Vingegaard sentences the Tour and Pogacar sinks, in the victory of Felix Gall in Courchevel
Euskaraz irakurri: Vingegaardek Tourra erabaki du eta Pogacar jota geratu da, Felix Gallek Courchevelen irabazitako stagen
the austrian cyclist Felix Gall (AG2R Citroen Team) has prevailed this Wednesday in stage 17 of the 110th edition of the Tour de France, disputed over 166 kilometers between Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevelwhile the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) has virtually sentenced the general classification after the collapse of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) in the Col de la Loze.
The winner was the strongest in a high-level breakaway, after attacking on the final climb and beating the British Simon Yates (Jayco Alula) by 34 seconds and 1:38 to the Biscayan bilbao hair (Bahrain Victorius).
In the fight for the yellow, Vingegaard has practically sentenced the Tour for the sinking of Pogacar, who has lost more than five minutes, while the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) moves away from the podium after giving up more than a minute with Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).
He Slovenian, who suffered a fall in the first kilometres, Thus he said goodbye to the fight to win his third Tour and at one point gave orders to his team to work so that Yates could finish third in Paris.
The Briton did his homework and consolidated his position on the podium, where he now has a margin of 1:16 compared to Carlos Rodríguez, who could not keep up with the best on the ascent to Loze, despite having put his team to work on the first ramps of that port.
The 22-year-old Ineos cyclist had given third place to Yates in this Tuesday’s time trial and in the last alpine stage he moved a little further away.
The stage victory went to Gall, 25, rookie on the Tour, that he had been third in the first Pyrenean stage, ending in Laruns, and that he distanced himself from the rest of the escapees at the Col de la Loze, the last of the day, which he crowned in the lead before launching into a frantic descent to the finish line of stage 17.
Pursued by the British Simon Yates, the AG2R rider got a lead of 34 seconds.
Pello Bilbao and Yates
The other twin of the Yates, Adam, places fifth overall just 18 seconds behind Rodríguez.
Pello Bilbao has once again had a great stagehas been third at the finish line, and is now sixth overall, 31 seconds behind Yates.
stage classification
1 – GALL Felix (AG2R) 4:49:08
2 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) +0:34
3 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +1:38
4 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo) +1:52
5 – GAUDU David (Groupama) +2:09
6 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro) +2:39
7 – HARPER Chris (Jayco) +2:50
8 – MAJKA Rafal (UAE) +3:43
9 – Adam YACHTS (UAE) mt
10 – KELDERMAN Wilco (Jumbo) +3:49
General ranking
1 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo) 67:57:51
2 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) +7:35
3 – Adam YACHTS (UAE) +10:45
4 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) +12:01
5 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) +12:19
6 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +12:50
7 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA) +13:50
8 – GALL Felix (AG2R) +16:11
9 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo) +16:49
10 – GAUDU David (Groupama) +17:57
13 – CASTROVIEJO Jonathan (INEOS) +46:57
Source: Eitb

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