Fotos von HERBERT MOOS
Jonas Vingegaard – Gelb
Jasper Philipsen – Grün
Tadej Pogacar – Weiß
Giulio Ciccone – Gepunktet
Schlagwort-Archive: 110. Tour de France
110. Tour de France Etappe 21 Daten
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 21
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES – PARIS CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
2X3: AN UNPRECEDENTED RIVALRY
Never before the Tour saw the same two riders take the first two positions in three consecutive editions. It’s also the first time we see a rider (Tadej Pogacar) win two editions in a row before another one (Jonas Vingegaard) emulates him.
The last time a rider won the Tour two years in a row with the same runner-up was in 1978-79, when Bernard Hinault got the best of Joop Zoetemelk on both occasions.
7’29”: THE BIG GAP
Jonas Vingegaard’s winning margin for this Tour is 7’29” (over Tadej Pogacar): the largest since 2014, when Vincenzo Nibali won with 7’37” over Jean-Christophe Peraud.
1: WINNING FROM THE WINNERS
First Tour de France win for Jordi Meeus, at his first win in a Grand Tour. This year he had won the Circuit de Wallonie on the 18th of May. In France, he had won the 2021 edition of the Paris-Bourges.
Jordi Meeus won from two winners of the Champs-Elysées: Jasper Philipsen (2022) and Dylan Groenewegen (2017).
2: VINGEGAARD’S 2ND WIN
Jonas Vingegaard joins 13 riders who have won the Tour twice.
Among them, here are the ones who have done it in two consecutive years:
• Lucien Petit-Breton, 1907-08,
• Ottavio Bottecchia, 1924-25,
• Nicolas Frantz, 1927-28
• Laurent Fignon, 1983-84
• Tadej Pogacar, 2020-21
• Jonas Vingegaard, 2022-23
17: WINS UP FOR GRABS
There have been 17 different stage winners in this Tour. Considering only individual stages, it’s the highest value since 2008.
Only two riders won more than once in this edition: Jasper Philipsen and Tadej Pogacar, something that hadn’t happened since 2015 (André Greipel 4, Joaquim Rodriguez 2).
11: CLOSE TO THE RECORD!
11 different countries have won at this Tour. It’s the second value in history, recorded 6 times in the past, and just one short of the record of 12 set in 2007 and equalled in 2020.
Great Britain (Adam Yates), France (Victor Lafay), Belgium (Jasper Philipsen), Australia (Jai Hindley), Slovenia (Tadej Pogacar, Matej Mohoric), Denmark (Mads Pedersen, Jonas Vingegaard, Kasper Asgreen), Canada (Michael Woods), Spain (Pello Bilbao, Ion Izagirre, Carlos Rodriguez), Poland (Michal Kwiatkowski), Netherlands (Wout Poels), Austria (Felix Gall).
T – 75: POGACAR LEAVES HIS MARK ON THE WHITE JERSEY
Winner of the best young rider standings in his first four Tour de France participations, Tadej Pogacar collected 75 of the 84 (89%) white jerseys on offer since the beginning of the 2020 edition. From next year, the Slovenian wonderkid won’t be part of the best young rider competition anymore.
6: AN EARLY RULER
Jonas Vingegaard took the yellow jersey on day 6 and kept it all the way to Paris. It’s the first time since 1981 the winner of the race powers to the GC lead so early and it only happened six times in the whole history of the Tour. In recent years, Chris Froome took the yellow jersey for good on stage 7 both in 2012 and 2015.
70 & 40: DENMARK 70 TIMES IN YELLOW
70th Maillot Jaune for Denmark: the first came 40 years ago on the 3rd stage, Kim Andersen in Roubaix (4th of July).
110. Tour de France Etappe 21
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris – 115 Km
HERBERT MOOS Foto
1 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 02:56:13
2 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:00
3 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:00
4 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 00:00
5 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
6 GIRMAY Biniam ERI INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
7 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 00:00
8 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
9 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:00
10 MOZZATO Luca ITA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
11 SAGAN Peter SVK TOTALENERGIES 00:00
12 LAMPAERT Yves BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 00:00
13 TRENTIN Matteo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
14 WELSFORD Sam AUS TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 00:00
15 MØRKØV Michael DEN SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 00:00
Endstand:
1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 82:05:42
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 07:29
3 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10:56
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 12:23
5 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 13:17
6 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 13:27
7 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 14:44
8 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 16:09
9 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 23:08
10 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 26:30
11 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 28:03
12 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 37:32
13 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 47:52
14 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 56:09
15 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 56:37
16 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 57:29
17 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 01:04:59
18 KELDERMAN Wilco NED JUMBO-VISMA 01:06:46
19 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:12:41
20 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 01:14:10
21 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 01:15:44
Jordi Meeus gewinnt auf der Champs-Élysées und Jai Hindley beendet die Tour de France auf Rang sieben der Gesamtwertung
Die letzte Etappe der Tour de France 2023 führte das Feld heute wie gewohnt nach Paris. Bekannt als Tour d’Honneurwurde der erste Teil zum Feiern genutzt und das Feld bewegte sich langsam in Richtung Zielrunden auf der Champs-Élysèes, wo das Rennen dann wieder seinen üblichen Lauf nahm. Einige Ausreißer versuchten ihr Glück, doch am Ende kam es zum erwarteten Massensprint. BORA – hansgrohe positionierte Jordi Meeus vor den letzten 1000 m unter den ersten 10. Jordi konnte auf der Zielgeraden zuerst das richtige Hinterrad nehmen und flog auf den letzten 100 m noch an Philipsen vorbei zum Sieg.
