Schlagwort-Archive: Herbert Moos

European Continental Championships – Road Race Männer und Juniorinnen

Männer Heusden-Zolder – Hasselt (Belgien): 223km

Tim Merlier Heimsieger im Massensprint


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Tim Merlier (Belgien) gewann in seinem Heimatland das EM-Straßenrennen im Sprint eines knapp 50-köpfigen Feldes. Der 31-jährige zog im leicht nach links gekrümmten Zielbogen von Hasselt auf der Außenbahn an allen vorbei. Merlier behauptete sich dabei ein halbes Vorderrad vor Olav Kooij (Niederlande), der mit dem Tigersprung heranschnellte. Eben diesen Tigersprung versäumte Jasper Philipsen (Belgien) und schenkte so den 3. Platz und damit Bronze an Madis Mihkels (Estland) ab.

Das vorwiegend flache Rennen in der belgischen Region Limburg war mit 8 Kopfsteinpflasterpassagen gespickt und enthielt zudem 6 bezeichnete Anstiege, dies alles aber in einem sehr moderaten Schwierigkeitsgrad. So hielten schließlich insbesondere die Italiener für Jonathan Milan am Ende alles zusammen und machten den Ausreißern den Garaus, darunter ein Sextett aus Titelverteidiger Christophe Laporte (Frankreich), Mads Pedersen (Dänemark), Mathieu van der Poel, Danny van Poppel (beide Niederlande), Arthur Kluckers (Luxemburg) und Jonas Rutsch (Deutschland), das 26 Kilometer vorm Ziel Geschichte war, sowie abwechselnde Soloattacken von Søren Kragh Andersen und Kasper Asgreen (beide Dänemark). Milan belegte schließlich der 13. Platz.

Ähnlich wie exakt eine Woche zuvor in Hamburg ließ sich der schnellste Sprinter der Welt auf den letzten 300 Metern einbauen. Milan konnte sich auch anders als damals, als er hinter Kooij noch den 2. Platz belegte, nun bei der EM in Hasselt nicht mehr befreien und konnte so die gute Vorarbeit seiner Teamkollegen nicht vollenden. Enttäuscht war auch Philipsen trotz des Sieges seines Landsmannes. Für Philipsen war der Sprint angefahren worden. Neben ihm eröffnete den Sprint Alexander Kristoff (Norwegen), der letztlich hinter Philipsen auf dem 5. Platz landete – vor dem im Tagesverlauf so aktiven Pedersen. Deutlich spritziger stach Merlier hervor. Kooij erwischte diesen Zug – rechtzeitig für Silber, zu spät für den EM-Titel.

1 MERLIER Tim BEL Belgium 04:37:09
2 KOOIJ Olav NED Netherlands 00:00
3 MIHKELS Madis EST Estonia 00:00
4 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL Belgium 00:00
5 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR Norway 00:00
6 PEDERSEN Mads DEN Denmark 00:00
7 BITTNER Pavel CZE Czech Republic 00:00
8 ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław POL Poland 00:00
9 LAPORTE Christophe FRA France 00:00
10 KIRSCH Alex LUX Luxembourg 00:00
11 DÉMARE Arnaud FRA France 00:00
12 WALSCHEID Max GER Germany 00:00
13 MILAN Jonathan ITA Italy 00:00
14 KUBIŠ Lukáš SVK Slovakia 00:00
15 LIENHARD Fabian SUI Switzerland 00:00
16 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren NOR Norway 00:00
17 BOHLI Tom SUI Switzerland 00:00
18 MIQUEL Pau ESP Spain 00:00
19 TEUNISSEN Mike NED Netherlands 00:00
20 MEEUS Jordi BEL Belgium 00:00


Tim Merlier und Nils Brun nach seiner Flucht am Ende Des Feldes
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Race distance 73 Km Women Junior Road Race


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1 LANGENBARG Puck (NED) Netherlands 01:43:15
2 BRÄUTIGAM Messane (GER) Germany 01:43:15
3 DUBCOVÁ Štpánka (CZE) Czechia
4 GERY Célia (FRA) France
5 HEZINOVÁ Daniela (CZE) Czechia
6 OSTIZ TACO Paula (ESP) Spain
7 DE BUYSSER Auke (BEL) Belgium
8 NOTHUM Gwen (LUX) Luxembourg
9 GJERTSEN Mia (NOR) Norway
10 LALLEMANG Lena (LUX) Luxembourg

GP Cycliste de Montréal – 209 Km


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Pogacar dominant zum Solosieg

Tadej Pogacar (UAE) gewann souverän den GP de Montréal 2024 nach einem hoch überlegenen 23-Kilometer-Solo. Der Slowene trudelte auf der Zielgeraden mit den Zuschauern am Straßenrand abklatschend 24 Sekunden vor Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) aus. Im Sprint der ersten Verfolgergruppe setzte sich für den verbleibenden Podestplatz Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal) knapp vor Maxim van Gils (Lotto) und Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) durch.

Pogacar attackierte auf dem 12,3-Kilometer-Rundkurs zu Beginn der vorletzten Runde im längsten Anstieg. Die Konkurrenz war mit der Attacke des Überfliegers einmal mehr völlig überfordert. Anders als beim GP de Québec 2 Tage zuvor war das Gelände schwierig genug gegen die versammelte Gegnerschaft. Pogacars Team hatte den Tag über die meiste Zeit das Tempo im Hauptfeld bestimmt.

Hinter dem bereits über eine halbe Minute enteilten Pogacar attackierte Alaphilippe in Montréal noch vor dem Glockenzeichen. Ihm schlossen sich Alex Aranburu (Movistar), Bilbao und Bart Lemmen (Visma) an. Während Pogacar im letzten langen Anstieg seinen Vorsprung auf über 50 Sekunden ausbaute, flog dort das Quartett schon wieder auseinander. Oben lag nur noch Bilbao vor einer Verfolgergruppe, die letztlich auf der Zielgeraden Platz 3 hinter Pogacar und Bilbao aussprintete.

