Stroke of genius at the Col du Granon: Vingegaard takes the leading preferred Pogacar yellow

From a German perspective, Simon Geschke saved his mountain jacket for another day over the high hill giants. However the celebrities of the industry offered the remarkable spectacle at around 30 degrees-and that's when the scenic tour experienced a massive shock.

• Kämna: It's just difficult when you were in the breakaway teams before
• Geschke drives up to Alpe d'Huez in a hill jersey

Pogacar attempted to respond to, however nothing functioned with the seemingly invincible. Geraint Thomas, Romain Bardet, David Gaudu or Nairo Quintana-all of the co-favorites actually left Pogacar standing on the hill. 2:22 mins, Pogacar is now 3rd in the standings behind Vingegaard, who single-handedly won the phase in advance of veteran Quintana and also Bardet.

When the dominator Tadej Pogacar crashed sensationally, Lennard Kämna struggled up the high ramps in the Alps and also had to bury his desire of the yellow jacket. The German hopeful, that had missed the maillot jaune by just eleven secs in Megève the day in the past, went to completion of his toughness in the very first major Alpine face-off of the 109th Tour de France on Wednesday. And the client additionally revealed fantastic weaknesses: Pogacar, the triumphant of 2020 as well as 2021, shed an extraordinary 2:51 mins to the triumphant competing Jonas Vingegaard, who was yellow for the very first time at 2413 meters.

Kämna: It's just difficult when you were in the breakaway teams before

Once more, expert Geschke delivered a daring efficiency. The 36-year-old Berliner was once again in the breakaway group, combated his means over the Télégraphe in third area and over the Galibier in 2nd. That was enough to successfully defend his desired white gown with the red dots.

I'll attempt to keep at it as long as possible, Kämna said prior to the begin in the previous Olympic city of Albertville. Kämna had to let the favorites go with a heavy action, on the climb to the 2642 meter high Col du Galibier the North German was currently even more than 4 minutes behind. That takes a lot of energy, claimed Kämna.

With Pogacar separated from his teammates, the Jumbo Visma group introduced the grand assault on the Trip customer. Primoz Roglic and Vingegaard took turns attacking the yellow jersey once more and again, but Pogacar simply couldn't be shaken off at the time.

Geschke drives up to Alpe d'Huez in a hill jersey

This suggests that Geschke can take on the 21 most renowned barrette flexes in the globe in mountain jacket on Thursday, when it goes up to the legendary Alpe d'Huez ski terminal. After the beginning in Briancon, it's back over the Galibier and also the Col de la Croix de Fer, all mountains of the highest possible category.

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Lennard Kämna struggled up the steep ramps in the Alps and also had to bury his desire of the yellow jersey when the dominator Tadej Pogacar crashed sensationally. As well as the patron also revealed outstanding weak points: Pogacar, the victorious of 2020 as well as 2021, lost an unbelievable 2:51 minutes to the victorious rival Jonas Vingegaard, who was yellow for the very first time at 2413 meters.

Geraint Thomas, Romain Bardet, David Gaudu or Nairo Quintana-all of the co-favorites actually left Pogacar standing on the mountain. 2:22 mins, Pogacar is now third in the standings behind Vingegaard, who single-handedly won the stage in advance of expert Quintana as well as Bardet. Primoz Roglic as well as Vingegaard took turns striking the yellow jersey again as well as once again, but Pogacar just couldn't be drunk off at the time.