Départ Fictif! The riders left for neutralization. What kind of stage awaits us?
Départ Réel! We are loose in France! A little later than planned, because Tim Merlier and Bert Van Lerberghe still needed a new bike. Immediately several riders try to get away.
Another 182 km – Kasper Asgreen has a hole with the rest of the peloton, but really needs reinforcement if he wants to make something of this flight attempt.
Another 180 km – among others, teammate Ben Healy tries to strengthen Asgreen, as well as Mauro Schmid, Raúl García Pierna and Jonas Abrahamsen.
Another 177 km – no! Healy, Schmid, García Pierna and Abrahamsen can’t get away from the peloton. Kasper Asgreen still rides on his own. He has a lead of about 30 seconds on the peloton.
Another 173 km – Wout van Aert now with the acceleration, and a small group goes with him. Can they perhaps drive to the leading group?
Another 171 km – Alaphilippe, Van Aert, Foss and Démare try to drive to Asgreen together. The Danish leader has since started the first climb of the day: Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers to 4.1 percent).
Another 171 km – no, Van Aert and Co. have been picked up again by the peloton. The attack is stranded in beauty, Asgreen drives 30 seconds before the peloton.
168 km – several gears again in the peloton. The gap between Asgreen and the large group is only 15 seconds .
167 km – over and out for Kasper Asgreen! The Dane is picked up by the peloton.
166 km – It is raining hard on the Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers to 4.1 percent), this causes slippery roads. So be careful!
165 km – Again a group with riders from EF Education hits a hole. Is Kasper Asgreen again?
165 km – The two men from EF Education are Neilson Powless and Harry Sweeny. They are accompanied by Arkéa driver Raúl Garcia, who has just tried to drive to Asgreen.
163 km – The weather conditions are really bar and bar bad. It is raining hard, and the roads are slippery. If that goes so well in the descent!
162 km – Van Aert turns on again, on a steeper strip of the hill. The peloton has swallowed up the three refugees. The green sweater drives 2 minutes behind this, Arnaud de Lie has to admit 3 minutes and 40 seconds .
Another 159 km – The platoon is upstairs after the first climb of the twentieth stage. We get a fairly long descent now, and the road is slippery. Let’s hope everyone just stays on the bike.
Another 154 km – Louis Barré took two mountain points on top of the Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers to 4.1 percent). The other mountain point goes to Iván Romeo. In principle, they have nothing left.
Another 144 km – Just before the second climb of the day we seem to have a group that has written off the peloton. Do we finally get a serious flight at the Côte de Valfin (5.6 kilometers to 4.3 percent)?
Still 143 km – We are heading for regrouping again. The large group in the front is once again called by the peloton.
Still 140 km – The front platoon is currently only about 35 riders, the large group has been thinned very early. Oscar Onley, among others, is not with the front group. Onley is the number four of the rankings and is second in the youth classification.
Another 139 km – Tim Wellens with the acceleration 1 kilometer from the top of the climb! The Belgian champion previously won this Tour a stage, what can he do today?
Another 136 km – also what was left of the peloton, is already breaking apart. It is really a battlefield in this penultimate stage of the Tour de France.
Another 134 km – but Van den Broek has already lost the leading group out of sight. In these harsh weather conditions, the price situation changes every minute. Tim Wellens, Matteo Jorgenson and Ewen Costiou currently have a hole compared to the thinned peloton. 15 seconds is the difference between the three and the peloton.
Another 130 km – Van den Broek and the other pursuers seem to find the connection again with Wellens, Jorgenson and Costiou.
128 km – Pascal Eenkhoorn and Frank van den Broek are the two Dutch people in the pursuit group. They drive behind the leading group of three for about 10 seconds , the peloton follows the pursuit group again at 15 seconds .
Still 126 km – the ten pursuers of Wellens, Jorgenson and Costiou: Jegat, Grégoire, Sweeny, Velasco, Van den Broek , Eenkhoorn , Groves, Trentin, Romeo and Stewart.
