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18h25 : “I had the legs, but I didn’t particularly believe in it.”
Thibaut Pinot returns to the ninth stage of the Tour de Francereported by Luxembourgeois Bob Jungels. “My attack created a bit of suspense. It’s my first day with more or less good feelings. I’m happy with that. It allows me to be quite calm regarding what’s next.”
18h09 : It is a little following 6 p.m., here is a new point on the news:
• Through 124,000 internal company documents, Radio France’s investigation unit reveals Uber’s questionable methods to establish themselves in the world.
• For the 9th stage in the Alps, the Luxembourger Bob Jungels s’impose, following starting solo 62 km from the finish. Thibaut Pinot, despite a formidable last stand, is content with a place of honor.
• A strong heat wave is expected next week. We describe you here with what sauce you will be roasted.
• The situation remains uncertain in Sri Lanka, where President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to resign next week, following being forced to flee his overrun residence.
18h06 : The Covid therefore affects the Tour de France once more. The big loop is in anguish, following the detection of several cases. Tomorrow, all riders will have to be tested during the rest day.
18h09 : “I think some people run being positive.”
The Covid-19 caused the forced departure from the Tour de France of Guillaume Martin, who had finished the race last year in the position of first Frenchman (8th). The runner confided in West France.
17h36 : Let’s see the positive: following his Covid, Pinot is diminished but shows us that the form is damn rising. And he has a margin before reaching 100, there’s a way to get a good one.
17h36 : Pinot will certainly be disappointed today, but he has shown that he has the legs to get a stage on this Tour. In addition, the best performances of Pinot come following disappointments / frustrations, it gives hope for the future. #TDF2022
5:35 p.m. : What a pity for Thibault Pinot!
5:35 p.m. : Thibaut tried. But facing Bob, he throws in the towel ????
5:34 p.m. : 21st stage victory for Vincent Lavenu’s team on the Tour, the 5th in the Alps following a crazy number achieved today by Bob Jungels #TDF2022
5:34 p.m. : Thibaut Pinot finally finished 4th in this stage, while Tadej Pogacar even managed to grab a few seconds on the finish line.
17h32 : Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels won the 9th stage of the Tour in Chatel, following leaving alone 62 km from the finish. Thibaut Pinot, despite a formidable last stand, is content with a place of honor.
5:30 p.m. : Like the Tour of the Alps, it will do 2 then pulverize a stage. the story is on
17h31 : Luxembourg will win its first stage victory since 2011, but the disappointment is palpable in the French camp which has long believed in the return of Thibaut Pinot.
17h26 : 3 km from the finish, Bob Jungels once more widened the gap on Thibaut Pinot, with a 30 second lead. The Spanish duo is also 20 seconds behind the Franc-Comtois.
17h22 : Twenty seconds behind for Pinot behind Jungels!
17h16 : Don’t break our house! 😉 We want to believe it! Come on Thibopino ????????????????????????
17h16 : Go David Gaudu!!!
17h16 : Ceiling gap around 30 seconds between Bob Jungels and Thibaut Pinot!
17h14 : What a final, it wakes up! Come on Thibaut ????????
17h14 : If it’s the general fire behind Thibaut Pinot, both in writing and on social networks, beware, the chasing group Castroviejo-Verona is only 20 seconds behind.
17h10 : Dress or hair bet, make your choice #TDF2022
17h10 : 40 seconds behind for Thibaut Pinot! He can do it !
17h07 : Alas it climbs less in the last kms, it will be short
17h07 : Warning: it is not excluded that Thibaut, alone in the lead 250 meters from the line, takes a Bob Cochonou in the derailleur and slips on a plate of oil while getting off the bike. #TDF2022
17h06 : Thibaut Pinot is only one minute behind Bob Jungels Still 5.7 km of ascent. It’s possible !
17h02 : Yeah!!! We believe in. Come on Thibaut ????????????????????????
17h01 : He left ! 
