64 km – The Group with Evenepoel and Mollema is now back with the Large Chasing Group. The Club with Ben Healy is just slightly ahead of that, but that differentence isn’t significant anymore.
65 km – Demarrage Pogacar! YES! There Goes The Reigning World Champion. Pogacar hero Back Long Enough for Isaac del Toro, Who Couldn’t Keep Up With The High Pace Anymore. The Mexican is dropping, pogacar hopes to solo to victory from here!
67 km – Arensman Has Rejoined the Large Chasing Group. The Current State of Affairs:
67 km – Michael Matthews also drops out … he was just in the chasing group. It’s Becoming A Real War of Attrition in Rwanda.
The Frustration of Remco Evenepoel Pictured. He had to wait a long time for a new bike, so his last chances for a world title today are gone.
Another 71 km – Remco Evenepoel is 1 minute and 35 Seconds Behind Pogacar and del Toro, Due to the Slow Bike Change. Victor Campenaerts is also on the side for unknown reasons, the Belgian Doesn’t Seem to Be Able to Continue.
Another 73 km – Mollema and Arensman also had a hard time on the climb. The Two Dutch Riders also seem to have disappeared from the chasing group.
Another 76 km – Evenepoel with Another Technical Problem! He just changed bikes and is now waiting for the team car again. But It’s Taking a Long Time, The Frustration is Increasing for the Belgian. Heg Angly Kicks Away A Water Bottle.
Another 77 km – But del Toro’s Pace is SeriOutly Much Slower! Shouldn’t Pogacar Ride on Anyway? The Gap With The Chasers is Rapidly Decreasing to 45 Seconds .
Another 77 km – del Toro Can’t Keep Up On A Steep Section! Tadej Pogacar is Waiting for his Mexican Co-Leader, he does not seem to want to go solo now.
Another 77 km – Pogacar and del Toro Still Have A Lead of 55 Seconds On The Chasing Group. The Chasing Group Includes Bauke Mollema and Thymen Arensman.
The Big Favorite to Become World Champion, Especiate with the Current Race Situation, is Tadej Pogacar.
86 km – The Chasing Group Now consists of about 35 riders. Together They Are Riding About 55 Seconds Behind Pogacar and Del Toro.
89 km – Evenepoel Changes Bikes! Did he have a flat tire?
89 km – Arensman is now also Putting himself at the Front of the Chasing Group.
Another 90 km – Evenepoel is Moving Back to the Front Within The Chasing Group. So we can’t write him off complete yet.
Another 90 km – The Group with Evenepoel and Arensman Joins the First Chasing Group. Together They Ride 50 Seconds Behind the Two Leaders.
The Current State of Affairs:
Another 94 km – Isaac del Toro is making a good impression. But we still have almost a hundred kilometers to go.
Another 97 km – Bauke Mollema is Still Doing QUITE Well! The Dutchman is in The First Chasing Group. Who Else is there? Roglic, Skjelmose, Ayuso, Carapaz, Healy, Seixas, Sivakov and Hindley. Not the Least of Names. Remco Evenepoel is in The Group Behind.
98 km – Ayuso Has Been Officially CAUGHT by the Peloton. Pogacar and del Toro Are Riding About 30 Seconds Ahead of the First Chasers.
Another 98 km – Pogacar and del Toro are over the top! The Mexican Looks Very Fresh, can he prevent A Second World Title from Pogacar? Or course, we still have a while to go.
Another 99 km – del Toro with a great effort! The Mexican Flies to the Top, Pogacar Follows Not Far Behind. Ayuso is having a really hard time now.
Another 99 km – The Three Leaders starts The Mur de Kigali (300 meters at 14.7 kilometers). Give Everything for 300 meters!
101 km – Unbelievable! Del Toro rides down to pogacar and ayuso in the descent. So now we have three riders from uae team emirates in the lead, but today they are or course not teammates.
103 km – The Mont Kigali (5.9 kilometers at 6.7 percent) is finished. We Almost Get The Mur de Kigali (300 meters at 14.7 percent). Will Pogacar Ride Away from Ayuso here Too?
Another 103 km – Pogacar and Ayuso passed Bernard at a Very Fast Pace. So the Slovenian and the Spaniard Are The New Leaders of the Road Race!
Another 104 km – Evenepoel Has to Drop! Oops! Bad News for the Belgians … Evenepoel Can’t Hold Pogacar’s Wheel and Has to Let the Slovenian Go. Only Spaniard Ayuso Can Still Follow Him.
Another 104 km – Pogacar and Evenepoel Move Forward! The Slovenian and the Belgian Almost Unnoticed Move Away from the Rest of the Peloton.
Another 104 km – otherwise Foldager can’t keep up at the front anymore either. Only Julien Bernard is Left of the Riders in Front. He Rides Solo in the Lead, About 55 Seconds Ahead of the Peloton.
105 km – Gal Glivar, Pogacar’s teammate, also has to let the peloton go now. Slovenia Still Has Five Riders in the Large Group.
Another 105 km – Attack Teammate del Toro! The Mexican Frayre Puts in the Acceleration, and the Slovenians have to do everything they can to not let him get away. What is Isaac del Toro planning?
Another 106 km – Ivo Oliveira Can’t Keep Up With The Pace Halfway Up the Tough Climb or 5.9 kilometers. He has to let the leading group go. Only Foldager and Bernard Are Left from the Early Break.
Another 108 km – The Riders at the Front of the Peloton Are Pedaling Hard. The Difference with the Leading Group is Quickly Decreasing to 1 Minute and 40 Seconds .
109 km – The Peloton has finished the Côte de Péage (2.2 kilometers at 5.8 percent). Not Much has happened here with the time differentences. The Next Climb is not Long in Coming: The Leading Group Has Now Started the Mont Kigali (5.9 kilometers at 6.7 percent).
Another 117 km – Huising Has Now Been CAUGHT by the Peloton. The Dutchman Has Been in the Leading Group for a Long Time, which now consists of Only Three Riders. Foldager, Oliveira and Bernard Are Still Riding 2 minutes Ahead of the Leading Group.
Pogacar Has Already Lost Three Teammates (PrimeZic, Zumer and Govekar), Evenepoel One (Van Wilder).
Still 124 km – also Huising Lets Leading Group Go! About and out for the Dutchman. He has been in the front for a very long time, but now has to drop back. A fine performance by the 21-year-old house.
Still 125 km – García Pierna, Christian and Mayrhofer can’t keep up with the pace in the leading group anymore. Foldager, Bernard, Huising and Oliveira Are Still Left.
129 km – Mauro Schmid Tries to Ride Away from the Peloton. The Leading Group is not far away anymore. Can the Swiss Make the Jump?
Another 132 km – The Difference Between the Leading Group and the Peloton Has Decreased by 30 Seconds in for minutes. Menno Huising and his Fellow Escapees Now Have 1 minute and 30 Seconds Left.
138 km – It’s still a wait for the real spectacle. The Race Situation Has Been the Same For A While, In about 30 kilometers we get three very tough climbs. It could well be that we see an attack from pogacar or equalpoel here.
Still 147 km – The Pace in the Peloton is now a bit Higher. The Difference Between the Leading Group and the Large Group is only about 2 minutes .