120 km – The weather is now clearing something in France. The sun appears slowly.
Another 119 km – The group with Van den Broek and Eenkhoorn finds the connection with the three in front! So we now have a leading group of thirteen.
112 km – fall! Oh dear! Mauro Schmid falls hard in the descent … Let’s hope the damage is limited for the Swiss champion.
Another 108 km – Watson and Van Moer are still trying to catch up with the leading group. The current state of affairs:
Another 101 km – fall! Ai! Clément Champoussin falls hard in a short strip. He slides meters away.
Another 95 km – Pogacar stops for a pee break, so the difference between the leading group and the peloton rises to 2 minutes and 10 seconds .
90 km – there are already two long slopes on it. Yet the pace of this stage is on average 46 kilometers per hour.
Another 80 km – Mauro Schmid from Jayco -Alula just fell hard in the peloton, but now he is running at the head of the peloton. Thanks to him, the leading group will not be able to drive further away than 2 minutes and 10 seconds .
The thirteen riders in the leading group are all of a different team! The group with Frank van den Broek and Pascal Eenkhoorn still has a 2 -minute lead.
Another 70 km – The difference between the leading group and the peloton has been risen again, to 2 minutes and 30 seconds . Furthermore, the last kilometers does not happen that much. We start almost the toughest climb of the day: the Côte de Thésy (3.5 kilometers to 9 percent). The Thésy is of the second category.
66 km – The leading group started at the Côte de Thésy! Does this group splash here, or do they keep each other in sight?
Another 65 km – The peloton has now also started the climb of the second category. What happens to the time difference with the leading group?
Another 64 km – a French counterattack on the Côte de Thésy! Axel Laurance and Mathis Le Berre hit a hole with the peloton. But do they manage to drive to the leading group? It is still quite far.
Another 63 km – Van Aert is now also using the counterattack! The man of Visma-Lease A Bike has to make up for quite some time, but the pace is comfortable with the Belgian.
63 km – Jegat drives away from the leading group! What is he planning? You can’t imagine that he wants to drive solo to the finish from here?
Another 62 km – Sweeny also drives away from the leading group! The man of EF Education finds the connection with Jordan Jegat at lightning speed. So we now have a duo in the lead.
Another 61 km – Van Aert and his four companions try to find the connection with the leading group, but are still driving 2 minutes and 25 seconds behind Sweeny and Jegat. The peloton drives for about 1 minute behind the group with Van Aert.
Another 56 km – The group with Van Aert is not really able to get closer. The current state of affairs:
Another 51 km – bicycle change for Jonas Vingegaard! The Dane lets itself go to the tracking car.
Another 50 km – Jegat has been picked up again by the pursuit group with Van den Broek and Eenkhoorn. Sveneny drives out before the large group.
Another 44 km – Harry Sweeny has already received quite a bit of space from the pursuit group, while it is raining hard again. The Australian has a 50 -second lead.
39 km – that’s just going well! After a sturdy turn, Seveny has to improvise, he jumps over a threshold with his bike. The difference with the group of Eenkhoorn and Van den Broek is still 50 seconds .
36 km – Jorgenson now with the acceleration! The American knows that it should not let Seveny’s lead run out too high.
35 km – Van Aert is not going to do it anymore today, it seems. In a large group, the Belgian drives 4 minutes behind the head of the game.
Another 35 km – The attack by Jorgenson is over, but now one -heard is running away from the group. Chaos in the pursuit group. Who actually drives away?
34 km – the gears in the pursuit group have ensured that the margin of SEENY is only 35 seconds .
Another 30 km – A small group with the two Dutch people drives to Seveny. Van den Broek, Eenkhoorn, Grégoire, Groves and Stewart ride behind the Australian of EF Education for about 20 seconds .