Mit dem siebenten Gesamtrang, zwei Etappensiegen und einem Tag in Gelb kann BORA – hansgrohe ein positives Resümee über die Tour de France 2023 ziehen.
Von der Ziellinie
„Das ist der größte Tag meiner Karriere. Ich wusste, es ist mehr drin, als ich hier bisher zeigen konnte. Heute hat endlich alles geklappt. Ich bin stolz, das heute so beendet zu haben. Ich habe mich den ganzen Tag super gefühlt. Danny und Marco waren zum richtigen Zeitpunkt bei mir und haben mich nach vorne gefahren. Ich hatte das Hinterrad von Jasper und war in perfekter Position, um am Ende vorbeizuziehen. Ich kann eigentlich nicht in Worte fassen, wie ich mich jetzt fühle.“ – Jordi Meeus
“Es war ein echt hartes Rennen mit schwierigen Etappen von Beginn an. Wir hatten schöne Momente, einen Etappensieg und für einen Tag das Gelbe Trikot. Das war unglaublich. In der Gesamtwertung war ich vorne dabei, bis ich auf der 14. Etappe den Sturz hatte. Den Impact habe ich bis zum Ende des Rennens gespürt und die harte Arbeit, die wir in der Vorbereitung investiert haben und die gute Form der ersten Woche wurde dann leider nicht belohnt. Das ist natürlich schade, denn wir waren auf einem guten Weg. Dennoch haben wir gekämpft und alles versucht und die Unterstützung der ganzen Mannschaft war grandios. Wir haben immer zusammengehalten. Zu Beginn bei den Erfolgen, aber auch als es schlechter lief. Am Ende ist Rang sieben immer noch ein respektables Ergebnis für meine erste Tour de France und wir können stolz sein, was wir hier geleistet haben. Es ist vielleicht nicht das Ergebnis, das wir uns erhofft haben, aber es war eine gute Tour. Das Wichtigste ist aber, dass wir immer zusammengehalten haben und ein Team waren. Die Stimmung war sehr gut und wir hatten Spaß. Es war eine tolle Reise mit den Jungs. Ich möchte mich daher beim gesamten Team bedanken, aber auch bei den vielen Fans. Diese Tour war ein echtes Erlebnis für mich.” – Jai Hindley
„Für uns war diese Tour ein wenig wie das Streckenprofil: Viel Auf und Ab mit ein paar Flachetappen. Wir hatten einen tollen Start mit einem Etappensieg und dem Gelben Trikot. Danach waren wir auf Podium-Kurs und haben unsere Position verteidigt. Aber nach dem Sturz von Jai waren wir auf einer langen Talfahrt. Wir haben ein paar Positionen verloren und es war ein harter Kampf für alle, aber besonders für Jai, halbwegs vorne dranzubleiben. Ich denke, wir alle sind froh, nun in Paris zu sein und die Tour erhobenen Hauptes zu beenden. Der Teamspirit war grandios und wirklich jeder hat alles gegeben, auch die Jungs fürs Flache haben Jai in den Bergen so gut wie möglich unterstütz. Das war toll zu sehen und ist vielleicht auch das, was wir für die Zukunft mitnehmen können. Mit so einem Zusammenhalt im Team können wir viel erreichen. Die Tour mit so einem Hoch wie heute zu beenden ist natürlich etwas Besonderes. Jordi hat heute alles richtig gemacht und einen unglaublichen Sprint gezeigt. Wir könnten eigentlich nicht glücklicher sein als gerade eben.“ – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter
Jordi Meeus takes the final stage
Tour de France 2023 | Stage 21 | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines > Paris Champs-Élysées
Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the conclusive stage of the 110th Tour de France in Paris/Champs-Elysées in a bunch gallop that saw Jasper Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen rounding out the podium in a very tight finish. Jonas Vingegaard became the 14th twice winner of the Tour de France, the first to achieve the Critérium du Dauphiné-Tour de France double since Geraint Thomas in 2018. Tadej Pogacar attacked on the Champs-Elysées but remained second overall. The same two riders finishing first and second two years in a row didn’t happen since Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk in 1978-79. The same two riders in the first two places at the end three years running is a first in the history of the race.
CAMPENAERTS AND CICCONE CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT
The start proper of stage 21 was given to 150 riders at 16.38. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) attacked from the gun with the consent of the peloton to celebrate his super combative award but he sat up quickly this time! After the traditional toasts and pictures, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) crested the côte du pavé des Gardes (cat. 4), the only categorized climb of the day, in first position, cheered up by his team-mates Mads Pedersen and Mattias Skjelmose.
POGACAR ON THE ATTACK
In the real race, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked with 49km remaining. It forced Nathan van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) to catch him and Alpecin-Deceuninck to chase them down. The Slovenian won the intermediate sprint. A group of ten riders came across but it was all together again 33km before the end. Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny) rode away with 30km to go. They got a maximum advantage of 20’’ with 20km remaining. It was bunched up again 10km before the end. The times were taken one lap before the finish as it started raining in Paris.
