Roglic goes in
Arrived at the foot of the Col du Granon, had to Primois Roglic tear again immediately. Also david gaudu couldn't keep up with two of his teammates. It presented itself completely differently Nairo Quintana (Arkea – Samsic). The Colombian immediately went on the offensive. Behind them, the UAE Team Emirates controlled the action again. Meanwhile, the lead of runaway decreased Warren Barguil (Arkéa – Samsic) literally together. The Frenchman was just over five minutes ahead of the leader of the race. But going up the Col du Granon his strength left him. He tried to wait for teammate Quintana but couldn't really help him anymore. Previously were already Simon Geschke (Cofidis) and Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies).
Vingegaard breaks Pogacar
The decisive attack came 4,8 kilometers before the finish line. jonas vingegaard went on the offensive once again - and this time he was able to Tadej pogacar not parry. The man in the yellow jersey lost meter by meter and eventually even lost contact Romain Bardet (DSM), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) and david gaudu (Groupama – FDJ). The Slovenian thus pays the bill for a much too active first week. On almost every stage, Tadej Pogacar wanted to sprint for seconds, distance the opponents and make his team work even harder. The fact that such a high workload during a three-week national tour doesn't work out in the long run - it's a good sign for clean cycling.
⏪ Un ataque en busca del liderato.
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¡Etapon! El Jumbo has planted an espectáculo exceptional y Pogacar finalmente llega a casi 3 minutes de Vingegaard
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