It is clear, and nothing new is discovered, that all the cyclists were losers in the seventh stage of the Tour de France with Tadej Pogacar, which took place this Friday between Tomblaine and La super Planche des Belles Filles, 176 km.
Pogacar not only prevailed in the day, gave another moral blow, but increased differences over his rivals, that they could not with the strong step of the UAE Emirates corridor. Here, the conclusions of the fraction.
(Nairo Quintana shows his face: he spoke clearly and without excuses)
(Tadej Pogacar: screams and tears, the party in the team car, video)
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Tadej Pogacar is unbeatable. There is no doubt that he is the strongest, the runner who arrived best prepared and there is no rival to keep him at the limit.
When Lennard Kamna was going through the stage, an acceleration by Jonas Vingegaard made one think that the Dane would be the winner, but no, Pogacar accelerated and gave another strong blow.
Talking about the Slovenian and his way of running is always saying the same thing, but what is clear is that he has no rival and although he has not sentenced the Tour, because after seven stages he has no rival.
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Jonas Vingegaard has been the least affected. Pogacar took the victory away from him, but the Jumbo Visma rider was the one who gave the least. He left this Friday at 31s and only gave up four, the difference of the bonus.
It is seen that he is the only one that can do some damage to Pogacar, but he does not have anything fixed either. This Friday he was inferior, although it is credited that he attacked, that he tried to make him feel like a loser.
Vingegaard is a runner who likes the mountains, he goes well in it and he defends himself against the clock, but he will have to work hard to beat the Slovenian. Primoz Roglic looked good, but loses 2 min 45 overall and it is liquidated by what has been seen.
Nairo missed
The issue of Colombians is very complex. After this day, when it was believed that it could be a good day, it was not.
Nairo Quintana, who has always suffered on this final climb, did not change. He lost 51 seconds and although he defended 11th place, he did not advance on his field. The ramps are not for him, they are for explosive runners and here he has always lost.
It started 1 min 05 s from Pogacar and after the stage it was 2 min 06 s. His aspiration for the podium lives on, but in this exam he lost. There is land to recover.
daniel suffered
Daniel Martínez was eighth overall, one minute behind the lead, but the ending was not the best. He suffered on the final ramp, could not keep up, dropped two places in the general and was 1 min 43 seconds behind.
Another point is that Adam Yates and Geraint Thomas, the other two leaders of the Ineos team, were ahead of him and that reduces his options to fight for the podium.
There is a lot of Tour left, difficult stages are coming and the rider from Soacha still has ground to recover and get into the race. It is clear, he did not have a good stage finish.
Uran won and lost
Rigoberto Urán has his own story. His bad start in the Tour has led him to have to recover and he has.
This Friday he won because he went from 26th to 16th place, he won 10 places in the general classification, but he was 2 min 14 s behind Pogacar and was 3 min 09 s behind.
Urán is an old fox, who knows how to run this type of race and little by little he finds his fitness. Wait to see if he’s enough for the third week, because he didn’t do a thorough preparation for the Tour.
The batch of the injured
The Russian Aleksandr Vlasov was one of the victims. Bora tried to win the stage with Kamna, he sent Maximilian Schachmann into battle, but he couldn’t.
He has Vlasov as a man for the general, but he did not hold out on the final climb. The runner lost important seconds and went from seventh to 12th place, with a difference of 2 min 41 s.
Also out of the first places were Neilson Powelss, Urán’s teammate in the EF, as well as Pidcock, who gave up two spots, in a stage that made it clear who is up for the race.
⛰ The first summit finish, the first duel between 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard and 🇸🇮 @TamauPogiand they brought IT!
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Lisandro Rengifo
Editor of THE TIME
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