Turgis triumphs in the final sprint of the stage, where Aranburu was fourth
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The French cyclist Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) has won the final sprint of the 9th stage of the Tour de France disputed this Sunday with start and finish in Troyes. In this fight to win the stage has also been Alex Aranburu (Movistar), but he has not managed to make the podium and has finished room. For his part, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar He tried to distance himself from his rivals in the general classification, but was unable to do so.
Turgis was the fastest of the ten-odd rider breakaway that reached the finish line, which included David Romo, Alex Aranburu, Tom Pidcock and Derek Gee.
The group of favourites for the general classification entered 1:46 minutes after the breakaway, with no changes at the top of the rankings.
Pogacar, wearing the yellow jersey and a specialist on unpaved roads, tried to distance his two main rivals, the Belgian Remco Evenepoelwhich is 33 seconds away, and the Danish Jonas Vingegaardat 1:15.
The Slovenian tried several times, with bursts of speed that put the group of favourites under tension, but Vingegaard responded well, well accompanied by his team, while Evenepoel was more alone and had more problems.
The one who had the most problems on the day was the Slovenian Primoz Roglicbut he managed to get in with the best and remains fourth overall, 1:36 behind his compatriot.
Mikel Landa was also in the top group, eighth at 3:35.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1. TURGIS Anthony(TotalEnergies) 4:19:43
2. PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS) mt
3. GEE Derek (Israel) mt
4. ARANBURU Alex (Movistar) mt
5. HEALY Ben (EF Education) mt
6. LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana) mt
7. ROMO Javier (Movistar) +0:12
8. STUYVEN Jasper (Lidl) +0:18
9. GIRMAY Biniam (Wanty) +1:17
10. MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) mt
GENERAL RANKING
1. POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 35:42:42
2. EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +0:33
3. VINGEGAARD Jonas (Visma) +1:15
4. ROGLIC Primož (BORA) +1:36
5. AYUSO Juan (UAE) +2:16
6. ALMEIDA João (UAE) +2:17
7. RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) +2:31
8. LANDA Mikel (Soudal) +3:35
9. GEE Derek (Israel) +4:02
10. JORGENSON Matteo (Visma) +4:03
Source: Eitb
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