28 km – the two pursuers groups are melted together, and find the connection with SEENY. Wellens, Jorgenson and Costiou just had to let the pursuit group go, so we now have a leading group of ten riders.
Another 26 km – We arrived at the last climb of the day and Sprinter Groves uses the attack. What a surprise! Frank van den Broek is in the wheel of the Australian.
Another 25 km – nine out of ten riders will continue to climb together for the time being. Only Trentin has a hard time.
Another 24 km – Romeo drives away 700 meters before the top of the climb! The Spaniard realizes that he must be ahead of the sprinters.
Romeo could follow 24 km – five riders, including Van den Broek. Eenkhoorn is in trouble.
Another 21 km – fall! Oh oh oh, a hard fall in the descent of the front men! Iván Romeo falls hard and remains battered. Romain Grégoire and Simone Velasco are also firmly falling.
Another 20 km – So we now have three front runners: Groves, Stewart and Frank van den Broek. The chances of stage victory of the Dutchman have just risen sharply because three other riders fell.
Another 19 km – Pascal Eenkhoorn currently follows the three leaders at 10 seconds .
Another 18 km – Grégoire is on his bike again, it is not yet clear how Romeo is doing.
Another 17 km – we get another strip in a kilometer where it goes up pretty well. This is the perfect opportunity to drive away from Groves, for Van den Broek. You do not want to drive to the finish with a sprinter, but so far Groves also looks quite strong.
16 km – Groves with the acceleration! Van den Broek and Stewart do not respond strangely enough. They immediately give the Australian a lot of space, a very strange picture. They simply stopped stairs.
15 km – Groves has gathered 25 seconds ahead in a short time compared to Van den Broek and Stewart. It was a bizarre image. Van den Broek and Stewart stopped stairs for a moment, and Groves drove away from the pair without a serious gear.
Kaden Groves already won seven stages in the Vuelta and two rides in the Giro. Does he complete the so-called bingo card today with his first Tour stage victory?
Still 12 km – Van den Broek is at the forefront of the pursuit group, to which Eenkhoorn has now also been connected, but the difference is already 45 seconds .
Another 11 km – Van den Broek and Stewart drive away from the other chassis group again. Can they work together this time?
Another 10 km – Frank van den Broek uses the acceleration! The Dutchman drives away from Stewart, but still has to make up for 40 seconds on quays Groves. How good is Van den Broek today?
Another 9.2 km – Kaden Groves has started the last, short descent. The last 7.5 kilometers are flat.
8.0 km – Groves is very careful in the turns in the descent. Of course he has seen what happened to Grégoire and Romeo up close.
Another 7.0 km – for both Groves and Van den Broek, the descent is now over. It is now right to the finish.
Another 5.8 km – Frank van den Broek still drives 45 seconds behind Groves. It doesn’t seem like he’s going to make it, Groves is fast on his way to the third stage victory for Alpecin-DECEUNINCK This Tour de France.
Another 3.4 km – it’s over and over for Van den Broek, it seems. Something very crazy has to be done to prevent the first stage victory of Kaden Groves in the Tour de France.
Another 1.9 km – Groves gets the following car next to him. The team bosses of Alpecin-DECEUNINCK try to reassure the Australian that things are going well with that time difference.
Another 900 meters – Groves started the last kilometer. Enjoyment can start for the Australian, Frank van den Broek is just short of today.
Kaden Groves wins the twentieth stage of the Tour de France!
The Australian completes the so -called bingo card, after he also won stages in the Vuelta (7) and the Giro (2).
Frank van den Broek finishes second 55 seconds later, and Pascal Eenkhoorn still has himself in third place! So two Dutch people in the top 3, but none of them first.
In the peloton we see a crash in the sprint for place fourteen. The classification riders remain unharmed.
