The Italian Matteo Trentin triumphs as a soloist on the 17. Stage. The favorites in the standings, save for the Showdown in the Alps. For excitement of a tussle between Tony Martin and Luke Rowe provides.
Matteo Trentin was able to throw as a first look at what awaits the riders on the Tour de France: The mountain giants of the French Alps, towers behind the Cap, the destination of the 17. Stage on. There managed the 29-year-Italians as a soloist at the top. He had dropped out of a breakaway group, and celebrated his first Tour stage victory. The second was with around a half a Minute behind Kasper Asgreen from Denmark, followed by the Belgian Olympic winner Greg Van Avermaet. The Leading in the standings to the wearer of the Yellow Jersey Julian Alaphilippe spared, and came up with twenty minutes behind the stage winner.
Martin and Rowe excluded
Significantly heated it was between the German time trial specialist Tony Martin of Team Jumbo Visma and Luke Rowe from Team Ineos. In the last climb, a good 15 kilometers from the finish, cut Martin, the British violently the way. Rowe picked up after the Hand and seemed to want to go to Martin’s beat. The race jury studied the case and met with a tough decision: Both drivers were excluded from the further Tour. You have to pay a fine of 1000 Swiss francs and the deduction of 50 points in the world ranking suffered. Martin was afterwards ruefully: “I feel bad and sad”, he said and added: “I want to apologize to Luke, the Team Ineos and the Cycling world.”
The pardon of the contrite, Tony Martin is probably too late
The incident happened in the heat of battle. “It was a great fight prior to the last increase to bring the captains in Position. We are about five hours at around 35 degrees. We were all on the Limit.” Martin asked for a second Chance: “Let us be in the race. Let’s do it in the next days better. We can show that we are sorry. To go on this type, is an incorrect character” appealed to the four-time time trial world champion in a joint Video with Rowe at the race jury. The two racing stables, Jumbo Visma and Ineos are appealing against the exclusion. “The incidents deserve a fine and a warning, but not an exclusion. A Yellow card and no Red card”, shared by both teams in a statement. The tussle have affected any other driver, and had not been to the detriment of any Team.
This view is also Rowe’s team-mate and Tour Champion Geraint Thomas took “The guys all do the same Job. They try to bring their captain into Position. As it comes to scuffles, nothing really Bad.” However, the objection was ultimately unsuccessful. On Thursday at 11.10 p.m. the Peloton has passed without Martin, and Rowe on the severity of 18. Stage.
Decision-making in the Alps
Despite the tussle, the favorite drove to the overall victory on Wednesday in a more relaxed ride to the finish. A gait that is not them to blame. Because what is a multi-day ordeal for the favorites, which will ultimately decide this Tour will be looming behind the Cap on the horizon. On Thursday, the field takes the Queen stage in the attack. On the 208 kilometers from Embrun to Valloire equal to three Alpine passes in the way of the Col de Vars, the Col d’izoard (2360 m) and the Col de Galibier (2642 meters). On Friday, the Col de l’iseran (2770) and the objective arrival in Tignes (2113) follow.
It goes into the high mountains, The last mountain of this year’s Tour stages have it all
On Saturday, the stage culminates ends of the 33.4-kilometre-long final climb to Val Thorens (2365). “This is the Showdown,” said Emanuel Buchmann with a view on the penultimate Tour day. The voltage tapers to and for the 26-Year-old will turn out, whether he can actually keep in the podium close to. Weaknesses will not be forgiven. Buchmann: “If you have a break-in, you lose the right time.”
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With only 2:14 minutes behind in sixth place lying in self-Buchmann has a Chance at the overall victory. Before him names such as Thibaut Pinot (+1:50 minutes) or Geraint Thomas (+1:35 minutes) waiting for the Yellow Jersey of Alaphilippe. Rarely, the distances among the favorites were so late in the Tour, still so small. But that was exactly the calculus of route planners that have entered the Alpine stages as late as possible in the stage plan. From the high mountains of the drivers directly to the final in Paris.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?6. Emanuel Buchmann
A place among the Top Ten is still the stated goal of Emanuel’s book’s. However, for the 26-Year-old is clearly in there. The captain of the German team “Bora-hansgrohe” has a residue of only 2:14 minutes on the Yellow Jersey. After his strong performances in the Pyrenees, with two fourth places Emu is “,” as his friends call him, in the ambush position.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?5. Egan Bernal
In the White Jersey of best young professionals in the 22-year-old Colombian travels in the Alps. Maybe he went there also, in addition to the Yellow. Be residue on the top of tab: 2:02 minutes. Bernal, goes as the defending champion Geraint Thomas in the Ineos Team, is a shooting star: The mountain specialist won already this year, the Paris-nice and the Tour de Suisse.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?4. Thibaut Pinot
Once the Frenchman was already on the Champs Elysees on the podium: third in the Tour in 2014. And the Cycling fans of his home saw in him the coming of the triumphant. However, the bar was set too high. 16th place the year after, twice not arrived in Paris, in 2018 it will not boot. Maybe the node is bursting now with Pinot. The residue of the 29-Year-olds: 1:50 minutes.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?3. Steven Kruijswijk
With 32 years in the low countries is one of the more Experienced of the six contenders for the podium. 2018 ended Steven Kruijswijk of the Tour de France on rank five. Fourth places at the Giro d’italia 2016 in the tour of Spain to 2018 show that the mountain specialist place is quite for a podium well. 1:47 minutes missing Kruijswijk to the Yellow Jersey.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?2. Geraint Thomas
Can defend the British title? In the previous year, his team (then the Sky, to a sponsor, now Ineos) controlled almost every stage, and Geraint Thomas was the Strongest of the team. Compared to 2018, the 33 drives a-Year-old this time, less constant, he gave some of the pelts. Nevertheless, Thomas has a gap of 1:35 minutes of all the opportunities.
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Tour de France: Who wears the Yellow Jersey to Paris?1. Julian Alaphilippe
If the French would like to be a Tour winner from within its own ranks, it would certainly be Julian Alaphilippe. The 27-Year-old is clearly the crowd favourite and the country has dealt with its long travel in Yellow in euphoria. He is in front of the Alps stages are still at the top, comes as a surprise. Alaphilippe is rather race as a specialist for the classic one day.