11a tappa Mer 17 Luglio ALBI - TOULOUSE - tappa pianeggiante 167 Km
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Caleb Ewan sprints to maiden Tour de France stage victory!
Caleb Ewan delivered Lotto Soudal a second stage victory at the Tour de France today! Having already finished four times inside the top three during the past ten days of racing, the Australian pocket-rocket sprinter now took his maiden stage victory at the Tour! After another tight sprint between Groenewegen and Ewan, it was the Lotto Soudal rider who threw his bike to the line to take the stage win in Toulouse. A few days after his 25th birthday, Caleb Ewan is now part of a select group of riders who were able to win a stage at the Giro, Tour and Vuelta. Also Tim Wellens could step on the podium today; the Belgian received his ninth polka dot jersey.
Right after the start in Albi, four riders attacked but the peloton did not grant Calmejane, Aimé De Gendt, Perez and Rossetto more than three minutes advantage. A strong Maxime Monfort was one of the riders to lead the peloton all day long. At four kilometres from the line, Aimé De Gendt was the final escapee to be caught. A bunch sprint would take place in the streets of Toulouse.
During the very finale, Caleb Ewan was caught up behind a crash of teammate Jasper De Buyst, but it was Roger Kluge who brought Caleb Ewan back to the head of the peloton. Groenewegen started his sprint early but Ewan reacted with a powerful acceleration. Once again, it was a close sprint between the Dutchman and the Australian but this time, Caleb Ewan pipped Groenewegen to the line and took his first stage victory at the Tour de France.
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Caleb Ewan: “My first dream was to become a professional cyclist, the second one to ride the Tour de France and the ultimate wish was of course to win a stage. To this day, I was able to do all bunch sprints but I just missed the victory a couple of times. If you’re able to take the victory at the fifth attempt, the joy, relief and all the other different words I can come up with are immense and very intense. The team always kept believing in me and I also never stopped believing in the team and in my own speed. Everything - like my timing and positioning - just needed to fall into place one day and that was the case today. The final part of the race was quite chaotic, but only the final result is what matters. What didn’t succeed the past sprints, happened today. I can’t describe how happy I am.”
“It takes a lot of character to - as a rider - travel from Australia to Europe and to cover that entire path with the ultimate goal of reaching the absolute top of cycling. With this stage win, I think I made that step. I have to thank a lot of people within my entourage. Leaving for the Tour de France when your new-born daughter is still at the hospital really wasn’t an easy moment but the team supported me as good as possible. The team kept the pressure away but as a sprinter, you are of course not satisfied with only second and third places. It is true that I had a long conversation with sports manager Marc Sergeant yesterday. He - better than anyone - understands the art of keeping the pressure off someone and giving you the feeling to keep the faith until the very last day.”
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Groenewegen narrowly beaten in bunch sprint eleventh Tour stage
Dylan Groenewegen has finished second in the eleventh stage of the Tour de France. In the streets of Toulouse, the Dutchman was narrowly beaten in the bunch sprint by the Australian Caleb Ewan. With the Pyrenees stages coming up, Steven Kruijswijk remained fourth overall.
The stage from Albi was controlled all day by Team Jumbo-Visma. A leading group was given a maximum lead of three minutes and was reeled in in the last ten kilometres. Mike Teunissen started to pull early, after which Groenewegen was the first to start the sprint. For a long time it seemed he was going to win, but the Dutchman was outsprinted by Ewan on the line.
“Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Today I lost”, Groenewegen said. “Last time, I won by half a wheel, now I lose by half a wheel. We took the initiative early. I wanted to. I was in an ideal position, but I felt that Mike could no longer continue to pull a bit more, so I started my sprint. There was a lot of headwind. It is a pity that I came a few millimeters short, but that is also part of sprinting. I knew that when I started the sprint it went a little early. I couldn’t wait any longer either, because then they would be all over me. This is disappointing because I really wanted to win.”
“We took the initiative early as planned, and Wout and Amund were very strong”, lead out Mike Teunissen said. “We hoped that more guys from other teams would join us in pulling, but that didn't happen. As a result, I had to start my sprint at eight hundred metres from the finish. It meant that Dylan had to start his sprint a little early with that headwind. Unfortunately he couldn’t finish it off.”