MEEUS, A PIECE FOR A MUSEEUM
Uno-X brought former Champs-Elysées winner Alexander Kristoff to the front. Cofidis also showed up in the first positions for Bryan Coquard with 3km to go. Alex Kirsch (Lidl-Trek) took the lead for Mads Pedersen. They were followed by Bora-Hansgrohe setting up the sprint for Jordi Meeus. Pogacar didn’t have enough racing as he passed the red flame of the last kilometre in first position while Vingegaard let himself distanced to celebrate with his team-mates as the times had been taken at bell lap due to the rain. Jonas Rickaert took the lead to pilot Philipsen to a second win in a row on the Champs-Elysées and a fifth on this Tour de France but his compatriot pipped him on the line in a tight finish that required watching the photo. Meeus was chosen by Bora-Hansgrohe to substitute Sam Bennett, the winner in Paris in 2020. He waited for his time to come. 6th in Bordeaux was his best result so far. This is his first Grand Tour victory in his first participation in the Tour de France.
110. Tour de France Etappe 20 Daten
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 20
BELFORT – LE MARKSTEIN FELLERING
11: SLOVENIAN*S* BACK-TO-BACK
11th stage win for Tadej Pogacar, the 2nd this year after Cauterets-Cambasque. Slovenian wins are up to 17.
They win in back-to-back days with two different riders (Mohoric and Pogacar) like in Luz Ardiden and Libourne in 2021, when the winners were the same, in inverted order.
Last year the sole Pogacar won back-to-back on the 7th and 8th of July.
18,7: THIBAUT’S DREAM
According to NTT Data, Thibaut Pinot spent 18.7 kms alone in the front at 32.2 kph for a dream win to sign off his Tour de France participations.
It was a special day as it was exactly 4 years after his previous win, and this would have been his 4th stage win, but he was negated when the yellow jersey group upped the pace on the final climb.
7’29”: THE BIG GAP
Jonas Vingegaard’s winning margin for this Tour is set to be 7’29” (over Tadej Pogacar): the largest margin since 2014, when Vincenzo Nibali won with 7’37” over Jean-Christophe Peraud.
110,1: MICHAEL WOODS SETS THE RECORD
The downhill from Ballon d’Alsace was a speedy one, so much so that Michael Woods hit the fastest speed recorded by NTT Data in the Tour de France 2023: 110.1kph.
The highest speed registered so far was set by Anthony Turgis on the downhill from Col du Tourmalet: 107.7kph.
26’49”: PINOT GIVES EVERYTHING ON THE PETIT BALLON
With his fans waiting for him a couple of kilometres away from the summit, Thibaut Pinot went on the move up the climb of Petit Ballon. The local hero dropped his breakaway companions and covered the last 5 kilometres at an average speed of 21.5kph, according to NTT Data, to reach the summit with a time of 26’49’’ on the Strava segment, a bit less than 30’’ faster than Thomas De Gendt and Tim Wellens when they did the ascent in a training camp in July 2020.
1992: CICCONE, PRIDE OF ITALY
Giulio Ciccone is the first non-Tour de France winner to be crowned King of the Mountains since Romain Bardet in 2019. Tadej Pogacar in 2020 and 2021 and Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 received the polka dot jersey in Paris since the Frenchman. The last Italian KOM winner had been Claudio Chiappucci in 1992.
3: STRONG TEAM-MATES
Adam Yates kept his 3rd place on the GC. UAE Team Emirates is set to be the first team with two riders on the final podium (Pogacar and Yates) since Ineos in 2019 (Bernal winner, Thomas 2nd).
70: THE ROUND NUMBER COMES TOMORROW
69th Maillot Jaune for Denmark: they are set to hit 70 tomorrow in Paris.
3X3: NEARLY THEIR BEST TOUR
15th stage win for UAE Team Emirates, the 3rd this year, like 2022 and 2021. Their best Tour remains 2020, with 4 stage wins.
3: A NICE SET FOR GALL
Hat-trick of stage podiums for Felix Gall in this Tour: 1st in Courchevel, 2nd today, 3rd in Laruns.