1 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE Team Emirates 05:28:15
2 BILBAO Pello ESP Bahrain – Victorious 00:24
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:40
4 VAN GILS Maxim BEL Lotto Dstny 00:40
5 IZAGIRRE Ion ESP Cofidis 00:40
6 SKUJIŅŠ Toms LAT Lidl – Trek 00:40
7 BENOOT Tiesj BEL Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:40
8 WOODS Michael CAN Israel – Premier Tech 00:40
9 ZAMBANINI Edoardo ITA Bahrain – Victorious 00:40
10 HINDLEY Jai AUS Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 00:40
11 BARDET Romain FRA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:40
12 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:40
13 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco AlUla 00:40
14 BAGIOLI Andrea ITA Lidl – Trek 00:40
15 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:40
16 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN Israel – Premier Tech 00:45
17 KELDERMAN Wilco NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:45
18 MOLLEMA Bauke NED Lidl – Trek 00:54
19 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:58
20 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA INEOS Grenadiers 01:00
21 HIGUITA Sergio COL Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 01:00

22 HEALY Ben IRL EF Education – EasyPost 01:05
23 POWLESS Neilson USA EF Education – EasyPost 01:43
24 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 01:43
25 BERCKMOES Jenno BEL Lotto Dstny 02:20

European Continental Championships – Road Race Frauen und Junioren

ELITE Frauen 162km:


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1 WIEBES Lorena NED NETHERLANDS 03:56:34
2 BALSAMO Elisa ITA ITALY 00:00
3 PIKULIKDaria POL POLAND 00:00
4 COPPONI Clara FRA FRANCE 00:00
5 GÅSKJENN Ingvild NOR NORWAY 00:00
6 SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin AUT AUSTRIA 00:00
7 BJERG Emma Cecilie Norsgaard DEN DENMARK 00:00
8 VAS Kata Blanka HUN HUNGARY 00:00
9 LELEIVYTRasa LTU LITHUANIA 00:00
10 MAJERUS Christine LUX LUXEMBOURG 00:00
11 RÜEGG Noemi SUI SWITZERLAND 00:00
12 FAHLIN Emilia SWE SWEDEN 00:00
13 KOCH Franziska GER GERMANY 00:00
14 TRUYEN Marthe BEL BELGIUM 00:00
15 KUMIEGA Karolina POL POLAND 00:00
16 ALONSO DOMINGUEZ Sandra ESP SPAIN 00:00
17 HENTTALALotta FIN FINLAND 00:00
18 ERI Jelena SRB SERBIA 00:00
19 CARBONARI Anastasia LAT LATVIA 00:00
20 BUJAK Eugenia SLO SLOVENIA 00:00

Race distance 129.7 Km Avg 48,433 Km/h
Men Junior Road Race


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1 ØRN-KRISTOFF Felix (NOR) Norway100204870871 02:40:40
2 ALVAREZ MARTINEZ Hector (ESP) Spain -100410011732 02:40:40
3 SEIXAS Paul (FRA) France -100661695423 02:40:40
4 VAN STRIJTHEM Matijs (BEL) Belgium 00:15100651376054 02:40:55
5 VANDEVORST Nio (BEL) Belgium -100926253815 02:40:55
6 LEWANDOWSKI Dawid (POL) Poland -100856170326 02:40:55
7 PETRI Bastian (SLO) Slovenia -101127920857 02:40:55
8 MELLANO Ludovico (ITA) Italy -100309484388 02:40:55
9 SCHAPER Joeri (NED) Netherlands -100232874589 02:40:55
10 MOLENAAR Ko (NED) Netherlands 00:181010100496910 02:40:58

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 8

8. Etappe: Le Grand-Bornand – Alpe d’Huez – 150 Km

1 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 34′ 14“ – B : 10“
2 Pauliena ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 34′ 18“ + 00h 00′ 04“ B : 6“
3 Evita MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 35′ 15“ + 00h 01′ 01“ B : 4“ –
4 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 35′ 15“ + 00h 01′ 01“ – –
5 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 04h 35′ 45“ + 00h 01′ 31“ – –
6 C. KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 37′ 29“ + 00h 03′ 15“ – –
7 V. CAVALLAR ARKEA – B&B HOTELS WOMEN 04h 37′ 48“ + 00h 03′ 34“ – –
8 S. GIGANTE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 04h 39′ 24“ + 00h 05′ 10“ – –
9 N. FISHER-BLACK TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 39′ 28“ + 00h 05′ 14“ – –
10 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 04h 41′ 20“ + 00h 07′ 06“ –

Endstand:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 24h 36′ 07“ – B : 14“ –
2 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 24h 36′ 11“ + 00h 00′ 04“ B : 26“ –
3 Pauliena ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 24h 36′ 17“ + 00h 00′ 10“ B : 6“

4 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 24h 37′ 28“ + 00h 01′ 21“ B : 4“ –
5 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 24h 38′ 26“ + 00h 02′ 19“ – P : 20“
6 C. KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 24h 38′ 58“ + 00h 02′ 51“ B : 10“ –
7 S. GIGANTE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 24h 43′ 16“ + 00h 07′ 09“ – –
8 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 24h 44′ 13“ + 00h 08′ 06“ – –
9 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 24h 44′ 14“ + 00h 08′ 07“ – –
10 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 24h 44′ 19“ + 00h 08′ 12“ – –

Yellow glory for Niewiadoma

The 8th and final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift produced a thrilling finale on Alpe d’Huez with Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) securing the GC win as Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) took the stage victory. Vollering rode incredibly to win the stage, followed across the line by Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) at 4”, with Evita Muzic (FDJ – SUEZ) third at 1’01” and Niewiadoma fourth, also at 1’01”, which was enough to secure the Yellow Jersey and GC glory for Niewiadoma by just 4”. Vollering therefore concluded the race in second place overall, with Rooijakkers completing the podium in third (10”) and Muzic fourth (1’21”).

A final battle commences
Shayla Gutierrez (Movistar), Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health), Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health) and Josie Talbot (Cofidis) did not start the last stage. There were therefore 116 riders on the road as the peloton rolled out of Le Grand-Bornand ready for the 149.9 km challenge on the way to Alpe d’Huez, via Col du Glandon.

A big breakaway group
Ahead of the first categorised climb of the day – Col de Tamie (km 27.2, Cat. 2, 9.5km at 4%) – a strong 22 rider breakaway formed, comprising Mischa Bredewold, Christine Majerus, Blanka Vas, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), Franziska Koch (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), Loes Adegeest (FDJ-Suez), Riejanne Markus, Fem Van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike), Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ceratizit-WNT), Kristen Faulkner, Noemi Ruegg (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Liane Lippert, Olivia Baril (Movistar), Silvia Persico, Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ), Katrine Aalerud, Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Uno-X Mobilty), Camille Fahy and Celia Le Mouel (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber93).