Van den Broek: ‘I thought: I no longer take’ Frank van den Broek and Jake Stewart let Groves drive away in a striking way. “At one point I end up with Groves and Stewart, after that fall of others in the descent. That was a very difficult situation for me to win, because those are both sprinters. So I thought: I no longer take over. And then Stewart left the gap with groves,” says the Dutchman at NOS . “If I had followed Groves there, I was probably third. I don’t think Stewart did not quite understand that I didn’t want to take over anymore. But yes, it is hard to stand their sprints with my thousand watts.”
Fictitious Start! The Riders Have Departed for the Neutralization. What child or internship awaits us?
Real Start! We’re off in France! A bit later than planned, as tim merlier and bert van lerberghe still needed a new bike. Immediately, Several Riders are trying to get away.
182 km to go – Kasper Asgreen Has a Gap with the rest of the Peloton, but he really needs reinforcement if hey to make something of this breakaway attempt.
180 km to go – Among Others, Teammate Ben Healy is Tryping to Strengthen Asgreen, As Well as Mauro Schmid, Raúl García Pierna, and Jonas Abrahamsen.
177 km to go – no! Healy, Schmid, García Pierna, and Abrahamsen are not managing to get away from the peloton. Kasper Asgreen is Still Riding Alone at the Front. He has a lead of about 30 seconds on the peloton.
173 km to go – Wout van Aert Now with the acceleration, and a small group goes with him. Can they perhaps ride to the leading group?
171 km to go – Alaphilippe, Van Aert, Foss, and Démare are trying to ride to Asgreen Together. The Danish Leader Has Now started the First Climb of the Day: Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers at 4.1 percent).
171 km to go – no, from Aert and Co. have leg caught again by the peloton. The Attack Ends Beautifully, Asgreen Rides 30 Seconds Ahead of the Peloton.
168 km to Go – Several Accelerations Again in the Peloton. The Gap Between Asgreen and the Large Group is only 15 seconds .
167 km to go – It’s over and out for Kasper Asgreen! The Dane is Caht by the Peloton.
166 km to go – It’s Raining Hard on the Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers at 4.1 percent), This Causes Slippery Roads. So be careful!
165 km to go – again a group with riders from ef education is creating a gap. Is Kasper Asgreen with Theme Again?
165 km to go – The Two Men From Eph Education Are Neilson Powless and Harry Sweeny. They are accompanied by arkéa rider raúl garcia, who just tried to ride to asgreen as well.
163 km to go – The Weather Conditions Are Really Bad And Very Poor. It’s Raining Hard, and the Roads Are Therefore Slippery. Hope That Goes Well In The Descent!
162 km to go – Van Aert Accelerates Again, On A Steeper Stretch of the Hill. The Peloton Has Swallowed the Three Escapees Again. The Green Jersey is Riding 2 minutes behind here, Arnaud de Lie Already Has to Conce 3 minutes and 40 Seconds .
159 km to go – The Peloton is over the Top after the first Climb of the Twentieth Stage. We’re getting a fairly long descent now, and the road is very slippery. Let’s Hope Everyone Just Stays On Their Bike.
154 km to go – Louis Barré Tok Two Mountain Points on Top of the Col de la Croix de la Serra (12.2 kilometers at 4.1 percent). The Other Mountain Point Goes to Iván Romeo. They don’t really have anything to gain here.
144 km to go – We Seem to Have a Group That Has Broken Away from the Peloton Just Before the Second Climb of the Day. Will we finally get a serious breakaway on the côte de valfin (5.6 kilometers at 4.3 percent)?
143 km to go – we’re heading for a regrouping again. The Large Group at the Front is Being Caht by the Peloton Again.
140 km to go – The Leading Peloton Currently Consists of Only about 35 Riders, The Large Group Has Been Thinned Out Very Early. Among Others, Oscar Onley is not with the leading group. Onley is Number Four in the Standings and Second in the Youth Classification.
139 km to go – Tim Wellens with the acceleration 1 kilometer from the top of the climb! The Belgian Champion Has Already won a Stage Earlier in this tour, what can he do today?