110. Tour de France Etappe 20
Belfort – Le Markstein – 133 Km
HERBERT MOOS Foto
1 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:27:18 38,65
2 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:00
3 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 00:00
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:00
5 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:07
6 BARGUIL Warren FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:33
7 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:33
8 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:33
9 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:50
10 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:50
11 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 00:50
12 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 00:52
13 POELS Wout NED BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 02:42
14 SCHULTZ Nicholas AUS ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 02:52
15 TEUNS Dylan BEL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 02:52
Gesamt:
1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 79:16:38
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 07:29
3 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10:56
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 12:23
5 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 12:57
6 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 13:27
7 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 14:44
8 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 16:09
9 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 23:08
10 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 26:30
11 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 28:03
12 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 37:32
13 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 47:52
14 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 56:09
15 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 56:37
16 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 57:29
17 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 01:04:59
18 KELDERMAN Wilco NED JUMBO-VISMA 01:06:46
19 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:12:41
20 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 01:14:10
21 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 01:15:44
Jai Hindley bleibt auf Rang sieben der Gesamtwertung vor dem Tour de France Finale in Paris
Eine letzte Bergetappe wartete heute auf das Feld der Tour de France, bevor es morgen in Richtung Paris geht. Nach einigen Attacken setzte sich an der ersten Bergwertung eine Gruppe vom Feld ab. Am vorletzten Anstieg erhöhte das Feld das Tempo und im Schlussanstieg attackierte T. Pogacar. Pogacar, Vingegaard und Gall setzten sich vom Rest der Favoriten ab und überholten schnell die letzten Ausreißer. Jai Hindley fuhr zu diesem Zeitpunkt mit C. Rodriguez in einer Verfolgergruppe und versuchte den Zeitabstand zur Spitze in Grenzen zu halten. Kurz vor dem Ziel konnten die beiden Yates Brüder noch zur Spitze aufschließen, aber am Ende holte T. Pogacar den Etappensieg. Jai erreichte das Ziel auf Rang 11 und bleibt damit auch siebenter der Gesamtwertung vor der morgigen letzten Etappe.
Von der Ziellinie
“Es waren drei Wochen voller Hochs und Tiefs, aber am Ende haben wir uns nichts vorzuwerfen. Ich habe eine Etappe gewonnen und einen Tag Gelb getragen, da kann man sich nicht beschweren. Die Gesamtwertung wollte ich einfach auf mich zukommen lassen, aber es lief gut und ich war ganz vorne dabei. Dann wurde ich krank und bin einmal gestürzt. Ich war ziemlich beeinträchtigt und konnte meine Leistung nicht mehr richtig abrufen. Aber ich habe dennoch jeden Tag bei meiner ersten Tour de France genossen und jetzt freue ich mich einfach auf Paris.” – Jai Hindley
Pogacar-Vingegaard till the end
The duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar lasted till the very end of the very last mountain stage of the 110th Tour de France as the Slovenian outsprinted the Dane at Le Markstein to claim his 11th stage win, the second one this year. Felix Gall placed himself between them and Vingegaard retained the yellow jersey on the eve of the grand finale in Paris, but the second last stage was truly the expected fireworks for Thibaut Pinot who rode alone in the lead in front of his fans before crossing the line in seventh position.
NO OPPOSITION TO CICCONE FOR THE POLKA DOT JERSEY
The start proper of stage 20 was given to 151 riders at 13.44. As usual, Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) was the first attacker, accompanied this time by his team-mate Jasper De Buyst. Up to Ballon d’Alsace, Campenaerts soloed until he was reeled in 4.4km before the summit. The peloton was compact at the top and the sprint for the KOM was won by Giulio Ciccone who appeared as the only rider interested to contest the polka dot jersey among the four who were still mathematically in the situation of winning it. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers), 4th overall, crashed at km 33. Once he made it back to the pack, a group of 16 riders including Jonas Vingegaard but not Tadej Pogacar. The yellow jersey eventually sat up to give a chance to the breakaway to succeed.
PINOT’S LAST DANCE IN FRONT OF HIS FANS
Some of these attackers managed to stay away and formed a 6-man leading group with 80km to go: Ciccone and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech), Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Maxime Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny). A counter-attack involved Thibaut Pinot, Valentin Madouas, Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) and Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich). Pinot made it across by himself on the way up to col de Grosse Pierre eventually crested in first position by Ciccone. It became a group of 10 with 63km to go with Madouas, Uran and Vermaerke reaching the lead after Harper. Ciccone mathematically won the KOM competition at col de la Schlucht 54km before the end.
A WINNING SPRINT FOR POGACAR AT THE END
UAE Team Emirates chased hard at the helm of the main peloton. Up to Petit Ballon, Madouas, Pinot, Ciccone, Pidcock and Barguil got a maximum advantage of 1’30’’ over the yellow jersey group. 5.5km before the summit, Pinot went solo. He crested Petit Ballon alone after being hugely celebrated by his fans for his last mountain stage in the Tour de France. In the yellow jersey group reduced to ten riders, Pogacar attacked for the first time 14km before the end. The trio Pogacar-Vingegaard-Gall passed Pinot, who had been rejoined by Barguil and Pidcock, 3km before the summit of Platzerwasel and went on to contest the stage victory. Simon and Adam Yates caught up with the leading trio with 5km to go. It helped Pogacar win the stage as he received the help of Adam Yates as a lead out man while Simon Yates overtook Rodriguez to reach the fourth place overall.
110. Tour de France Etappe 19 Daten
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 19
MOIRANS-EN-MONTAGNE – POLIGNY
0.004: THE TIGHEST WIN
172.8 kilometres of all-out battle… And a minimal gap on the line captured by Tissot’s photofinish. Only 6 centimetres separated Matej Mohoric from Kasper Asgreen in Poligny. At a speed of 58.6 km/h as they crossed the line, that represents only 0.004 seconds!
3: HAT-TRICK FOR MOHORIC
Third win at the Tour for Matej Mohoric after Le Creusot and Libourne 2021 (both from the break and the latter being stage 19 like today). The Slovenian has won also at the Vuelta (Cuenca 2017) and at the Giro (Gualdo Tadino 2018).
