Wednesday 16: 13:15–13:45 → 17:05–17:25
We start the short second sequence (5 days only) with a short stage around Toulouse, yet another stage designed for punchers.
Standings after the first long sequence:
General classification
- B. Healy 🇮🇪 EF
- T. Pogatchar 🇸🇮 UAE – 29″
- R. Evenepoel 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 1′29″
- J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 1′46″
- M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′06″
- K. Vauquelin 🇫🇷 Arkéa – 2′26″
- O. Onley 🇬🇧 Picnic – 3′24″
- F. Lipowitz 🇩🇪 Bora – 3′34″
- P. Roglitch 🇸🇮 Bora – 3′41″
- T. Johannessen 🇳🇴 Uno-X – 5′03″
Points
- J. Milan 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 227 pts
- T. Pogatchar 🇸🇮 UAE – 163
- B. Girmay 🇪🇷 Intermarché – 151
- T. Merlier 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 150
- M. Van der Poel 🇳🇱 Alpecin – 128
Mountain
- L. Martinez 🇫🇷 Barhrain – 27 pts
- B. Healy 🇮🇪 EF – 16
- M. Woods 🇨🇦 IPT – 11
Teams
- Visma 🇳🇱
- UAE 🇦🇪 – 16′45″
- Decathlon 🇫🇷 – 28′12″
- FDJ 🇫🇷 – 29′07″
- Arkéa 🇫🇷 – 29′41″
Looked to me like he crashed himself on the back wheel of an UnoX rider.
The rider in front (Johannessen Tobias) steered right in front of Tadej and hence touching Tadej’s front wheel. How is this Tadej’s fault? At least that’s my impression.
It’s probably not anyone’s fault, but typically riders will follow each other’s movement so it does not happen. But it happens a lot, so… Just a part of racing.
Just read that Vingegaard and the others waited for him, fair play to them.
I disagree, the rider “in front” (he wasn’t in front, he was on the left perhaps a bit more ahead, but not by full bike length) has to make sure he doesn’t cut in front of others recklessly. And yes, chapeau to peloton for playing fair, they indeed waited.
I just watched it again and you’re right 🙂