On Friday, the German team Sunweb celebrated its third win of the day, Sören Kragh Andersen won for the second time after the 14th stage as a soloist. In the battle for the green jersey as the best sprinter, Sam Bennett crossed the finish line ahead of his rivals Peter Sagan and Matteo Trentin.
Third win of the day for Sunweb: Sören Kragh Andersen cheers on the third from last stage
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Nikias Arndt had hurried and didn’t want to miss the renewed team-internal jubilation party on Rue Léon Blum in Champagnole. After the Danish runaway king Sören Kragh Andersen clinched the next stage win for the German Sunweb team at the 107th Tour de France on Friday, the so-called “Road Captain” was the first to congratulate him. “The champagne bottles will pop. We will enjoy it. Nobody would have expected that we would finish it so perfectly. I am super happy,” said Arndt, who completed the success of his racing team with his sixth place.
Shortly before, Andersen had seized the opportunity and, after a clever attack, had already won his second stage single-handedly, as in Lyon. “That leaves me speechless. I will remember it for the rest of my life. On the last kilometer I heard over the radio that everyone was celebrating,” said Andersen, who after 166.5 kilometers from Bourg-en-Bresse after Champagnole won the 19th stage ahead of the Slovenian Luka Mezgec and the Belgian Jasper Stuyven.
Sunweb one of the positive surprises of this tour
It was already the third win of the day for the young German team, which is one of the big surprises on the tour. Refreshingly aggressive, the team kept turning the field upside down. So also on Friday. The 26-year-old ran away a good 13 kilometers from the finish. Before the rivals in the breakaway group realized the danger, Andersen was out of sight. In addition to two-time winner Andersen, young star Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) also won the stage to Sarran for Sunweb and took second and third place each.
Primoz Roglic took a breather in the yellow jersey before the showdown in the Vosges mountains this Saturday with the mountain time trial. With a 57 second lead over his Slovenian compatriot Tadej Pogacar, the Vuelta champion is going into the last climbing part of the tour to La Planche des Belles Filles. “I’ve been thinking about the time trial since Wednesday. I have to stay focused and finish my work,” said the Slovenian.
On Friday, the job consisted of rolling safely in the peloton. Up front, a strong breakaway group made the victory among themselves. Sagan and Bennett had hoped for the day’s victory too, in the end the sprint was only about a few points for the green jersey.
Roglic and other favorites save energy
Roglic was able to save energy for the final act. The favorite role is clearly with the 30-year-old, who lost almost 90 seconds in his Vuelta triumph Pogacar in the time trial last year. Since his debut in the World Tour, Roglic has already won four time trials in major tours. What can go wrong when he has performed so confidently in the three weeks?
Not everyone on his team is as cool as Roglic. His Dutch sporting director Merijn Zeeman was excluded from the tour because he allegedly insulted an official while checking the bikes. Roglic does not want to be distracted and relies on the power of the yellow jersey. “When you have it, what happens to people is crazy. I’m trying to take advantage of it,” says Roglic. But he shouldn’t underestimate the tour debutant Pogacar. At the Slovenian time trial championships up to Pokljuka he was duped by the youngster at the end of June.
So the young climber will also rely entirely on the last six kilometers when it comes to the furioso finale of the climbing with an average gradient of 8.5 percent. The third-placed Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez, who is another 30 seconds behind, should be in the Pogacar area in the time trial and not pose a major threat.
19. Etappe Bourg-en-Bresse – Champagnole (166.5 km):
1. Sören Kragh Andersen (Denmark) – Team Sunweb 3:36:33 hours; 2. Luka Mezgec (Slovenia) – Mitchelton-Scott + 53 sec .; 3. Jasper Stuyven (Belgium) – Trek – Segafredo; 4. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) – CCC Team; 5. Oliver Naesen (Belgium) – AG2R La Mondiale; 6. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb; 7. Luke Rowe (Great Britain) – Ineos Grenadiers + 59; 8. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 1:02 min .; 9. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – Bora-hansgrohe; 10. Matteo Trentin (Italy) – CCC Team; … 17. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 7:38; 21. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team; 28. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo; 118. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe; 130. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe; 134. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe; 135. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team; 136. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team; 146. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 9:59
Overall ranking individual, status after the 19th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 83:29:41 hours; 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates + 57 sec .; 3. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) – Astana + 1:27 min .; 4. Richie Porte (Australia) – Trek – Segafredo + 3:06; 5. Mikel Landa Meana (Spain) – Bahrain-McLaren + 3:28; 6. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 4:19; 7. Adam Yates (Great Britain) – Mitchelton-Scott + 5:55; 8. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia) – EF Pro Cycling + 6:05; 9. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) – Team Jumbo + 7:24; 10. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team + 12:12; … 35. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:11:18 hours; 38. Emanuel Buchmann (Ravensburg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:13:24; 50. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team + 2:39:40; 55. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:57:48; 119. Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo + 4:56:48; 121. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb + 5:02:43; 124. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team + 5:03:30; 125. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 5:03:46; 136. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team + 5:22:43; 146. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal + 5:58:09
Mountain classification, status after the 19th stage:
1. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 74 pts .; 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates 72; 3. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 67; 4. Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) – Team Sunweb 62; 5. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) – Astana 51; 6. Benoit Cosnefroy (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 36; 7. Pierre Rolland (France) – Vital Concept 36; 8. Nans Peters (France) – AG2R La Mondiale 32; 9. Richie Porte (Australia) – Trek – Segafredo 28; 10. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 27; … 17. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team 23; 27. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe 14; 55. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 2
Sprint evaluation, status after the 19th stage:
1. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 319 pts .; 2. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – Bora-hansgrohe 264; 3. Matteo Trentin (Italy) – CCC Team 250; 4. Bryan Coquard (France) – Vital Concept 173; 5. Caleb Ewan (Australia) – Lotto-Soudal 158; 6. Julian Alaphilippe (France) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 150; 7. Wout van Aert (Belgium) – Team Jumbo 147; 8. Sören Kragh Andersen (Denmark) – Team Sunweb 138; 9. Michael Mörköv (Denmark) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 129; 10. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) – UAE Team Emirates 123; … 15. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) – Bora-hansgrohe 95; 23. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe 63; 32. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – CCC Team 55; 43. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation 40; 78. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – NTT Pro Cycling Team 20; 93. Nikias Arndt (Cologne) – Team Sunweb 14; 110. Roger Kluge (Berlin) – Lotto-Soudal 8; 115. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – CCC Team 4; 120th Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Team Jumbo 2
Team ranking, status after the 19th stage:
1. Movistar Team (Spain) 250: 35: 44 hours; 2. Team Jumbo (Netherlands) + 24:36 min .; 3. Bahrain-McLaren (Bahrain) + 58:47; 4. EF Pro Cycling (USA) + 1:15:27 hours; 5. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 1:19:38; 6th Trek – Segafredo (USA) + 1:32:43; 7. Astana (Kazakhstan) + 1:39:58; 8. AG2R La Mondiale (France) + 2:46:56; 9. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) + 3:10:46; 10. Mitchelton-Scott (Australia) + 3:19:13; … 15. Bora-hansgrohe (Germany) + 5:01:08; 17. Team Sunweb (Germany) + 7:05:33
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