This year Mohoric had won only on his home land so far: the Novo Mesto stage of the Tour of Slovenia.
40: A ROUND NUMBER FOR SLOVENIA
This was the 40th Slovenian stage win in a Grand Tour: 16 at the Tour, 15 at the Vuelta, 9 at the Giro.
The country is independent since 1991, and opened its account in the Grand Tours with Borut Bozic, winning the Xativa stage at the 2009 Vuelta.
2: QUALITY WINNERS
Just like Kasper Asgreen yesterday, whose last two World Tour wins were a Monument and a Tour stage (Ronde Van Vlaanderen 2021, Bourg-en-Bresse at the Tour), the same applies to Matej Mohoric. His last two World Tour wins are the Milano-Sanremo of 2022 and today’s stage.
49.130: 5TH FASTEST STAGE IN HISTORY
The profile of the stage has inspired the attackers, with a great fight for the break, and this resulted in an impressing average speed over the 172.8 kms between Moirans-en-Montagne and Poligny. After two hours of battle, a group of eight had a slight margin despite a 48.1 kph effort. The intensity never dropped and a lead trio raced the last 30 kms in 52.0 kph, while the group took it easier at 41.3 kph. At the finish, the first recorded a speed of 49.130 kph, the 5th fastest stage in history, just behind the 49.376 kph of last year between Binche and Longwy.
16: NOT JUST PHILIPSEN
Despite Jasper Philipsen winning 4 stages this year, we had no less than 16 different stage winners so far, the highest value since 2019.
3: BAHRAIN CAN ONLY GET BETTER
Third win at this Tour for Bahrain Victorious after Pello Bilbao in Issoire and Wout Poels in Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc: they equalled their best edition (2021).
2X3: THAT SENSE OF DEJA-VU
Kasper Asgreen is at his 4th stage podium: his only win came yesterday, the others are all 2nd places (Gap 2019, Saint-Emilion TT 2021, Poligny 2023).
…a similar pattern for Ben O’Connor: winner in Tignes in 2021, and two more podiums, always in third: Issoire and Poligny this year.
25: A VIRTUAL TIE
25th Maillot Jaune for Jonas Vingegaard: he equals “virtually” François Faber, who was leader 25 times from 1909 to 1911, but without the jersey, which was introduced in 1919.
1985: TO PARTY OR NOT TO PARTY?
In recent times, the Belgian National Day doesn’t bring luck to Belgian riders. Their last win on this day came in 1985, Rudy Matthijs in Paris.
Since then, 38 stages have been run on this day, and none of them was won by a Belgian.
Today, the best Belgian at the finish was Jasper Philipsen, 4th.
110. Tour de France Etappe 19
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.
110. Tour de France Etappe 18 Daten
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 18
MOÛTIERS – BOURG-EN-BRESSE
58.3: THE WOLF HOLDS OFF THE PACK
With a gap of 8’’ under the flamme rouge, the early attackers could feel the sprinters breathing down their necks… But Kasper Asgreen still had the ressources to cover the last kilometre at 58.3 km/h to hold off the pack and take victory. According to NTT Data, Jasper Philipsen averaged 65.3 km/h over the same section to dominate the peloton’s sprint and finish with the same time as Asgreen.
1: THE FIRST FOR KASPER
First win at the Tour for Kasper Asgreen after two second places: in Gap in 2019 and in the Saint-Emilion TT in 2021.
It’s the 12th pro win for Asgreen. Excluding the National TT championship of 2021 and this year (22nd of June), he hadn’t won among the pros since the 4th stage of the Volta ao Algarve back in 2021, 2 years 2 months and 12 days ago.
His last win on a road race was the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2021.
255: BOASSON HAGEN’S LANDMARK
Edvald Boasson Hagen today has raced his 255th Tour stage, equalling the record among active riders held by Imanol Erviti.
The road to the top is long for “EBH”, as the absolute record belongs to Joop Zoetemelk, the only one above the 400 mark, standing at 404.
100: NICE COLLECTION, TADEJ
At his 81st stage run at the Tour, Tadej Pogacar counts a leader’s jersey collection far higher than that: today he conquered his 100th leader’s jersey (21 yellow, 7 polka-dot, 71 white, the latter an all-time record).
51: SOUDAL-QUICK STEP STEPS IN
It’s the first win at this Tour for Soudal – Quick Step, and the first since Fabio Jakobsen last year in Nyborg.
It’s the 51st win for the Soudal team since they first won as Domo – Farm Frites in Mont Ventoux 21 years ago (Richard Virenque, 21st of July).
The Belgian team has won stages in 18 of their 22 Tour participations. Only twice did they wait that long to open their tally: in 2006, when Matteo Tosatto won stage 18; and 2008, when Gert Steegmans won the last stage on the Champs-Élysées.
15: TOWARDS THE BIG NAMES
15th green jersey for Jasper Philipsen: he is up at the 34th all-time spot with Joseph Thomin and Marcel Kittel.
16: DENMARK’S HIGH-QUALITY RIDERS
Kasper Asgreen is the 16th Danish winner at the Tour, elevating the total of the country at 28 victories, 10 shy of the 10th all-time place, occupied by Australia.