136 km to go – What was Left of the Peloton is also completely Falling. It’s really a battlefield in this Penultimate Stage of the Tour de France.
134 km to go – but van den Broek Has Already Lost sight of the leading Group. In these Harsh Weather Conditions, The Race Situation Changes Every Minute. Currently, Tim Wellens, Matteo Jorgenson, and Ewen Costiou Have a Gap on the Thinned-Out Peloton. 15 Seconds is The Difference Between the Trio and the Peloton.
130 km to go – Van den Broek and the other pursuers seem to be connecting with Wellens, Jorgenson, and Costiou Again.
128 km to go – Pascal Eenkhoorn and Frank van den Broek are the two Dutchmen in The Chasing Group. They are riding about 10 seconds Behind the Leading Group of Three, the Peloton Follows The Chasing Group Again at 15 Seconds .
126 km to go – The ten Pursuers or Wellens, Jorgenson, and Costiou: Jegat, Grégoire, Seveny, Velasco, Van den Broek , Eenkhoorn , Groves, Trentin, Romeo, and Stewart.
120 km to go – The Weather is clearing up somewhat in France. The Sun is Slowly Coming Out.
119 km to go – The Group with van den Broek and Eenkhoorn Connects with the Trio at the Front! So we now have a leading group of Thirteen.
112 km to go – crash! Ouch! Mauro Schmid Goes Down Hard in the Descent … Let’s Hope The Damage is Limited for the Swiss Champion.
108 km to go – Watson and van Moer are trying to catch up with the leading group. The Current State of Affairs:
101 km to go – crash! Ouch! Clément Champoussin Goes Down hard on a short stretch downhill. He slides meters Further.
95 km to go – pogacar stops for a pee break, and so the differentence between the leading group and the peloton increases to 2 minutes and 10 seconds .
90 km to go – there are already two long climbs done. But still the pace of this stage Averages 46 kilometers per hour.
80 km to go – Mauro Schmid of Jayco -Alula Just crashed hard in the peloton, but he is now leading the peloton. Thanks to Him, The Leading Group is not able to ride further away than 2 minutes and 10 seconds for the time being.
The Thirteen Riders in the Leading Group Are All From A Different Team! The Group with Frank van den Broek and Pascal Eenkhoorn Still has a lead of 2 minutes and 5 seconds .
70 km to go – The Difference Between the Leading Group and the Peloton Has Increased Again Slightly, to 2 minutes and 30 Seconds . Furthermore, not much happens in the last kilometers. We are Almost Starting the Toughest Climb of the Day: The Côte de Thésy (3.5 kilometers at 9 percent). The Thésy is of the Second Category.
66 km to go – The Leading Group Has Started on the Côte de Thésy! Will This Group Fall Apart Here, or Will They Keep Each Other in Sight?
65 km to go – The Peloton Has Now also the Climb of the Second Category. What Happens to the Time Difference with the Leading Group?
64 km to go – A French Counterattack on the Côte de Thésy! Axel Laurance and Mathis Le Berre Create A Gap With The Peloton. But Will they Succed in Riding to the Leading Group? It’s still QUITE FAR.
63 km to go – Van Aert is now also launching a counterattack! The man from visma-lease a bike has to make up QUITE A BIT of time, but the pace is good with the Belgian.
63 km to go – Jegat Rides Away from the Leading Group! What is the planning? You can’t imagine that hey to ride solo to the finish from here?
62 km to go – Seveny also Rides Away from the Leading Group! The man from EF Education Quickly Connects with Jordan Jegat. So we now have a duo at the front.
61 km to go – Van Aert and his four companions are trying to connect with the leading group, but are still riding 2 minutes and 25 seconds Beind Sweeny and Jegat. The Peloton is riding about 1 minute behind the group with van Aert.
56 km to go – The Group with Van Aert Has Not Really Managed To Get Closer Yet. The Current State of Affairs:
51 km to go – Bike Change for Jonas Vingegaard! The Dane Drops Back to the Follow Car For A Moment.
