The Grand Tour-the final in Val Thorens shows Emanuel Buchmann once again his class. In the Yellow Jersey to Paris, however, the Colombians drives: Egan Bernal in the final mountain Sprint no longer depend.
Val Thorens - the 33-kilometre-long final of the Alps-Kraxelei embraced Emanuel Buchmann facilitates complete his girlfriend, the new Tour-de-France-king Egan Bernal celebrated on the goal line with last year's winner Geraint Thomas.
at The end of three furious Cycling weeks of the 26-year-old Buchmann jumped in Val Thorens on place four, the Podium only 25 seconds to 80 hours. "The fourth place is a dream idea. This is really cool," said the brilliant Ravensburger in the target area. After the full mountain ended Finish was dropped off a huge burden from the exhausted Buchmann.
The designated Tour winner Bernal from the Team of Ineos, his team-mate Thomas and the Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk were also on the 20. To crack stage on Saturday for Buchmann. "At the Moment, no disappointment here. More was not in it. Bernal, Thomas and Kruijswijk were too strong. Because you have to be happy when others are stronger," said Buchmann. Especially the 22-year-young Bernal, who will win on Sunday in Paris as the first South American and the youngest driver since the Second world war, the Tour.
Egan Bernal: "I'm very proud of it"
"I'm very proud to create the first Colombian. We deserve to win the Tour. That's all we need. I can't wait to bring the Jersey to Colombia," said Bernal. President Iván Duque tweeted at home: "That makes us Colombians all with Pride and joy." Bernal couldn't believe his Triumph yet: "Everything has come so quickly, I can not realize at all."
Similarly, Buchmann felt. Even without a Top-3 ranking in Paris, Bora-hansgrohe-professional Buchmann provides the best German Tour ranking since 2006, when Andreas Kloden Second. He tried it again, explained Buchmann, however, after about 3300 miles, he no longer had the legs for a final attack on the Podium. The stage in the greatly shortened mountain print-XXL from Albertville to Val Thorens, the Italian Vincenzo Nibali, who launched a breakaway attack in front of Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa to the target secured. Buchmann was in the Days of the standings in Seventh.
Egan Bernal is still only 22 years old
For Bernal, the Sunday of the coronation of his young career. The 22-Year-old took advantage of the injury-related absence of his hard-deposed captain Chris Froome outstanding and will not be attacked on Sunday (18.10/One and Eurosport) on the way to Paris, to the Champs-Élysées is traditionally. "I shall wear the Yellow Jersey is incredible," said Bernal. Scores the Team Ineos fixed on Saturday, the finals: Bernal, and Thomas drove the favorites in the final Kilometer of it, and congratulated himself on the goal line. In memory of the triumphant past few years.
A day after heavy rain and hail showers, and a mud avalanche on the descent from the Col de l'iseran, the weather had the Alpine climbing, also on Saturday firmly in control. In the destination of Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe, it started around 12 o'clock, to rain in torrents, so what changed in the hours afterwards. Only after the stage start at 14.30 it was better, the driver came dry to the finish.
on the eve of, the organizers had announced that the stage will be shortened from 130 to 60 km. Start and destination remained the same, the Cormet de Roselend was after the landslides on Friday evening but as impassable.
Emanuel Buchmann: "I feel really good"
Taktiererei it was the last Chance before Paris, so even less, finally, of the 33.4 km long climb, made more than half of the complete distance at the 20. Stage from. Jumbo Visma made at the beginning pace for Kruijswijk, paid the Ineos team, which had up to the last kilometres of a helper in Bernal and Thomas, however.
tracker Buchmann had referred to the mountain arrival in Val Thorens all week as a "Showdown". "I feel for the third week is still really good, so I felt a third week never," said the German, who has not played in three weeks, the Tour de France is a weakness. In the Vosges he shone on the ramp to the Planche des Belles Filles, in the Pyrenees, he attacked on the Tourmalet, and also in the Alps, he contributed, with great looseness of a deserved Top 5 placement.
The French dreams of a first Tour win since Bernard Hinault in 1985 burst, however, in the Alps. After the injury-related exit of Thibaut Pinot after a muscle tear also Alaphilippe was able to put as a favorite of the Grande Nation in the final, nothing more. In the peak performance climbing the 27-Year-old playful after 14 days in the Yellow Jersey as the overall podium in Paris, on the Bernal, the winner of last year Thomas and Kruijswijk will be. Alaphilippe finished the Tour behind Buchmann on rank five.
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Date Of Update: 29 July 2019, 00:00
