Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny – 173 Km

1 MOHORIC Matej SLO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 03:31:02
2 ASGREEN Kasper DEN SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 00:00
3 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:04
4 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:39
5 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 00:39
6 LAPORTE Christophe FRA JUMBO-VISMA 00:39
7 MEZGEC Luka SLO TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:39
8 BETTIOL Alberto ITA EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 00:39
9 TRENTIN Matteo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:39
10 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:39
11 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:39
12 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:43
13 HALLER Marco AUT BORA – HANSGROHE 01:41
14 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO ALULA 01:43
15 WRIGHT Fred GBR BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:43
16 HOULE Hugo CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 01:43
17 NAESEN Oliver BEL AG2R CITROEN TEAM 01:43
18 VAN DEN BERG Lars NED GROUPAMA – FDJ 01:43
19 TURGIS Anthony FRA TOTALENERGIES 01:43
20 NEILANDS Krists LAT ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 01:43

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 75:49:24
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 07:35
3 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10:45
4 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 12:01
5 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 12:19
6 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 12:50
7 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 13:50
8 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 16:11
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 16:49
10 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 17:57
11 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 22:53
12 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 27:26
13 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 44:44
14 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 46:57
15 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 54:31
16 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 55:15
17 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 59:46
18 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:03:01
19 KELDERMAN Wilco NED JUMBO-VISMA 01:03:42
20 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 01:08:14

Zielfoto entscheidet bei nächstem Ausreißersieg bei der Tour de France

Mit über 49 km/h Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit war die 19. Etappe der Tour heute unglaublich schnell und entsprechend hart. Es dauerte lange, bevor sich eine erste erfolgversprechende Gruppe vom Feld rund um Nils Politt lösen konnte. Leider wurde Nils aber durch einen Defekt zurückgeworfen und in der Folge formierte sich eine Gruppe von mehr als 30 Fahrern, die sich entscheidend absetzen konnte. BORA – hansgrohe war in dieser Gruppe mit Marco Haller und Jordi Meeus vertreten, allerdings zerteilte sich die Gruppe am letzten Anstieg in mehrere Teile. Ein Trio lag nun an der Spitze, während Marco in einer zweiten Verfolgergruppe fuhr und Jordi abgehängt war. Am Ende sicherte sich M. Mohoric im Zielfoto den Etappensieg, während Marco auf den letzten 500 m aus seiner Gruppe attackierte und letztlich Rang 13 erreichte.

Von der Ziellinie
“Die Etappe war extrem hart und alle Teams wussten, dass der Sieg über eine Gruppe geht. Für uns lief es eigentlich perfekt, denn Nils war heute wieder unglaublich stark und zuerst vorne. Leider hatte er wirklich Pech und bei seinem Defekt war das Teamfahrzeug noch hinter dem Feld, daher ist er zurückgefallen. Es hätte für uns einen riesigen Unterschied gemacht, Nils dabei zu haben. Ich war dann mit Jordi in der Gruppe, aber das Rennen war so unglaublich schnell, dass wir beide schon richtig angeschlagen waren, bevor es ins Finale ging. Ich hatte nicht mehr viele Körner übrig und musste etwas riskieren und habe versucht, das richtige Rad zu finden, aber es war ein Roulette. Am Ende hat es nicht gereicht, aber ich habe heute auch sicher nicht zu den besten Drei gehört.” – Marco Haller

Matej Mohoric pours the triple

Matej Mohoric claimed stage 19 like in Libourne 2021 to make it three for himself in his career as a Tour de France rider and three for his Bahrain Victorious team this year. A duel made a Slovenian beat a Dane since Kasper Asgreen missed out on the two-in-row by a very small margin. On GC, Denmarks kept the lead over Slovenia and Jonas Vingegaard received the 25th Maillot Jaune of his career in Poligny.

ALAPHILIPPE AND 8 OTHER RIDERS IN THE LEAD

The start of stage 19 was given to 151 riders at 13.33. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) went on the attack for the second consecutive day but he was reeled in after 10km of racing. Mad Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) managed to get a gap for themselves at km 18. The Kazakh national champion took 1 KOM point atop côte du bois de Lionge (km 23) while many people were reacting strongly at the head of the peloton. The leading duo was reeled in at km 37 by the first part of the peloton that included Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar but not Adam Yates. Many more skirmishes took place after the regrouping. It led to the formation of a 9-man front group at km 57: Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).

CAMPENAERTS AND CLARKE AHEAD AND 34 CHASERS

Their advantage was 1’15’’ at km 62 but teams Israel-Premier Tech, Uno-X and EF Education-EasyPost were unhappy to have missed the breakaway so they chased hard. The front runners were only one minute ahead when Politt broke his chain and couldn’t resume racing on a new bike before the peloton overtook him with 90km remaining. 65km before the end, the eight leaders were joined by a group of more than thirty riders including Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma). Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) and Campenaerts rode away right after the regrouping. Intermarché-Circus-Wanty seized the reins of the peloton to bring everyone together in favour of Biniam Girmay but they eventually surrendered and the gap went up. The 34 riders behind the leading duo were: Benoot, Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), Lars van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ), Alberto Bettiol, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Alaphilippe, Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step), Haig, Matej Mohoric, Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Marco Haller, Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Ben O’Connor, Oliver Naesen (AG2R-Citroën), Van der Poel, Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands, Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech), Luke Durbridge, Dylan Groenewegen, Luka Mezgec (Jayco-AlUla), Barguil (Arkea-Samsic), Jonas Abrahamsen, Anton Charmig, Rasmus Tiller, Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X), Daniel Oss and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies).

PHOTO-FINISH TO SHOW MOHORIC WINS

Clarke gave up because of cramping. Asgreen, O’Connor and Mohoric overtook Campenaerts in the ascent of côte d’Ivory with 30km to go. Lots of counter-attacks were launched behind them in the last 25 kilometres. 10km before the end, they had 20’’ lead over nine chasers. The leading trio remained composed during the 8-km long straight line. O’Connor launched the sprint 500 metres before the line. He was overhauled by Asgreen who looked like going for his second stage win in a row but Mohoric pipped him on the line to claim his third Tour de France stage victory after he imposed himself at Le Creusot and Libourne in 2021. It’s also the third stage win for his Bahrain Victorious team this year following the successes of Pello Bilbao and Wout Poels. It makes it 16 stage wins for Slovenian riders since Primoz Roglic took the first one at Serre-Chevalier in 2017.