2023-07-16 16:17:44
– Wout Poels triumphs in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Vingegaard remains in yellow
Dutchman Wout Poels won alone in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Pogacar failed to let go of Vingegaard, who remains in yellow.
Posted today at 6:17 p.m.Updated 17 minutes ago
Wout Poels won his first Tour victory, aged 35.
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Dutchman Wout Poels won the 15th stage of the Tour de France by winning alone at the top of Saint-Gervais on Sunday where Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar failed to decide.
Ten seconds still separate the two big favorites in the general classification who crossed the line side by side, regarding six minutes behind the winner, who started in the breakaway of the day. Pogacar did attempt an attack just following the red flame, but Vingegaard did not yield a centimeter and the two men arrived together during this second stage in the Alps.
Poels himself deposited another Wout, Van Aert (Jumbo), at the foot of the last ascent, regarding ten kilometers from the finish, to win, at 35, his first success in a Grand Tour. This is the second victory in this Tour for his Bahrain team, bereaved by the death of its Swiss rider Gino Mäder during a fall in the Tour de Suisse in mid-June.
In memory of Gino Mäder
“I started to believe in it in the last kilometer. The emotion caught up with me with what happened to Gino. I am very happy,” reacted Poels, winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2016.
He tackled the last climb with Wout van Aert, less aerial than in 2022, and the Spaniard Marc Soler. The three men were then one minute 30 seconds ahead of a group of luxurious pursuers with riders like Thibaut Pinot, Guillaume Martin, Mikel Landa, Warren Barguil or Giulio Ciccone. After dropping Van Aert, the Dutchman rushed towards the finish, mouth wide open, to win with 2:08 on Van Aert and 3 minutes on the French Mathieu Burgaudeau, author of a superb climb.
On Monday, the Tour de France peloton will enjoy its second day of rest before a 22.4 km uphill time trial which might prove decisive on Tuesday.
Development follows…
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