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Sixteen stages down, five to go. After the rest day, the Tour de France resumed with the time trial won by Remco Evenepoel, but the seventeenth stage will suit a very different type of rider. The stage to Voiron is one for the sprinters or attackers. It looks like it’s going to be an exciting battle! In the Leader’s Jersey is there live.
Remco Evenepoel dominated the sixteenth stage and won his second stage in a row. After already coming out on top on the Plateau de Solaison, he also dominated the time trial and solidified his second-place position in the general classification. A major setback, however, was the withdrawal of teammate Florian Lipowitz. The German took a hard fall and broke his collarbone: that was the end of the race for him.
The Tour will continue with a hilly stage. The sprinters who are strong climbers are still hoping for a chance, but the attackers smell blood on this terrain. On paper, it’s a perfect stage for Mathieu van der Poel, who has already struck on a similar, hilly stage earlier in the Tour. But there are plenty of challengers for the Dutch star.
A chaotic start to 'last chance' stage
In any case, as expected, the start was chaotic and quite exciting. Quite a few riders tried to break away, but the peloton kept the pace high. That made sense, especially given how many (different) interests were at stake on Wednesday. In any case, it took a long time before anyone managed to break away.
In the opening stages, we also saw a crash involving, amongst others, Tom Pidock (Pinarello-Q36.5) and Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious). The Brit and the Frenchman were soon back on their bikes, but Piet Allegaert (Cofidis) and Dylan van Baarle (Soudal Quick-Step) took a bit longer to recover.
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