Ghekiere presses on
At the top of the Tamie climb Ghekiere strengthened her position in the Mountain classification reaching the summit first, followed by Bredewold, Majerus and Adegeest. By the time the breakaway riders reached the intermediate sprint at km 53.4 at Aiguebelle (Val D’arc) they had a 2’50” gap over the bunch. Wiebes won the sprint, ahead of Majerus and Barrel. Approaching the Col du Glandon (km 98.5, HC,19.7km at 7.2%) the peloton accelerated and the gap to the break was quickly reduced to 1’30” as the climb started.

Moves on the Glandon
The likes of Faulkner, Fahy, Wiebes and Persico were dropped by the breakaway early on the Col du Glandon climb. 1’00” was the gap from the peloton to the front of the race 15.5 km from the summit of the Glandon, with Lippert, Brand, Magnaldi, Aalerud, Smulders, Arzuffi and Adegeest riding clear of the remainder of the breakaway, their former companions in the lead group dropping back into the bunch on the climb. Ghekiere was one of those who fell backwards on the ascent, then also dropping behind the peloton having expended so much energy in her epic win yesterday.

Vollering sets the race alight
Valentina Cavallar (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women) attacked from the main group and went solo at the front, overtaking what remained of the breakaway 5km from the summit of the Glandon. The race then exploded as Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) distanced the wearer of the Yellow Jersey Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) with her first attack, 2.5 kilometers from the top of the Col du Glandon, with only Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) managing to follow the 2023 Tour winner, as they joined Cavallar at the front. Those three went over the summit 57” ahead of Niewiadoma, who was in a group with Gigante, Realini, Muzic, Brand and Kerbaol. As Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was not one of the point-scoring first 8 riders over Glandon summit it confirmed the polka dot jersey for Ghekiere.

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 7

1 Justine GHEKIERE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 04h 26′ 58“ – B : 10“
2 Maeva SQUIBAN ARKEA – B&B HOTELS WOMEN 04h 28′ 13“ + 00h 01′ 15“ B : 6“ –
3 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 28′ 21“ + 00h 01′ 23“ B : 4“
4 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 28′ 21“ + 00h 01′ 23“ – –
5 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 28′ 25“ + 00h 01′ 27“ – –
6 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
7 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
8 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
9 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
10 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –

Gesamt:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 20h 00′ 52“ – B : 14“ –
2 Puck PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 20h 01′ 19“ + 00h 00′ 27“ B : 12“ –
3 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 20h 01′ 29“ + 00h 00′ 37“ B : 10“
4 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 20h 01′ 53“ + 00h 01′ 01“
5 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 20h 02′ 01“ + 00h 01′ 09“
6 S. VAN ANROOIJ LIDL – TREK 20h 02′ 04“ + 00h 01′ 12“ –
7 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 20h 02′ 05“ + 00h 01′ 13“
8 D. VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 20h 02′ 07“ + 00h 01′ 15“ B : 16“
9 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 20h 02′ 17“ + 00h 01′ 25“
10 J. GHEKIERE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 20h 02′ 19“ + 00h 01′ 27“ B : 14“

Glorious Ghekiere conquers Grand-Bornand

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) triumphed on Stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, riding strongly to the finish at Le Grand-Bornand to cross the line 1’15” ahead of second-placed Maeva Squiban (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women). Ghekiere performed brilliantly in the polka dot jersey in the breakaway to strengthen her position in the Mountain classification and win the stage, with Squiban attacking from the main GC group behind her on the final climb but ultimately unable to reach her. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) concluded the stage third, though she was closely followed over the line by Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) in the Yellow Jersey, both riders finishing 1’23” behind the stage winner. Ahead of Sunday’s final stage from Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d’Huez, via Col du Glandon, Niewiadoma still controls the Yellow Jersey, with a 27” advantage over Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) at the head of the GC, whilst Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling) sits in third place at 37”. 2023 Tour winner Vollering goes into the last stage in 8th position overall, 1’15” behind the GC leader Niewiadoma.

Starting in Champagnole
There were 128 riders at the start of the stage, with Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ), Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Fauve Bastiaenssen (Lotto Dstny Ladies) withdrawn beforehand. This was the longest stage of the race and proved to be a fearsome test for the riders over the mountainous 166.4 km route from Champagnole to the spectacular finish at Le Grand-Bornand. Before the race reached Col de la Croix de la Serra (Km 57.8, Cat. 1, 12km at 5.1%) there were several unsuccessful attacks and the bunch stayed together. Then came the news that Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) – who had worn the Yellow and green jerseys earlier in the Tour – had abandoned the race. At the top of the Croix de la Serra climb Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) led the way, ahead of Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team), but Pieterse did not join her polka dot rival Ghekiere in the breakaway which would soon form.

The breakaway goes
After the Croix de la Serra descent Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Ghekiere pulled away with four other riders: Ghekiere’s teammate Julie Van de Velde, as well as Sara Martin (Movistar Team), Sarah Roy (Cofidis Women Team) and Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health). Having taken the lead at the top of the second climb of the day – the Côte de Bois d’Arlod (Km 88, Cat. 4, 2.4km at 4.6%) – Ghekiere gained a 3-point provisional lead in the mountain classification over Pieterse. Descending after that climb, the breakaway pulled 2’15” clear of the peloton as the race headed to the intermediate sprint at Frangy (km 100.6).

Vos and Ghekiere power on
Vos was first at the intermediate sprint ahead of Van de Velde and Ghekiere, to provisionally secure the green jersey at this year’s Tour, repeating her success in the competition in 2022. Shortly after the sprint, on the Côte de Cercier climb (Km 111, Cat. 3, 4km at 4.9%) Ghekiere led the way again, in front of Van de Velde and Edwards, with the peloton reaching the summit 5’22” adrift. On the way to the Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt (Km 156, Cat. 2, 5.4km at 5.1%) time trial world champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM Racing) reduced the gap to the race leaders at the head of the peloton, with the breakaway’s lead coming down to 4’25“ at 25 km from the finish.

