Tour de France: Evenepoel writes more history
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Remco Evenepoel became the first Belgian rider to lead the Tour de France youth classification seven days in a row, after concluding the tricky and nervous stage 7 in the top ten. Comprising four classified climbs, plenty of undulating roads and an elevation gain of more than 2000 meters, the trek between Semur-en-Auxois and Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises was far from being a sprinters’ straightforward day, but despite this, it came down to a mass gallop.
The cold temperatures and nagging rain favoured a large breakaway, but that was only on paper, because only one rider decided to attack and go up the road, putting more than six minutes into the field with around 100 kilometers to go. Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno X-Mobility) remained off the front until inside the last 20 kilometers, when we got reeled in. On the 7% drag to the line, Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) took the victory, while Remco – who remained well positioned the entire time as things became hectic – finished tenth.
Victorious in the race’s first individual time trial and second overall, Evenepoel will enter the first week’s final stage with the white jersey firmly on his shoulders. Stage 9, starting and concluding in Troyes, comes with a total of fourteen gravel roads sectors which could wreak havoc in the peloton and bring some significant changes to the general classification.
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Race details
1 |
Biniam Girmay Hailu Intermarché - Wanty |
4:04:50 |
2 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin - Deceuninck |
0:00 |
3 |
Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
4 |
Pascal Ackermann Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
5 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education - EasyPost |
0:00 |
6 |
Ryan Gibbons Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
7 |
Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
8 |
Fred Wright Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
9 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
0:00 |
10 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
23 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
30 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
34 |
Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
82 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
92 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
170 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
8:46 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
31:21:13 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:33 |
3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:15 |
4 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
1:36 |
5 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
2:16 |
6 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
2:17 |
7 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
2:31 |
8 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:35 |
9 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
4:03 |
10 |
Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
4:36 |
21 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
6:43 |
48 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
32:01 |
76 |
Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step |
54:20 |
112 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:14:29 |
140 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:23:39 |
1 |
Biniam Girmay Hailu Intermarché - Wanty |
216 pt |
2 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin - Deceuninck |
128 pt |
3 |
Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility |
107 pt |
4 |
Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny |
92 pt |
5 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
86 pt |
6 |
Arnaud Démare |
73 pt |
7 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
73 pt |
8 |
Dylan Groenewegen Team Jayco AlUla |
71 pt |
9 |
Kévin Vauquelin |
70 pt |
10 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
63 pt |
11 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
60 pt |
53 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
9 pt |
58 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
8 pt |
59 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
7 pt |
1 |
Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility |
33 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
20 pt |
3 |
Valentin Madouas Groupama - FDJ |
16 pt |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
15 pt |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
12 pt |
6 |
Stephen Williams Israel - Premier Tech |
10 pt |
7 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
10 pt |
8 |
Frank van den Broek Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
9 pt |
9 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Cofidis |
8 pt |
10 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
8 pt |
13 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
4 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
31:21:46 |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
1:43 |
3 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
1:58 |
4 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
3:30 |
5 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
5:20 |
6 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
6:10 |
7 |
Ben Healy EF Education - EasyPost |
8:26 |
8 |
Javier Romo Movistar Team |
12:40 |
9 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
18:00 |
10 |
Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny |
20:54 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 94:08:34 |
2 | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:04 |
3 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 7:41 |
4 | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:31 |
5 | Bahrain - Victorious | 14:33 |
6 | Movistar Team | 16:01 |
7 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 18:34 |
8 | EF Education - EasyPost | 25:53 |
9 | Lidl - Trek | 34:32 |
10 | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 43:44 |