17h00 : So maybe… #TDF2022
16h59 : HE IS STRONG THIBAUT PINOT! 1’40” behind Bob Jungels! He is gaining ground in the peloton as well. #TDF2022 
16h58 : Thibaut Pinot tries a counter-attack to get out of the breakaway group. The Franc-Comtois is clocked in at 1’46 from Bob Jungels, while there are still 8 km of ascent and 18 km before the finish.
16h53 : Good agreement among the pursuers of Jungels between those who do not want to try to catch up with him and those who are waiting for the return of the peloton.
16h54 : It’s done for the breakaways including the Pinot group, which sees the peloton come back to 30 seconds. There are less than 20 km to go.
16h45 : @Doume04 Imagine that I have already written a paper on the delicate art of the small commission on the Grande Boucle (and fat, too) a few years ago. The runners do this, either by stopping on the side of the road out of sight, or directly in their cycling shorts.
If they are caught by the cameras, they expose themselves to a fine (between 50 and 150 euros). Generally, it’s the yellow jersey that gives the signal to pee for the peloton in the first part of the stage.
16h44 : Tour de France: do you find it normal that the riders urinate along the road or on the bike in full view of the spectators? Where are the respect and the rules of hygiene?
16h41 : And meanwhile, Bob Jungels is increasing his lead over his former breakaway companions, with 2 minutes over the Van Aert group and 3’20 over the yellow jersey peloton. To believe that the pressure slips on the Luxembourger, or while Bob the sponge.
There is still the formidable Pas de Morgins, classified in 1st category before the finish line.
16h34 : When the #TourDeFrance2022 passes through Switzerland
16h34 : Thibaut Pinot often says that the smell of barbecues on the side of the road made him want to have one in his garden. We’ll see if he has a craving for sausages following this time in Switzerland.
16h30 : @FFLose ???? @FFLose x @ThibautPinot ???????? A.S.O / @PaulineBallet 
16h30 : Being alone on a Swiss train at 7 a.m. on a Sunday with a poster “Allez Alain Philippe”, wondering if his life choices were the right ones https://t.co/lQ7qd7IjZw
16h30 : Carrying around your dubious valve on a giant cardboard box on a bus, a train, a car, another train and an hour and a half hike, that’s the life we decided to lead. the cross.
16h30 : The French federation of lose, you know? If not, run follow them on Twitter, they are very very funny? The proof with this journey to make a joke on the side of the road of the Tour.
16h46 : Bob Jungels, who slipped away from Simon Geschke, has a one-minute lead over his pursuers, and 2’30 over the peloton. There are still 40 km before the finish and one more difficulty, classified in the first category, the Pas de Morgins.
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16h18 :
16h17 : Jungle speed…
16h16 : Two riders in the lead now, the German climber Simon Geschke accelerates and his Luxembourg breakaway companion Bob Jungels speeds up to widen a gap of 47 seconds over the van Aert group in the descent of the Col de la Croix.
(a “board game” pun is hidden in this live entry, can you find it?)
16h08 : Marc Soler was a beast on this climb, he went very fast. Only 40 riders or so are left in the peloton with 60 km to go. Pogi hat-trick is imminent. #TDF2022 
16h08 : Note that the acceleration at the head of the peloton has greatly thinned the Pogacar group, reduced to around forty units.
16h09 : 4 p.m. and briquettes, let’s take stock of the day’s news.
• The 9th stage in the Alps, it is now with a breakaway featuring Thibaut Pinot. Guillaume Martin, leader of Cofidis and one of the main French hopes for a good appearance in the general classification, was forced to abandon because of the Covid.
• A strong heat wave is expected next week. We describe here in which sauce you will be roasted.
• The situation remains uncertain in Sri Lanka, where President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to resign next week, following being forced to flee his overrun residence.
• The fire that ravaged more than 650 hectares of vegetation in the Cévennes is now kept “under surveillance” by some 350 firefighters.
16h02 : The German of Cofidis Simon Geschke crosses the Col de la Croix in the lead, and takes the lead in the mountain classification, dethroning the Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen.
16h09 : Skimming does take place on the slopes of the Col de la Croix. Attacks from Bob Jungels, then from Pierre Latour shattered the group of breakaways. Benoît Cosnefroy, Franck Bonnamour, among others, were left behind.