Final two climbs
Early on the penultimate climb of the stage – Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt – the bunch had closed to within 3’00” of the escapees, as the GC favourites and their teams chased Vos and her companions down. The breakaway group fell apart on that climb with Ghekiere pulling away to secure five more QOM points, whilst Vos and Martin would reach the top just over a minute later and the bunch arrived at 2’22”. Meanwhile Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) was distanced from the peloton on the same climb. So it was on towards the Montée du Chinaillon (Km 166.4, Cat. 2, 7km at 5.1%) for an exciting finale as the fans awaited at the finish at Le Grand-Bornand. Ghekiere pressed on alone on the final climb with several attacks and attempted attacks from the GC group behind her, though ultimately no-one could stop the flying 28 year-old Belgian from taking a well deserved victory.

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 6

6. Etappe: Remiremont – Morteau – 159 Km

1 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 04′ 41“
– B : 10“ –
2 Marianne VOS TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ B : 6“ –
3 Liane LIPPERT MOVISTAR TEAM 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ B : 4“ –
4 K. SWINKELS UAE TEAM ADQ 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
5 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
6 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
7 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
8 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
9 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
10 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“

Gesamt:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 15h 32′ 31“ – B : 14“
2 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 15h 32′ 47“ + 00h 00′ 16“ B : 10“ –
3 Kristen FAULKNER EF – OATLY – CANNONDALE 15h 32′ 50“ + 00h 00′ 19“ – –
4 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 15h 32′ 53“ + 00h 00′ 22“ B : 12“ –
5 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 15h 33′ 27“ + 00h 00′ 56“ – –
6 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 15h 33′ 35“ + 00h 01′ 04“ – –
7 S. VAN ANROOIJ LIDL – TREK 15h 33′ 38“ + 00h 01′ 07“ – –
8 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 15h 33′ 39“ + 00h 01′ 08“ – –
9 L. LIPPERT MOVISTAR TEAM 15h 33′ 47“ + 00h 01′ 16“ B : 8“ –
10 D. VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 15h 33′ 50“ + 00h 01′ 19“ B : 12“

Stunning finish gives Kerbaol Morteau win

It was an astonishing performance from 23 year-old French rider Cedrine Kerbaol of the CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team to win Stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Morteau. Kerbaol attacked from the bunch at the top of Côte des Fins with 14.5km to go, descending brilliantly from there to finally make it to the finish line 21” ahead of her closest challenger Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who concludes the day in the green jersey, with Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) just behind Vos in third. The results of the stage mean that Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) remains in yellow, 16” ahead of Kerbaol and 19” in front of Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale).

Early movers
133 riders started in Remiremont with Marta Lach (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team) unable to commence the stage due to illness. The day started well for Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) as the Belgian led the bunch at the top of the first climb of the day on Col du Mont de Fourche (Km 11.7, Cat. 3, 3.2km at 5.9%). Shortly after that, by km 38, French time trial champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health) had established a 20″ lead alongside Iurani Blanco (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi), the pair riding clear at the front.

A big breakaway group
The breakaway first increased to 14 riders with the likes of Ghekiere, Fem van Empel (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Franziska Koch (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Christine Majerus (Team SD Worx – Protime) making it into the lead group. Then Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Niam Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime), Soraya Paladin (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) all boosted the ranks of the breakaway. The escapees had a lead of 2’35“ at km 79, meaning that Ghekiere, the best placed rider overall among the 18 leading women (15th at 1’56”), ‘virtually’ led the GC over Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing). Though of course there was plenty of racing on the stage still to come…

Col de Ferriere climb
At Km 90 the Col de Ferriere (Cat. 4, 2.6km at 4.7%) climb began with the breakaway 2’10“ in front of the bunch. Ghekiere took the lead on the Ferriere summit to score two more points in the mountain classification ahead of Vos (1 pt), though soon after reaching the top those two sat up and let the rest of the break catch them again. Vos was then first over the intermediate sprint line located in Sancey, scoring 25 points in the sprinters‘ competition and provisionally going joint top of the ranking with the wearer of the green jersey Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL). Ghekiere was relentless and also took the maximum 3 points on the Côte de Laviron climb (Km 106, Cat. 3, 5.7km at 4.1%) virtually moving to the top of the climbers’ classification at that point.

Onto La Roche du Prêtre
Fisher-Black upped the pace on the penultimate climb of the day, La Roche-du-Prêtre (Km 133.1, Cat. 2, 5.5km at 5.6%), with Brown, Ghekiere, Paladin and Gutierrez the only riders initially able to hang on as the breakaway fell apart. Fisher-Black led at summit, ahead of Ghekiere and Brown, with the peloton by this stage trailing by 1’10” and with Ghekiere assured of wearing the polka dot jersey at the stage finale. On the final climb of the day – the Côte des Fins (Km 144.3, Cat. 3, 1.8km at 6.9%) – the last survivors in the breakaway were caught 16km from the finish.

Kerbaol goes clear
The wearer of the polka dot jersey Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) scored three points at the Côte des Fins summit, with Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) following her in 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Just after that, 14.5km from the finish Kerbaol attacked from the top of the Côte des Fins, distancing the only rider to stick her with initially Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) on the descent – going solo for the win. Kerbaol would not look back from there, flying over the final kilometres to the finish line, delighting the fans in Morteau to notch a first French win at the Tour since Jeannie Longo, who took her 24th and final stage success in Aix-les-Bains in 1989.

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 5

1 VAS Blanka HUN Team SD Worx – Protime 03:46:51
2 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:00
3 LIPPERT Liane GER Movistar Team 00:00
4 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:00
5 NORSGAARD Emma DEN Movistar Team 00:08
6 BRAND Lucinda NED Lidl – Trek 00:11
7 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 00:11
8 WIEBES Lorena NED Team SD Worx – Protime 00:28
9 VOS Marianne NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:28
10 MUZIC Évita FRA FDJ – SUEZ 00:28

Gesamt:

1 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 11:27:29
2 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:19
3 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 00:22
4 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 00:47
5 LABOUS Juliette FRA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:56
6 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 01:04
7 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 01:07
8 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED Fenix-Deceuninck 01:08
9 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 01:19

It’s Vas in Amneville

It was a bittersweet victory for Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx – Protime) on Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Amneville, as the Hungarian outsprinted Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) to the line, with Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) close by in fourth. A crash involving Vas’ teammate Demi Vollering and several other riders decimated the peloton with 6 km to go, with Vollering remounting but losing crucial time and control of the Yellow Jersey. Niewiadoma now leads the GC by 19” from Faulkner, with QOM leader Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) third at 22”. Vollering is now 9th overall, 1’19” off Niewiadoma, having lost 1’47″ after her crash.