In this year’s peloton we have almost one third of the Danes who have won a stage in the Tour’s history, 5 out of 16 (Vingegaard, Cort, Kragh Andersen, Pedersen, Asgreen).
1: WAITING FOR THAT ELUSIVE WIN
Both Pascal Eenkhoorn (2nd) and Jonas Abrahamsen (3rd) are at their first Tour podium…and both haven’t won yet this year.
The last win for Eenkhoorn is last year’s Dutch Road Championship, while the last for Abrahamsen dates back 2020, the 2nd stage of the Tour of Malopolska.
110. Tour de France Etappe 18
Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse – 186 Km
Plomi Foto
1 ASGREEN Kasper DEN SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 04:06:48
2 EENKHOORN Pascal NED LOTTO DSTNY 00:00
3 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
4 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:00
5 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 00:00
6 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
7 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
8 TRENTIN Matteo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
9 LAPORTE Christophe FRA JUMBO-VISMA 00:00
10 MOZZATO Luca ITA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
11 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
12 DE BUYST Jasper BEL LOTTO DSTNY 00:00
13 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:00
14 ARANBURU DEBA Alex ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00
15 SAGAN Peter SVK TOTALENERGIES 00:00
16 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL LOTTO DSTNY 00:00
Gesamt:
1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 72:04:39
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 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 46:57
14 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 54:31
15 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 55:15
16 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 57:48
Ausreißer schlagen den Sprintern ein Schnippchen auf der 18. Etappe der Tour de France
Nach den schweren Bergen der letzten Tage kam die Tour heute zurück auf flaches Terrain. Damit war die 18. Etappe auch eine Chance für die Sprinter und das Feld ließ eine frühe Fluchtgruppe von drei Fahrern nie weiter als 1:30 weg. Doch die Spitze war heute besonders entschlossen und als etwa 30 km vor dem Ziel ein Fahrer vom Feld zur Spitze aufschließen konnte, begann ein harter Kampf zwischen der Spitzengruppe und dem Peloton. Auch BORA – hansgrohe beteiligte sich an der Arbeit im Feld, doch am Ende konnte sich die Spitze gerade noch ins Ziel retten und K. Asgreen holte den Etappensieg. Jordi Meeus überquerte die Ziellinie heute auf Rang sieben.
Von der Ziellinie
“Eigentlich sah es nach einem einfachen Tag aus. Die Gruppe war klein und der Abstand immer unter Kontrolle. Aber im hügeligen Teil konnte ein Fahrer nach vorne springen und die Ausreißer haben sich die Kräfte auch gut eingeteilt. Am Ende hatten sie noch etwas im Tank und haben es gerade so geschafft. Unsere Jungs haben mich sehr gut unterstützt und Danny hat mich in guter Position abgeliefert. Aber um ehrlich zu sein, hatte ich heute nicht die Beine. Die Bergetappen waren sehr hart und ich habe da sehr gelitten. Ich habe mich heute einfach nicht frisch genug gefühlt und so war es sicher nicht unser bester Tag.” – Jordi Meeus
Kasper anticipates Jasper
Kasper Asgreen claimed a surprise win at Bourg-en-Bresse, his first at the Tour de France, as he held off the sprinting peloton along with his breakaway companions Pascal Eenkhorn and Jonas Abrahamsen who rounded out the podium of stage 18. Hot favourite Jasper Philipsen had to settle for fourth in the first position of the peloton. Asgreen delivered Soudal-Quick Step’s first stage victory this year and a third for Denmark after Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard. The latter retains the yellow jersey.
ASGREEN, CAMPENAERTS AND ABRAHAMSEN IN THE LEAD
152 riders took the start of stage 18 in Moûtiers at 13.40. Non-starters: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis). Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step) was the first attacker, quickly joined by Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X). They got a maximum advantage of 1’48’’ at km 7. Teams Jayco-AlUla, DSM-Firmenich and Alpecin-Deceuninck paced the pack after that. For half of the race, the gap was stable around one minute. Abrahamsen took the two KOM points up for grabs at Chambéry-le-Haut (km 62) and atop côte de Boissieu (km 105) where attacks finally took place at the head of the peloton, involving Pascal Eenkhorn (Lotto-Dstny), local rider Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic), Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies).
EENKHORN REINFORCES THE LEAD GROUP
Eenkhorn rode away from the pack with 65km remaining. Campenaerts waited for him. The two Lotto-Dstny riders caught up with Asgreen and Abrahamsen to make it a leading quartet 58km before the end. Abrahamsen also won the intermediate against a very motivated Eenkhorn while Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) showed no interest to challenge Philipsen for the green jersey. In the last hour of racing, Bora-Hansgrohe and Lidl-Trek took over from DSM-Firmenich, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Jayco-AlUla at the head of the peloton as the leading quartet was less than one minute up front.
THE PELOTON MISSES OUT ON CATCHING UP
Campenaerts was designated for the combativity award. He kept pulling the leading quartet until the very end, even when the chances to hold off the peloton were very slim with 40’’ lead at the 20-km to go mark, 20’’ with 10km to go and less than 10’’ within the last 3km. Campenaerts gave it all in the final straight with the idea to lead Eenkhorn out but it was Abrahamsen on his wheel and Asgreen who timed the sprint at perfection. The Dane came second in a stage to Gap in 2019 and second again in the St-Emilion ITT in 2021 before he took his maiden win today, keeping the momentum for Danish riders in a Tour dominated by his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard.