GROENEWEGEN 2° NELL'11a TAPPA DEL TOUR DE FRANCE
L'olandese del Team Jumbo-Visma ha chiuso alle spalle di Ewan e davanti a Viviani nella volata a ranghi compatti a Tolosa
Groenewegen guadagna posizioni anche nella Classifica a Punti: ora è ottavo a quota 96, davanti ai compagni Mike Teunissen (vincitore della frazione inaugurale a Bruxelles e maglia gialla per due giorni) e Wout Van Aert (vincitore della decima tappa ad Albi, secondo nella quinta tappa). Fra i quattro successi del Team Jumbo-Visma spicca anche quello nella cronosquadre, in sella ad Aquila CV.
Foto: 1) La volata di Dylan Groenewegen (a destra) su Oltre XR4 a Tolosa (Credits Bettini Photo); 2) La Oltre XR4 di Dylan Groenewegen.
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1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 3:51:26
2 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
6 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
8 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
9 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
11 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert
12 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
13 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
14 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
15 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
16 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
17 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
18 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
19 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
20 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
21 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
22 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
23 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
24 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
25 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First
26 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
27 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
28 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
29 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates
30 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
33 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data
35 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
36 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic
37 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos
38 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie
39 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team
40 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
41 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
42 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
43 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
44 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
45 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
46 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
47 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
48 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
49 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
50 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
51 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
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1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 47:18:41
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:12
3 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos 0:01:16
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:27
5 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:45
6 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:46
7 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:47
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:04
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:09
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:33
11 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:46
12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 0:03:18
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:20
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:22
16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:03:26
17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data 0:03:28
18 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:03:42
19 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:59
20 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:15
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:25
22 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:32
23 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:34
24 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:57
25 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:05:59
26 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:11:20
27 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:47
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:14:25
29 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:35
30 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:36
31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:16:40
32 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:17:57
33 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:17:59
34 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:17
35 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:22:41
36 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:22:52
37 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:06
38 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:23:08
39 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:24:53
40 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:25:04
41 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:10
42 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:25:59
43 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:43
44 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:46
45 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:28:59
46 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:30:06
47 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:07
48 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:30:31
49 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:30:54
50 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:32:58
51 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:33:48
52 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:33:59
53 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:34:35
54 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:34:52
55 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:34:59
56 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:37:34
57 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:38:04
58 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:38:13
59 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:38:49
60 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:39:06
61 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:39:07
62 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:39:54
63 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:40:37
64 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:40:47
65 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:41:28
66 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:42:11
67 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:44:51
68 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:44:58
69 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:45:05
70 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:31
71 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:45:49
72 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:46:30
73 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:46:32
74 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 0:47:29
75 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First 0:47:51
76 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos 0:48:03
77 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:49:18
78 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:50:59
79 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:51:20
80 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:53:08
81 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:56:47
82 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:57:51
83 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:59:09
84 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:59:46
85 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:02:26
86 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:02:47
87 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 1:03:30
88 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 1:04:03
89 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:04:18
90 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:05:12
91 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:05:19
92 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:05:29
93 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:06:33
94 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 1:06:51
95 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1:07:05
96 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:08:07
97 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 1:08:19
98 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 1:08:20
99 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:09:34
100 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:10:10
101 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 1:10:14
102 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 1:10:46
103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:11:04
104 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 1:11:45
105 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:11:50
106 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:11:54
107 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:12:05
108 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 1:12:47
109 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:13:13
110 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 1:14:07
111 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:14:19
112 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 1:14:43
113 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:14:59
114 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:15:51
115 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:17:12
116 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 1:17:36
117 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:19:00
118 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 1:19:11
119 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:20:02
120 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:20:13
121 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 1:20:49
122 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:21:53
123 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 1:22:12
124 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:22:31
125 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:23:36
126 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:23:52
127 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:24:18
128 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos 1:24:51
129 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:25:42
130 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:26:49
131 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 1:28:05
132 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:28:08
133 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:28:34
134 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:28:53
135 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:29:51
136 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:30:07
137 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:30:29
138 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:30:51
139 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 1:30:54
140 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 1:30:55
141 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:30:58
142 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:31:02
143 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:32:22
144 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:33:08
145 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data 1:33:20
146 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 1:33:32
147 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:33:57
148 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 1:34:03
149 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 1:34:29
150 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 1:34:46
151 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:34:55
152 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 1:35:52
153 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:35:55
154 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:36:01
155 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:36:20
156 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:36:34
157 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:36:35
158 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:37:42
159 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:39:37
160 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:39:51
161 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:40:21
162 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:40:26
163 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 1:40:57
164 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 1:43:05
165 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 1:43:26
166 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 1:45:07
167 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 1:46:55
168 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 1:48:32
169 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 2:05:12
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