Starting from Bastogne
The cycling hotspot of Bastogne was the setting for the start of Stage 5 as 137 riders commenced the day’s action, which would see the peloton cover 152.5km, taking on five categorised climbs on the route to Amneville. Elena Pirrone (Roland) first and then counter-attacker Michaela Drummond (Arkea-B&B Hotels) were the early movers, arriving together at the summit of the first categorised climb of the day (Côte de Hotte – Km 14.1, Cat. 3, 1.2km at 7.9%) approximately 20” ahead of the bunch, which was led over the top by Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ). Pirrone and Drummond were caught by the peloton shortly after they descended the Côte de Hotte.

Attacks before the Côte de Saint-Pancré
There were several short-lived breakaway attempts as the riders made their way to the second categorised climb of the day, but the peloton tightly controlled the potential escapees. That was the case until the Finn Wilma Aintila (Lotto Dstny Ladies) attacked after an hour of racing and she was soon joined by Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) at the front. After her earlier assault Pirrone went on the move again and joined Aintila and Fouquenet to form an attacking trio in the breakaway, creating a 35″ gap by km 65. Just after the race entered France (km 64.5) a group of 15 counter attackers tried to reach the front three, with the peloton responding. As the riders got to the start of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (Km 69.6, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) the three breakaway riders were caught.

Pieterse shines
Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) reinforced her position in the QOM ranking in her polka dot jersey by taking the lead at the top of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (Km 69.6, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) for two more points, just ahead of Justine Ghekiere (1 point). FDJ-Suez then stepped up the attacks and ended up finding an opening with Loes Adegeest, 3rd in the Rotterdam time trial. She was 15″ ahead of the bunch at the top of the Côte de Fermont (Km 79, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 4.6%), with the main group led by Persico at the summit. A second group in which Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was riding reached the Fermont summit just over a minute behind the GC leaders. Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) and double cyclo-cross World Champion Fem van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike) joined forces with Adegeest 67.5 km from the finish and soon built up a lead of over a minute, whilst Kool and her group re-joined the peloton.

Intermediate sprint
Before the intermediate sprint at Mercy-Le-Haut (km 105.8), though, Kool was in trouble again, dropping to more than two minutes behind the bunch. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won the bunch sprint for 13 important points, crossing the intermediate line in fifth place, behind the breakaway three and counter-attacker Maëva Squiban (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women), with Squiban soon caught again by the GC group. It had been Van de Velde who won the intermediate sprint, ahead of Adegeest and Van Empel and with 30km to go a 2’17” advantage gave the three riders at the front the hope that they could make it to the finish to contest the victory between them.

Montois-la-Montagne climb
However, by the time Van de Velde, Van Empel and Adegeest approached the Montois-la-Montagne climb (Cat. 4, 1.7km at 6%) their lead over the peloton was down to just 48″, with Movistar Team increasing the pace of the peloton. That gap was just 24” at the summit, which Van Empel reached first. The big accident involving Vollering with 6 km to go shook up the GC, whilst Adegeest was the last of the breakaway riders to be caught – as 9 riders who had moved ahead of the split peloton after the crash reached her with 2.3km to go. On the final straight Vas was too strong for Niewiadoma, Lippert and Faulkner to take the win on a difficult day for her team.

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 4

4. Etappe: Valkenburg – Liège – 123 Km

1 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 03:12:28
2 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 00:00
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:00
4 PIENAAR Kimberley MRI AG Insurance – Soudal Team 00:29
5 RÜEGG Noemi SUI EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:29
6 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 00:29
7 MUZIC Évita FRA FDJ – SUEZ 00:29
8 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 00:29
9 FISHER-BLACK Niamh NZL Team SD Worx – Protime 00:29
10 MEIJERING Mareille NED Movistar Team 00:29

Gesamt:

1 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 07:40:10
2 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 00:22
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:34
4 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:47
5 LABOUS Juliette FRA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:56
6 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED Fenix-Deceuninck 01:03
7 PIENAAR Kimberley MRI AG Insurance – Soudal Team 01:03
8 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 01:04
9 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 01:04
10 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 01:07

Liege glory for Pieterse

Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was won by Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) who produced a powerful performance over the hilly 122.7 km route from Valkenberg to the Quai des Ardennes in Liege. In an exciting finale Pieterse took a brilliant first win, just beating Yellow Jersey Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) to the line in a photo finish, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram Racing) crossing the line in third place. In wet conditions in Belgium it was the final Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons climb which proved decisive and the result leaves Vollering top of the GC by 22” from Pieterse, with Niewiadoma third overall at 34”.

Amstel Gold Race climbs
There were 144 starters for Stage 4, with Elise Chabbey (Canyon//SRAM Racing), Clara Emond (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck) not taking the start. Over the first four categorised climbs of the day which are firm fixtures in the Amstel Gold Race route – Bemelerberg (km 6.6, Cat. 4, 1.3km at 4.9%), Cauberg (km 12.8, Cat. 3, 0.7km at 8%), Geulhemmerberg (km 17.8, Cat. 4, 1.1km at 5.1%) & Bemelerberg (km 23.4, Cat. 4, 1.3km at 4.9%) – it was Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) who dominated the proceedings, topping each summit in first place, to move into the virtual lead of the Mountain classification.

Martin goes solo
After that hilly start Sara Martin (Movistar) went solo at the front and soon built up a 1’15“ lead over the peloton at km 41. Upon reaching Aubel, at km 43.3, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift left the Netherlands to enter Belgium and the climbs so familiar from Liege-Bastogne-Liege awaited. Laura Tomasi (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Euskadi) briefly went on the counter-attack, chasing Martin, but she was soon reeled back in. After solo attacker Martin was first through the intermediate sprint at Pepinster (km 67.5), Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was the first of the bunch in the sprint in her green jersey, ahead of Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).