110. Tour de France Etappe 17 Daten
TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 17
SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC – COURCHEVEL
1981: ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF HINAULT
An advantage of 7’35” by Maillot Jaune after stage 17 hadn’t been recorded since 1981, when Bernard Hinault led Lucien Van Impe by 9’39” after the Alpe d’Huez stage.
22’03”: VINGEGAARD… AND GALL!
The longest climb of the Tour 2023, Col de la Loze (28.1km at 6%), was decisive in its final sections. With a time of 23’18’’, Tadej Pogacar held the Strava KOM on the last 7km of ascent (average gradient: 9.2%) since he finished 3rd of stage 17 of the Tour 2020… Two riders were faster than him on Wednesday: Jonas Vingegaard, who was the fastest with a time of 22’03’’ over that segment according to NTT Data; and Felix Gall, who did 23’07’’ to power to the stage win. Simon Yates was the 3rd fastest (23’29’’) and Pogacar lost minutes (26’37’’).
1959: THE HIGHEST SUMMIT IS FOR AUSTRIA
Felix Gall is the second Austrian in history who takes the highest peak at the Tour after Adolf Christian in 1959 at Col de l’Iseran (2770 m.). At the time, the Iseran wasn’t the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, attributed to the Galibier (2642 m.), who was won, on the same stage, by Charly Gaul.
Gall too won two KOMs in this Tour, both Hors Catégorie: (Soudet, Loze).
22.1: POGACAR’S EARLY CRASH
Tadej Pogacar’s bid to turn the tables in the mountains started off wrong with an early crash at the bottom of the Col des Saisies. According to NTT Data, the Slovenian was doing 22.1 km/h when he crashed on his left side (the same side he injured in Liège-Bastogne-Liège) and hit the deck at km 15.6. He stopped for only 15’’ and quickly returned to the front positions of the bunch, before he faltered on the ascent of Col de la Loze.
1931: GALL IS THE YOUNGEST
A junior world champion, Felix Gall was yet to take a pro win only a few weeks ago… He’s now a stage winner in the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de France.
At 25 years, 4 months and 22 days, he becomes the youngest Austrian ever to win at the Tour, beating the record of Max Bulla (25 years, 9 months, 5 days in Dinan, 1931).
3+3: TWO CENTURIES COMPARED
6th Austrian stage win at the Tour, the third in this century after Georg Totschnig in Ax-3-Domaines in 2005 and Patrick Konrad in Saint-Gaudens two years ago.
The other three were scored in 1931 by Max Bulla (Dinan, Marseille, Aix-les-Bains).
107.4: MEZGEC CATCHES UP ON THE DOWNHILL
Sprinters are not the fastest up the mountains, but Luka Mezgec showed how much they can make up for it on the downhills, hitting the highest speed recorded by NTT Data on stage 17: 107.4 km/h as he descended from Cormet de Roselend. Anthony Turgis is still the rider who went the fastest during the Tour 2023, with a speed of 107.7km/h on the downhill from Col du Tourmalet (stage 6).
23: MATCHING AN ITALIAN LEGEND
23rd Maillot Jaune for Jonas Vingegaard: he matches Gino Bartali at the 18th all-time spot.
110. Tour de France Etappe 17
Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc – Courchevel – 166 Km
EXPA/ Lukas Huter
1 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 04:49:08
2 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:34
3 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:38
4 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 01:52
5 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 02:09
6 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 02:39
7 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 02:50
8 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:43
9 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:43
10 KELDERMAN Wilco NED JUMBO-VISMA 03:49
11 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 03:55
12 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 04:25
13 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:36
14 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 04:47
15 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 04:54
16 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 05:43
17 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 05:56
18 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL INEOS GRENADIERS 06:54
19 BENOOT Tiesj BEL JUMBO-VISMA 07:17
20 BARGUIL Warren FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 07:33
21 SOLER Marc ESP UAE TEAM EMIRATES 07:37
22 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 07:37
Gesamt:
1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 67:57:51
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 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 46:57
14 HARPER Chris AUS TEAM JAYCO ALULA 54:31
15 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 55:15
16 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 56:39
17 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:03:01
18 KELDERMAN Wilco NED JUMBO-VISMA 01:03:42
19 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 01:04:22
20 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 01:08:54
Tour de France Königsetappe sorgt für Umsturz in der Gesamtwertung
Mit dem Col de la Loze und insgesamt mehr als 5000 hm war die 17. Etappe der Tour de France auch die Königsetappe der diesjährigen Austragung. Das Rennen wurde von Beginn an offensiv gestaltet und nach etwas mehr als einer Rennstunde konnte sich eine etwa 35-Mann-Gruppe absetzen. Da auch einige Fahrer der Top Ten der Gesamtwertung in der Spitzengruppe waren, ließ das Feld die Gruppe nie wirklich weit wegfahren. Auch BORA – hansgrohe versuchte die Position von Jai Hindley zu verteidigen und zeigte sich vor dem Schlussanstieg an der Spitze des Feldes. Zu Beginn des Col de la Loze war der Abstand bei 2:45 und überraschenderweise fiel T. Pogacar schon mehr als 10 km vor dem Gipfel zurück. Jai Hindley kämpfte abermals hart, um den Kontakt zum Gelben Trikot zu halten, doch als J. Vingegaard attackierte, konnte niemand folgen. Jai fuhr nun zusammen mit C. Rodriguez und konnte sich heute besser als auf den letzten Bergetappen halten. Am Ende holte F. Gall den Etappensieg, während S. Yates und P. Bilbao einen Sprung in der Gesamtwertung machen konnten. T. Pocagar verlor mehr als 7 Minuten und Jai Hindley liegt nun auf Rang sieben der Gesamtwertung.