50 km to go – Jegat Has Been CAUGHT Again by the Chasing Group with van den Broek and Eenkhoorn. SEENY is a still riding ahead of the large group.
44 km to go – Harry Sweeny Has Already Gained QUITE A BIT of Space from the Chasing Group, While It is Raining Hard again. The Australian Has A Lead of 50 Seconds .
39 km to go – that goes just fine! After a Sharp Turn, SEENY HAS To improvise, He Jumps about a threshold with his bike. The Difference with the Group of Eenkhoorn and van den Broek is still 50 seconds .
36 km to go – Jorgenson now with the acceleration! The American Knows That He must not Let Sweeny’s Lead Get Too High.
35 km to go – Van Aert is not going to do it anymore today, it seems. The Belgian is riding in a Large Group at 4 minutes behind the head of the race.
35 km to go – Jorgenson’s Attack is over, but now eelkhoorn is riding away from the group. Chaos in The Chasing Group. Who is Actually Riding Away?
34 km to go – The Accelerations in The Chasing Group Have Ensured That Sweeny’s Margin is Only 35 Seconds .
30 km to go – A Small Group with the Two Dutchmen is Riding Towards Seveny. Van den Broek, Eenkhoorn, Grégoire, Groves and Stewart Are Riding About 20 Seconds Behind The Australian From Eph Education.
28 km to go – The Two Chasing Groups Have Merged and Are Connecting with Sweeny. Wellens, Jorgenson and Costiou have just had to go or the chasing group, so we now have a leading group of ten riders.
26 km to go – we have arrived at the last climb of the day and sprinter groves is launching the attack. What a surprise! Frank van den Broek is on the wheel of the Australian.
25 km to go – nine of the ten Riders Remain Together for the time being on the climb. Only Trentin is Having A Hard Time.
24 km to go – Romeo Rides Away 700 Meters Before the Top of the Climb! The Spaniard realizes that has to be ahead of the sprinters.
24 km to go – Five Riders, Including of Den Broek, Were Able to Follow Romeo. Eenkhoorn is in Trouble.
21 km to go – crash! Oh oh, a hard crash in the descent of the front men! Iván Romeo Goes Down Hard and Remains Injured. Romain Grégoire and Simone Velasco also go down hard.
20 km to go – so we now have three leaders: Groves, Stewart and Frank van den Broek. The Chances of A Stage Victory for the Dutchman Have Just Increased Considerably, because Three Other Riders Crashed.
19 km to go – Pascal Eenkhoorn is Currently Following the Three Leaders at 10 Seconds .
18 km to go – Grégoire is back on his bike, it is not yet clear how romeo is Doing.
17 km to go – in a kilometer we have a stretch where it go up quite a bit. This is the perfect opportunity to get away from groves, for van den Broek. You don’t want to ride to the finish with a sprinter, but groves has looked pretty strong uphill so far.
16 km to go – Groves with the acceleration! Van den Broek and Stewart Don’t React Strangely Enough. They give the australian a lot of space direct, a very strange sight. They simply stopped pedaling.
15 km to go – Groves has gathered a 25 -second lead over Van den Broek and Stewart in a short time. It was a bizarre sight. Van den Broek and Stewart Even stopped pedaling, and groves red away from the duo without a serious acceleration.
Kaden Groves Has Already won Seven Stages in The Vuelta and Two Stages in The Giro. Will he complete the so-called bingo card today with his first tour stage Victory?
12 km to go – van den Broek Puts himself at the head of the chasing group, where eelkhoorn has now also joined, but the differentence is already 45 seconds .
11 km to go – Van den Broek and Stewart Ride Away Again from the Other Chasing Group. Can They Cooperation This Time?
10 km to go – Frank van den Broek Accelerates! The Dutchman Rides Away from Stewart, But Still Has to make up 40 Seconds On Kaden