Martin caught on Mont-Theux
The race was briefly stopped at a level crossing before the Mont-Theux climb (Km 74.8, Cat. 3, 2.8km at 5.6%) with the commissaires neutralising the bunch to fairly maintain Martin’s lead. But once onto that climb Martin would not last much longer in the lead and she was caught by the main group 500m from the top. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) went over the top of the Mont-Theux climb first, followed by Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance – Soudal Team). Behind the climbers and GC favourites the peloton was split into several groups with Wiebes in one group, polka dot jersey wearer Cristina Tonetti (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Euskadi) in a third group and Kool in a fourth.

Onto ‘la Redoute’
At the top of the Côte de la Redoute (km 88.8, Cat. 2, 1.6km at 9.4%) Pieterse from the Fenix-Deceuninck team led a peloton reduced to around 15 riders, with Niewiadoma, Vollering and Kimberley Le Court (AG Insurance – Soudal Team), 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively on that climb. Belgian rider Ghekiere from AG Insurance-Soudal took the lead ahead of Kastelijn and Gigante at the top of the Côte des Forges (Km 99.6, Cat. 3, 1.3km at 7.8%) pressing on hard on the descent and soon moving 20” ahead of the bunch.

Final Roche-aux-Faucons climb
Indeed 20” was Ghekiere’s lead starting the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons climb (km 109.4, Cat. 2, 1.3km at 11%) but she was caught by a severely reduced main group 330m from the summit, with Vollering herself setting a fearsome pace in yellow on the ascent. Pieterse took the lead at the summit of Roche-aux-Faucons ahead of Niewiadoma, Vollering and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) and they soon forced a 10″ gap over the rest of the diminished main group. With less than 10km to go it was just Pieterse, Niewiadoma and Vollering at the front, 30″ ahead. In the end it was Pieterse who had the power to get to the finish line first and she also ended the day top of the mountain classification.

Czech Tour – Alle Etappen

1. Etappe: Prostějov – Ostrava – 151 Km


Plomi Foto

1 LAMPERTI Luke USA Soudal Quick-Step 03:30:25
2 BITTNER Pavel CZE Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
3 EINHORN Itamar ISR Israel Premier Tech Academy 00:00
4 ZIJLAARD Maikel NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 MOLANO Sebastian COL UAE Team Emirates 00:00
6 LIEPINS Emils LAT Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
7 BLOEM Joren NED TdT-Unibet 00:00
8 SWIFT Ben GBR INEOS Grenadiers 00:00
9 BRUTTOMESSO Alberto ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:00
10 KUBIS Lukas SVK Elkov-Kasper 00:00

2. Etappe: Zlín – Pustevny – 172 Km


HERBERT MOOS Foto

1 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE Team Emirates 04:17:42
2 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:11
3 HIGUITA Sergio COL Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:14
4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:17
5 FABBRO Matteo ITA Team Polti Kometa 00:17
6 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:17
7 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:17
8 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:17
9 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:17
10 STORER Michael AUS Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:17
11 HAJEK Alexander AUT Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:29
12 DINA Marton HUN ATT Investments 00:29
13 AUGUST AJ USA INEOS Grenadiers 00:33
14 TAARAMÄE Rein EST Intermarché-Wanty 00:33
15 CRAPS Lars BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:36

3. Etappe: Moravská Třebová – Dlouhé stráně – 134 Km

1 GLOAG Thomas GBR Team Visma | Lease a Bike 03:23:59
2 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:08
3 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:13
4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:13
5 HIGUITA Sergio COL Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 00:13
6 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:13

7 AUGUST Andrew USA INEOS Grenadiers 00:17
8 DINA Márton HUN ATT Investments 00:19
9 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:19
10 STORER Michael AUS Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:25

4. Etappe: Šumperk – Šternberk – 132 Km

1 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 03:01:30
2 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:00
3 HIGUITA Sergio COL Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 00:00
4 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
6 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:00
7 AUGUST Andrew USA INEOS Grenadiers 00:00
8 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders – Baloise 00:00
9 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
10 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:00
11 HAJEK Alexander AUT Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 00:00

Endstand:

1 HIRSCHI Marc SUI UAE Team Emirates 14:06:40
2 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:28
3 HIGUITA Sergio COL Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 00:33

4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:44
5 BRENNER Marco GER Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:44
6 STORER Michael AUS Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:56
7 AUGUST Andrew USA INEOS Grenadiers 01:00
8 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 01:01
9 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders – Baloise 01:01
10 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR Uno-X Mobility 01:18
11 CRAPS Lars BEL Team Flanders – Baloise 02:20
12 DINA Márton HUN ATT Investments 02:39
13 GLOAG Thomas GBR Team Visma | Lease a Bike 03:02
14 DOUBLE Paul GBR Team Polti Kometa 03:40
15 TAARAMÄE Rein EST Intermarché – Wanty 03:41

111. Tour de France – 21. Etappe

21. Etappe: Monaco-Nice-ITT – 33,7 Km


Alle Fotos: HERBERT MOOS

1 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:45:24
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 01:03
3 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 01:14
4 JORGENSON Matteo USA TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 02:08
5 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 02:18
6 GEE Derek CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 02:31
7 LANDA Mikel ESP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 02:41
8 TEJADA Harold COL ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 02:50
9 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 02:53
10 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 02:56
11 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA GROUPAMA-FDJ 03:00
12 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 03:10
13 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL LOTTO DSTNY 03:14
14 PACHER Quentin FRA GROUPAMA-FDJ 03:34
15 GREGOIRE Romain FRA GROUPAMA-FDJ 03:34
16 POWLESS Neilson USA EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 03:45
17 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 03:52
18 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 03:54
19 SOBRERO Matteo ITA RED BULL – BORA – HANSGROHE 03:55
20 VAUQUELIN Kévin FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 03:58

Endstand:

1 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 83:38:56
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 06:17
3 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 09:18
4 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 19:03
5 LANDA Mikel ESP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 20:06
6 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 24:07
7 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 25:04
8 JORGENSON Matteo USA TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 26:34
9 GEE Derek CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 27:21
10 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 29:03
11 CICCONE Giulio ITA LIDL-TREK 30:42
12 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 39:04
13 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 43:49
14 GALL Felix AUT DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 46:12
15 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS GRENADIERS 46:24
16 CRAS Steff BEL TOTALENERGIES 49:18
17 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 49:24
18 HINDLEY Jai AUS RED BULL – BORA – HANSGROHE 57:04
19 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 01:11:05
20 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY 01:11:50

Pogacar rast zum 3. Toursieg

Die letzte Etappe 2024 krönte die unglaubliche Leistung des jetzt dreifachen Tour de France-Gewinners Tadej Pogacar. Beim abschließenden Zeitfahren zwischen Monaco und Nizza raste er zum 6. Mal auf Platz 1 – zusammen mit den 6 Erfolgen beim Giro auch das ein Jahresrekord für die Ewigkeit. Er ließ damit erneut Jonas Vingegaard, dem für sein starkes Comeback nach dem schlimmen Sturz im Frühjahr alle Anerkennung gebührt, und Remco Evenepoel, dem ein tolles Tour-Debüt mit Platz 3 hinter den Siegern der letzten Jahre gelang, hinter sich.

