Christophe Laporte won stage 19 of the Tour de France, which took place this Friday between Castelnau-Magnoac and Cahors, 188 kilometers long, in which the Dane Jonas Vingegaard defended the lead and Nairo Quintana remains in fifth place.
Quintana was ready to be close to Louis Meintjes and the Russian Aleksandr Vlasov, who do not lie in wait in search of removing the privileged position.
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The start of the fraction had news, the abandonment of the Spanish Enric Mas, who tested positive for covid-19.
An escape that did not prosper
Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo)Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Mikkel Honoré (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) were the riders who took some advantage in the first part of the stage.
They pedaled in search of increasing the difference, but this did not exceed a minute and a half, as the main batch maintained a strong rhythm.
When the two mountain passes arrived, the little lot at the tip fell apart and they were Mohoric and Simons those who took advantage.
However, with 47km to go, it was Simons who took the lead. At that point in the day, the leading batch already had them 36 seconds behind.
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Tadej Pogacar does not give up and attacked up front. That move prevented Simons from continuing to lead the stage.
The packers’ teams appeared on the scene, who had their penultimate opportunity to seek partial victory.
The lot was regrouped and the fight for the victory to the packaging began, in a relatively calm stage.
This Saturday the Tour de France will have the day to the individual timer, about 40 km on flat terrain.
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