Fin du sketch Adam Yates, mais on craint la bordure

It is certain that there is nothing to worry about the court-bouillon when tomorrow he will need all his forces in the Pyrenees.

No leader was trapped, no reason to keep moving forward. This should allow the peloton to come back with grips before the difficulty.

Including Philipsen, De Lie, Groenewegen and of course Girmay.

And we tackle the first difficulty of the day. And Jonas Abrahamsen is here to take the mountain point.

10 seconds between the 4 escapees and the yellow jersey group (with the main favourites). The peloton (with Arnaud Démare and Coquard) is 51 seconds. Biniam Girmay is in the first group.

The first group will meet again soon, but who will continue to ride next? Many sprinters were trapped, including Gaviria, Sam Bennett, Cavendish… And to think that the difficulties are coming…

This board condemns the escape. But apparently Philipsen is in the first group. Where is Biniam Girmay?

But it will probably pick up a bit at some point in the peloton.

The Visma tried, the Soudal QuickStep too, but Pogacar and the UAE were vigilant. but the platoon exploded in three groups.

With less than an hour and a half to go, it was time. The gap is 1’21 and there are two climbs in the final, not at all to the advantage of Groenewegen-type sprinters.

We knew that the leading teams are going to climb, but in fact, there is a bit of side wind, and therefore leading risk, and therefore, to protect the leaders, we are in front.

Finally! There are only 4 men in the lead, with more than a minute ahead, but the teams in the general classification stop the race.

So, the last stand for a few bravery of the 2nd group.

Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard pulled a mask this Friday before the start. Juan Ayuso resigned due to covid according to the Spanish press… As in recent years, Covid is back at the Grande Boucle.

The great fear of Covid, read here

And as the peloton had not yet taken the big second breakaway group, it was Biniam Girmay who made the right move in the green jersey, as Philipsen was unable to score.

We know at least the first 4, who put on a great show.

but it’s fun. The lieutenant of Pogcar, who did not shine for the help he gave to the Slovenian champion, gave up because, it seems, of covid.

They are 34 seconds ahead of the 2nd group, and 1’22 on the peloton, which will undoubtedly recover a little after regaining control from Adam Yates.

The young Frenchman went out a little late, but came back strong.

They started with 4, without Yates, and it’s a very good move: two Frenchmen: Romaion Grégoire and Julien Bernard, and two beautiful runners, Magnus Cort and Michal Kwiatkowski, the former world champion.

And as a result, their distance decreases, really not sure that this move will go to the end.

Adam Yates (UAE Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), Kevin Geniets and Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Mathieu van der Poel is Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Rui Costa, Neilson Powless and Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-Easy Post), Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Dsnty), Jakob Fuglsang and Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech), Frank van den Broek ( dsm-firmanich PostNL), Davide Ballerini (Astana), Magnus Cort and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), Matthew Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies).

The French are fat, but the real scarecrow is Adam Yates

Everyone is riding, even the Décathlon-AG2R la Mondiale team. The only ones curling their mustaches are UAE, in fact.

Will the sprint teams give up? Probably not right away.

To remind you, Adam Yates is 7th overall, at 6’59. If the escape goes to the end with a few minutes to go, he can pass in front of Rodriguez and Landa.

Here are the sprinters who missed the mark: the JaycoAlula formation from Groenewegen and Arkea from Démare. And of course, Ineos and Soudal-Quickstep are just behind to limit the gaps and Adam Yates does not take too much advantage.

And the leak stops 30 seconds ahead. They reclaimed the land.

The young Spanish hope, affected by covid, gives up. Less support for Pogacar in the mountains.

With Remco Evenepoel passing, Pogacar, Almeida and Pascal Ackermann and Victor Campenaerts passing. They are back at 25 seconds and 17 seconds behind the peloton.

It’s tempting the edge! And it works! But Pogacar managed to follow. Remco is trying to come back alone! The Platoon exploded!

Adam Yates on the run, clearly not everyone likes him. Suddenly, the gap caps at 30 seconds.

The Spaniard from the Emirates UAE team has Covid according to As.

Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike), Adam Yates (UAE Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), Kevin Geniets and Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) , Mathieu van der Poel and Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Rui Costa, Neilson Powless and Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-Easy Post), Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Dsnty), Jakob Fuglsang and Hugo Houle (Israele-Premier ). Tech), Frank van den Broek (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Davide Ballerini (Astana), Magnus Cort and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies).

The Jayco-AlUla, which has no one in front, also rolls. But the gap is growing!

Jonas Vingegaard’s team is forced to return to bring Adam Yates back into the fold!

The best ranked is Adam Yates, we will take stock of the composition in a few moments.

Fellow yellow jersey, 8th overall is also on the run!

The Belgian sprinter also seems to be banking on an escape! There are many people in front! But back in the peloton even if it’s windy.

It might be hard to see a win after a massive sprint on this 13th stage if this group gains ground.

The Frenchman Axel Laurance, in turn, slips in his fists. The Belgian team Alpecin-Deceunick lost 2 riders this Thursday and will have difficulty controlling it.

We witness attacks from kilometer 0, especially with world champion Mathieu van der Poel accompanying the attacks.

The knights are currently in fiction.

“Sick and weak for several days”, the Spaniard Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) did not start the 13th stage. The northern team only has 5 runners in the race.

Sporting director of the Red Bull-Bora team, Rolf Aldag returned to the retirement of Primoz Roglic before the start of the 13th stage.

“He had two falls and the impact on his body was too great to continue,” Red Bull-Bora team manager Hansgrohe said on the sidelines of the 13th stage. “I’m not a doctor, but after talking to a doctor we can exclude concussion and fractures. But he had a significant impact with these two falls in a row. This does not allow us to believe that he can continue.”

Before specifying: “As a team we feel very sorry and he greeted us this Friday morning during the briefing, he thanked everyone for the support. He knew what we were all trying to do here and now as a team we need to find new goals.”

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Consultant for RMC Sport, Jerome Pineau has validated Primoz Roglic’s choice not to start the 13th stage of the Tour de France.

“We suspected, we saw from his attitude and that of the team. We talked about the attitude of the team but it was he who gave the instructions when he left and I think he felt that something was broken or irreparable. , of course, with two falls two days in a row is not so serious, but it was bad for his morale,” said the former head of the team. […] Thursday is the big fall, at high speed. Impossible for him to avoid this fall. Evil tongues will say that it always falls on him. Yes, but he was in a good place here.”

>> An analysis to be discovered in full in the video below

We felt it, it’s now official, Primoz Roglic, 6th overall and caught in a fall yesterday 12 km from the end, gives up.

It’s the last moment of respite before the serious stuff begins. This Friday, the peloton joins Pau at the start of Agen, 165 km without great difficulty, for a stage a priori intended for sprinters, but which could be offered to adventurers, if the circumstances of the race allow it.

We tell you more the route and the favorites for today’s stage this way

To learn more about caravan timetablesThis is where it happens.

We will also closely follow the case of Roglic, who fell 12 km from the end and who lost more than 2’20, dropping to 6th place in the general classification. The Slovenian does not suffer from fractures but looks very weak. Can he continue?

The stage can be followed from 1:50 p.m. (true start) on France Télévisions and Eurosport 1. And of course on the radio RMC and from noon RMC 100% Road digital radio.