Einer der ersten Starter war Mark Cavendish, dem das Kunststück gelungen war, mit seinem 35. Etappensieg Eddy Merckx den Rekord abzujagen. Er verabschiedete sich mit dieser Etappe ebenso von der Tour de France wie Simon Geschke (Etappensieger 2015 in Pra Loup) und Romain Bardet, zuletzt Sieger der ersten Etappe. Bevor es losging stand mit Richard Carapaz bereits der kämpferischste Fahrer der gesamten Tour fest.

Politt und Zimmermann dürfen jubeln

Mit dem Ausgang des Zeitfahrens hatten die verbliebenen 7 deutschen Fahrer nichts zu tun; ein Etappensieg war trotz aller Bemühungen nicht gelungen. Ihre Tour-Bilanz fiel dennoch positiv aus. Was besonders für Nils Politt und Georg Zimmermann als Teil von Siegermannschaften für das Gelbe bzw. Grüne Trikot galt. Besonderen Applaus erhilt Simon Geschke bei der letzten Tour-Etappe seiner Karrierre.

Martinez und Tejada stark

Die erste Referenzzeit hatte die große französische Radsporthoffnung, der 21jährige Lenny Martinez (GFC), mit 48’24’’ vorgelegt. Der höher eingeschätzte zweifache Europameister im Zeitfahren Victor Campenaerts verpasste um 14’’. Cavendishs Mannschaftskollege Harold Tejada hatte sich die Strecke besser eingeteilt und unterbot die Zeit von Martinez mit einem starken Finish um 10’’. Nach 120 Fahrern im Ziel saß der Kolumbianer mit Bestzeit auf dem heißen Stuhl. Weiter vor Martinez und Campenaerts auf den Plätzen 2 und 3.

Pogacar fährt allen davon

Derek Gee war bei der ersten Zeitnahme 8’’ schneller als Martinez, bei der zweiten 6’’. Im Kampf um Platz 8 in der Gesamtwertung lag Jorgenson nach einem Sturz 14’’ hinter Gee. Adam Yates verteidigte gegenüber Rodriguez seinen 6. Platz. Neue Bestzeit in La Turbie durch Evenepoel – 36’’ vor Gee. Um 19’’ schneller Vingegaard. Doch Pogacar war hier bereits um 7’’ der Stärkste. Bei der 2. Zwischenzeit auf dem Col d’Èze Evenepoel trotz der Steigung mit bis zu 12 % um 47’’ schneller als der bisher führende. Dann kam Vingegaard und lag 27’’ vor dem Weltmeister. Aber Pogacar erneut vorne: 24’’ vor dem Tour-Titelträger. Bei der 3. Zwischenzeit, der Place Ile de Beauté, zunächst Jorgenson 22’’ vor Gee. Der wiederum 19’’ besser als Tejada. Nicht lange. Doch auch Jorgenson konnte die Führung vor den großen Drei nicht behaupten. Evenepoel mit zwischenzeitlich 87 Sachen in der Abfahrt verdrängte Jorgenson um 40’’ aus der Führung. Vingegaard sogar mit 89 km/h in der Spitze, verlor aber 2’’ gegen Evenepoel. Und Pogacar war bei der 3. Zeitnahem 1’ vor Vingegaard. Als Evenepoel ins Ziel kam, hatte er Jorgenson um 54’’ besiegt. Und Vingegaard war weitere 11’’ schneller. Aber der Meister aller Klassen war erneut Pogacar, der mit 1’03 eine neue Bestzeit und seinen 6. Sieg herausfuhr. Mit unerwarteter Überlegenheit und spielerischer Leichtigkeit hatte er die Konkurrenz in allen Belangen bezwungen.

Glückwunsch an die Gewinner Pogacar (Gesamtsieg), Girmay (Grünes Trikot), Carapaz (Bergtrikot), Evenepoel (Weißes Trikot als bester Jungprofi).

111. Tour de France – 19. Etappe

19. Etappe: Embrun-Isola2000 – 145 Km

1 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 04:04:03
2 JORGENSON Matteo USA TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 00:21
3 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:40
4 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 01:11
5 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 01:42
6 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 01:42
7 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 02:00
8 LANDA Mikel ESP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 02:00
9 KELDERMAN Wilco NED TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 02:52
10 GEE Derek CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 03:27
11 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:27
12 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 03:56
13 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 03:56
14 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 04:11
15 HINDLEY Jai AUS RED BULL – BORA – HANSGROHE 04:17
16 RODRIGUEZ Cristian ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 04:25
17 CICCONE Giulio ITA LIDL-TREK 04:45
18 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS GRENADIERS 04:45
19 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 09:38
20 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 09:38
21 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY 12:06
22 GALL Felix AUT DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 12:06

Gesamt:

1 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 78:49:20
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 05:03
3 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 07:01
4 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 15:07
5 LANDA Mikel ESP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 15:34
6 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 17:36
7 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 19:18
8 GEE Derek CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 21:52
9 JORGENSON Matteo USA TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 22:43
10 CICCONE Giulio ITA LIDL-TREK 22:46
11 BUITRAGO Santiago COL BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 22:56
12 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 28:58
13 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 30:26
14 GALL Felix AUT DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 31:20
15 CRAS Steff BEL TOTALENERGIES 37:22
16 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS GRENADIERS 38:12

17 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 40:31
18 HINDLEY Jai AUS RED BULL – BORA – HANSGROHE 45:18
19 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY 59:26
20 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 01:05:32

Pogacar dominiert auch in den Alpen

Um überhaupt noch Chancen auf den Gesamtsieg zu haben, mussten Vorjahrssieger Jonas Vingegaard und sein Team heute offensiv fahren. Das taten sie auch. Doch der von vielen Experten erwartete Angriff des Dänen hinauf zum Dach der Tour blieb aus. Und so kam es wie immer bei dieser Tour: Pogacar attackierte auf den letzten Kilometern und schnappte sich den Etappensieg in Isola 2000, den 4. in 2024. Vingegaard sicherte sich am Hinterrad von Evenepoel seinen 2. Platz.