Von der Ziellinie
“Ich habe immer noch Schmerzen und muss wirklich hart kämpfen. Das größte Problem ist, dass ich nicht richtig beschleunigen kann. Es war trotzdem der erste Tag, an dem ich mich etwas besser gefühlt habe. Es ist zwar frustrierend zu wissen, dass ich meine Form nicht zeigen kann, aber ich habe dennoch alles versucht. Ich konnte auch einen ganz guten Rhythmus fahren, als ich abgehängt war. Wir müssen einfach weiter positiv bleiben. Es kommen jetzt zwei Tage, an denen ich mich weiter erholen kann und am Samstag werden wir sehen, was noch möglich ist.” – Jai Hindley
“Wir wollten natürlich mit Jai in der großen Gruppe sein, aber er sagt, er kann einfach keinen Attacken folgen. Im Sattel zu fahren geht schon um einiges besser, aber aus dem Sattel hat er immer noch große Schmerzen und sein Körper blockiert dann. Dennoch ist er heute ein gutes Rennen gefahren und auch Nils und Bob waren heute wieder stark. Für mich war das heute eine Trendwende. Gestern habe ich mir wirklich Sorgen gemacht, heute sah das schon viel besser aus. Wir haben auch heute wieder gesehen, dass jeden Tag alles passieren kann und daher müssen wir auch positiv bleiben und jede Chance ergreifen, die sich noch ergibt.” – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter
Felix Gall, the third winning debutant
After Jai Hindley and Carlos Rodriguez, Felix Gall became the third Tour de France debutant to win a stage – a big mountain stage also – in the 110th edition as the Austrian from AG2R-Citroën soloed up to col de la Loze to win at Courchevel before Simon Yates and Jonas Vingegaard who won another duel with Tadej Pogacar by a huge margin.
CICCONE FIRST AT LES SAISIES
155 riders took the start of stage 17 at 12.34. One non-starter: Alexis Renard (Cofidis). French champion Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) and Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) were first on the attack but it didn’t work out. Tadej Pogacar crashed after 15km of racing. Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Neilson Powless, Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Giulio Ciccone, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën), Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Victor Lafay (Cofidis), Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich), Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech), Simon Yates, Lawson Craddock, Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla), Clément Champoussin (Arkea-Samsic), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) rode away after 20km of racing, which was 8km before the col des Saisies. Despite a regrouping, Ciccone crested col des Saisies (cat. 1, km 28) in first position before his team-mate Skjelmose. The Italian rode away in the downhill along with Alaphilippe and Neilands.
CICCONE FIRST AT CORMET DE ROSELEND AND LONGEFOY
35 riders gathered at the front 13km before the summit of Cormet de Roselend: Tiesj Benoot, Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) Rafal Majka, Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), David Gaudu, Stefan Küng, Valentin Madouas, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Magnus Cort, Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Julian Alaphilippe, Dries Devenyns (Soudal-Quick Step), Pello Bilbao, Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Giulio Ciccone, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Ben O’Connor, Nans Peters, Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citröen), Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar), Matthew Dinham, Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich), Hugo Houle, Nick Schultz, Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), Simon Yates, Lawson Craddock, Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla), Clément Champoussin, Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa-Samsic), Alexey Lutsenko, Gianni Moscon (Astana), Tobias Johannessen, Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X). Ciccone and Skjelmose were again first and second at Cormet de Roselend and côte de Longefoy. In the valley, Küng kept the breakaway alive while Van Aert was pulling the yellow jersey group strongly. The time difference was 3’ with 50km to go.
GALL AND THE AG2R-CITROËN TRADITION IN THE MOUNTAINS
15 riders did most of the ascent to col de la Loze together at the front while the group of the Maillot Jaune was in no hurry to catch them. However, Tadej Pogacar was distanced by Vingegaard and his team-mates 16km before the end. With 13km to go, Gall rode away solo after O’Connor sacrificed his chances for him. The Austrian crested col de la Loze in first position and won the Souvenir Henri-Desgrange 20’’ ahead of Simon Yates. He was on his way to a solo victory to maintain the tradition of AG2R-Citroën: the French team based the Savoy where stage 16 took place won a mountain stage of the Tour de France in 2020 with Nans Peters in the Pyrénées, in 2021 and 2022 with Ben O’Connor and Bob Jungels in the Alps. Vingegaard crossed the line in third position 5’45’’ before Pogacar. The advantage of the Dane over the Slovenian is 7’35’’ with four stages to go.