The rumor that circulated with insistence is regarding to become reality. This Sunday, Anne Hidalgo will confirm that the City of Paris will engage in professional cycling next year by becoming the main partner of the team led by Jérôme Pineau, current manager of B&B Hotels training. The announcement will be made this Sunday evening on the occasion of the arrival of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées. The project will bring together a professional men’s structure, a women’s team and an Academy of young riders.
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UAE Team Emirates rider Tadi Bogachar took second place in “Stage 18” of the Tour de France, which was held over a 143.2 km track from Lourdes to Otacamp, and represented the last mountain stages in the Tour’s track this year.
The stage saw an exciting start, during which the riders put up a strong offensive performance, but they were unable to separate from the main group to form an advanced group.
Reaching the second climb at Cole de Spondale, Brandon McNalty launched a powerful attacking performance that enabled him to take the lead of the group and control the pace of the race, and less than 40 km from the finish line, his teammate Bogachar sprinted to be followed by competitor Vengegaard “Jumbo-Visma”.
Bogachar had a minor accident on the dirt slope, but was able to return to his bike and start once more with the advanced group, before he advanced regarding 14 km from the finish line alongside his rivals Thomas “Enios-Grenadiers”, the duo Vingegard and Kos “Jumbo-Visma”. However, he was forced to retreat 4 km before the finish line, to start once more to secure his place in the advanced group, and finish second, 1 minute and 4 seconds behind Vengegaard, who won first place, and maintained the lead in the general classification.
“I did my best in the race, not thinking of winning the stage, but of getting the yellow jersey back, and I sprinted from the second climb to the final climb, but I had an accident on the slope that caused me to drop,” Pujachar said. I finished second, so I am proud of this result and the performance I gave.”
Tour de France: Philipsen wins stage 15 and Wengard struggles
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen wins a stage for the first time in Tour de France After outperforming his rivals on stage 15, overall leader Jonas Weingard had a bad day on Sunday.
The Alpsin-Desininc rider Philipsen took the lead in perfect timing, beating compatriot Voet van Aert and Denmark’s Mads Pedersen, who were second and third respectively.
“This is the biggest victory I might dream of,” said Phillipsen. “I was close a few times last year and our goal was to win this year. There were very few chances for the sprinters, so you had to be patient.”
Wengard retained the yellow jersey for the general standings, but had an accident and lost two of his Jumbo-Visma teammates, as Stephen Krusvik withdrew due to an accident, and Primosh Roglic did not start the 202.5 km stage from Rhodes in the absence of recovery from injuries.
With the temperature reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius, organizers sprayed sections of the road with water to cool the air before the runners passed.
After the race, Ineos rider Tom Bidcock threw himself into a fountain to reduce the effects of the heat.
Wengard, the leader in the general classification, collided with his colleague Tish Bennott, but he returned to continue his career and is still two minutes and 22 seconds ahead of defending champion Taddy Bugacher.
“It was not a good day,” the 25-year-old said. “Today was not the best because Stephen and Primusch went out.”
“I don’t know exactly what happened. Tish had an accident in front of me, and I mightn’t have avoided it. This is a sport bikes. I only had bruises on my left side. I’m fine but it wasn’t a good day.”
Two French riders, Alexis Jugaard and Benjamin Thomas, tried to attack 48 km from the end, and Thomas was close to winning but slipped in the last 500 metres, keeping France waiting to win the first stage of the current edition of the race.
The runners will take a break from the Tour de France on Monday.
Tour de France, Stage 15: Vingegaard loses his most important helpers – victory for Philipsen
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
As of: 07/17/2022 5:56 p.m
Nightmare day for the dominant team Jumbo-Visma on the 15th stage of the Tour de France: leader Jonas Vingegaard, who also fell himself, lost his two most important helpers on Sunday (07/17/2022).
Around 60 kilometers from the finish, Vingegaard himself fell, but his remaining team-mates were able to pull back up to the peloton and kept the yellow jersey. But that was the only good news for the Dane and his entire team on this memorable day of the tour, which in the end also missed out on the day’s victory by a hair’s breadth: Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) beat Wout van Aert in the sprint.
Dislocated shoulder and set it himself
The Slovenian Primoz Roglic had already given up before the start of the stage. “We made this decision to allow my injuries to heal properly”, said the 32-year-old. Roglic started the tour as one of the favorites, but was only 21st in the overall standings, more than 33 minutes behind.
Roglic had a bad fall on the fifth section from Lille to Arenberg, which covered 19.4 kilometers of cobblestones on the route of the spring classic Paris-Roubaix. He had dislocated his shoulder and then quickly put himself back in place. “I’m proud of my contribution to the current standings and have faith that the team will achieve our yellow and green ambitions.”said Roglic.
Auch Kruijswijk separate from us
It is the second year in a row that Roglic has not finished the Tour de France. Last year he also fell early and finally gave up following the eighth stage in Tignes.
Around 70 kilometers before the finish of the 15th stage, the team of Vingegaard and Roglic had to cope with the next serious failure. The Dutch noble helper Steven Kruijswijk was seriously injured in a fall, holding his right collarbone and had to be taken away by the ambulance. Jumbo-Visma are therefore only six drivers available in the last week of the tour.
Nielsen and Clarke corona positive
In addition, Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark/EF Education-EasyPost) and Simon Clarke (Australia/Israel-Premier Tech) tested positive for the corona virus on Sunday. The Dane Cort Nielsen had won the tenth stage and was particularly aggressive around the Grand Depart in his native Denmark. Clarke won the cobblestone stage to Arenberg. It’s Corona Falls seven and eight on the tour.
Nils Politt sets accents
Shortly following the start of the stage, Nils Politt from Bora-hansgrohe made his mark. The man from Cologne responded to the first attacks, then broke away with Mikkel Froelich Honoré (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and was only caught once more at kilometer 149.
After all, following the stage he was named the most combative driver of the day and will be on the road with the red start number on Tuesday.
Victory for Jasper Philipsen
After that there were more attacks, but in the end the sprinter teams got serious and drove their stars to the front. In the end, somewhat surprisingly, Philipsen prevailed over his compatriot and green carrier van Aert – it just wasn’t Jumbo-Visma’s day.
Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) said immediately following crossing the finish line on the sports show microphone regarding the heat: “With eight drivers, we needed 150 drinking bottles today, it was brutal. When you feel a burning wind on your skin on the descent, you know it’s really hot.” He said of the team’s performance: “We did the best we might, but unfortunately it didn’t work out. We’re satisfied with our driving style. You can’t blame us for hiding in the field.”