Nach der Aufgabe von Küng (GFC) und Stewart (IPT) 144 Fahrer am Start in Embrun. Erste Attacken kaum war der Kurs freigegeben. Relativ früh ging eine 22 Mann starke Gruppe mit Jorgensen, Laporte, Keldermann dreimal Visma sowie einem offensichtlich gut erholten Hindley. Die Sprintwertung gewann Coquard, derzeit an dritter Stelle beim Grünen Trikot vor Turgis, Platz 4. Das Feld kam näher. Starke Verfolger konnten aufschließen, andere mussten abreißen lassen. Beim Aufstieg zum Col de Vars neue Situation: 9 Fahrer vorne: Jorgensen und Keldermann (TVL), Hindley (RBH), Van Wilder (SOQ), Onley (DFP), Rodriguez (IGD), Prodhomme (DAT), Carapaz (EFE) und S. Yates (JAY). Ihr Vorsprung wuchs je höher es ging. Bergwertung und 20 Punkte für Carapaz. Jetzt Dritter im Kampf um das Trikot mit den roten Punkten. Das Feld mit 40 Mann überquerte diesen Zweitausender nach 3’30’’. Zuvor eine weitere Aufgabe: Eekoff (DFP). Nach einer längeren Abfahrt führte der Weg hinauf zum Dach der Tour.

Carapaz auf dem Weg zum Kletterkönig

Rund 23 km bergauf. Erste Verluste in der Spitzengruppe Onley, Van Wilder und Prodhomme. Gleiches Bild im Hauptfeld: Gall, Meintjes, Cras sowie Vingegaards Helfer Tratnik, Van Aert und Benoot mussten abreißen lassen. Während Pogacar noch 5 Mann an seiner Seite hatte, war der Däne alleine. Das Sextett an der Spitze inzwischen über 2.000 m weiter 4’ vorne. Kurz darauf ging Tempobolzer Politt raus, Sivakov übernahm. Der Vorsprung der Spitze sank auf 3’45’’. Keine Änderungen auf den letzten steilen Kilometern. Auf fast 3.000 m Höhe (!) angekommen übernahm Carapaz die Führung und virtuell das Bergtrikot. Die Gruppe der Favoriten folgte 3’40’’ später. Bisher keine Attacke von Vingegaard. Stattdessen hatte Pogacar alles unter Kontrolle.

Keine Belohnung für die Ausreißer

Von nun an ging’s bergab – 40 km bis nach Isola. Die Spitzengruppe vergrößerte den Vorsprung auf 4’20’’ und büßte wieder 25’’ ein, als die Führenden in die letzte Kletterei starteten. Kaum begonnen musste Rodriguez passen. Hindley ebenfalls. Zumal Jorgenson erneut beschleunigte und somit die übrigen Ausreißer distanzierte. Adam Yates verkürzte an der Spitze des Hauptfeldes den Abstand Sekunde um Sekunde. Sein Tempo war auch zuviel für Ciccone, Rodriguez, Buitrago, Mas und Gee. Carapaz und Yates in der Verfolgung von Jorgenson. Attacke Pogacar, null Reaktion Vingegaard, der sich nur ans Hinterrad von Evenepoel hängen konnte. Der Mann in Gelb pflückte einen nach dem anderen, 1,8 km vor dem Ziel zuletzt auch Jorgenson, der immerhin in die Top Ten vorfuhr. Für den Slowenen der 15. Tour-Sieg. Und noch mehr Vorsprung. Einzige Änderung bei den Trikots: Carapaz jetzt im Bergtrikot.

Jai Hindley erneut kämpferisch – auch vierter Ausreißversuch abgewehrt

Auf der 19. Etappe wurde in den Alpen geklettert. Gleich zweimal wurde im Hochgebirge die 2000-Meter-Marke überschritten: Mit dem Cime de la Bonette wurde der höchste Punkt passiert, den die Tour de France je erreicht hat. Bis auf 2800 Meter führte die Strecke. Im Ziel wartete dann noch der Anstieg zur Skistation Isola 2000, ein perfektes Terrain für Jai Hindley.
Obwohl der Australier bereits gestern einen kräftezehrenden Ausreißversuch unternahm, war er heute vom Start weg wieder dabei. Zu groß war der Wunsch von Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe nach einem Etappensieg, Hindley und fünf weitere Kletterspezialisten hatten am Gipfel des Bonette mehr als vier Minuten Vorsprung. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt standen noch eine 40 Kilometer lange Abfahrt nach Isola und ein 16 Kilometer langer Schlussanstieg bevor.

Auf diesen letzten Kilometern nahm das Rennen die entscheidende Wendung: Die Harmonie an der Spitze endete, Jorgenson attackierte aus der Gruppe heraus und Hindley musste den Anstrengungen der letzten Tage Tribut zollen. Gleichzeitig setzten sich die Favoriten im Feld gegenseitig unter Druck. Pogačar machte sich als Solist auf die Verfolgung und überholte einen Ausreißer nach dem anderen. Auf den letzten zwei Kilometern war der Träger des Gelben Trikots allein an der Spitze und holte sich seinen vierten Etappensieg.

Jai Hindley
„Ich musste es einfach in die Gruppe schaffen, und das habe ich getan. Aber ich hatte einfach nicht die Beine am Bonette und auch nicht am Schlussanstieg, so dass ich den ganzen Tag nur gelitten habe. Nachdem Primož aufgeben musste, mussten wir die Ziele neu festlegen und einfach versuchen, eine Etappe zu gewinnen. Es ist ziemlich hart, aber ich habe es genossen, und auch heute war es wirklich schön, es gab eine wirklich epische Unterstützung auf der Straße.“