Peter Sagan

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Lauwin> Boulogne-sur-Mer

209 km

Target 17:30

The second stage of the Tour was also the longest of the year. It measured 209 kilometers, which in turn is not mammoth length, on the contrary, it shows the modern trend of stages shortening to Grand Tours. In addition to the second one, only the sixth rehearsal had over 200 kilometers, with at least twice as much behind the Froom era. There is an effort to avoid boring hours when nothing happens in the transfer and motivated the shorter route of riders to flow as soon as possible.

The Sunday stage was wavy in character and the classicers’ duel was expected. Finished in a short climb in Boulogne-sur-Mer with a length of 1.2 km and a slope of 3.8 %. Last time, there was a goal in 2012 and ended with the joy of Petr Sagan and his unique celebration of the Forrest Gump style, which certainly stuck in the memory of fans. Overall, the riders on the route were waiting for four categorized climb, two of the third and fourth categories.

Philippa Jasper (Alpecin – Deceuninck) could undress his colleague from the jersey Van der Poelwhich was undoubtedly the biggest favorite. After a successful spring classic campaign Tadeja Pakacara (UAE XRG). If the World Champion did not want to show so early cards, he also had excellent classics on the team Waves, Political or Naeza.

Four showed up in the leak Bruno Armirail (Decathlon – AG2R), Yevgeny Fedorov (Astana xds), Brent van Moer (Lotto), Andreas Leknessund (UNO X). Alpecin did not let them go far only 3 minutes of lead in Maxim. It was a merit in particular Silvana Dilliera (Alpecin) to which he has also joined Jonas Rutch (Intermnche – Wanty). This could mean that he also believes uphill at the end of the hills Biniam Girmay.

While at the forehead of the peloton they fulfilled their duties at Alpecine a IntermantedThus, the team of the race, the four of which belonged to the minimum first part of the day, cooperated at the forefront of the race. Armiirail He’s already a 31-year-old experienced time trial who spent most of his career in Groupam, exchanged that growing last year Decathlon. He is a triple champion of France in the fight against the chronometer, he will wear a special jersey on this tour in the fifth and thirteenth stage.

Fedorov He is also a great time trial, he is a four -time champion of Asia, the current Kazakh champion in both time trial and mass races. Nut It is an inconspicuous universal that is a Lotta offspring and has been riding this team until now. He managed to win the stage on the Criterium du Dauphiné 2021, of course from the escape, it is his only teaching victory.

The first climber’s bonus was seduced Leknessund. His greatest achievements are the overall victory on the Tour of Norway and the stage around Switzerland. He has a jersey of the Norwegian champion, this National Championship was totally dominated by the UNO X riders, up to 11 of the first 12 riders had the jersey of this Pro Tour. Leknessund he showed the viewers the most at Gire 2023, after a successful leak wearing a pink jersey for up to five days.

102 kilometers ahead of the finish several riders found themselves on the ground, were among them Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto), Fred Wright (Bahrain – Victorious), Soren Waerenskjold (UNA x) CO Eddie Dunbar (Jayco Alula). The falls stimulated strong teams to pull their leaders to safety at the head of the peloton, resulting in increasing the pace and subsequent scoring of the leakage. The heads of UAE, Red Bull, Lidl or even Arkéa were ranked on the forefront.

The pace increased before the speed premium, the lead of the escape decreased rapidly, but in the end they kept it. He won the premium Fedorov. He took fifth place from the peloton Milan. But he was dealing with some rupture with Girmayom. They were also involved in the spurt Philipsen, Merlier, Turgis. Daily leak was finally caught up with two kilometers after the speed bonus in Énocq.

So in front of the classic finals, everything was open, the peloton was together and his spike was occupied mainly by GC teams such as Visma, UAE and Red Bull. Through Haut Pichot Coast (a length of 1.2 km; a slope of 9.4 %) transferred the peloton Wout van Aert (Visma) a Tim Wellens (UAE) and less than 50 riders remained behind them. It probably also had a fall on it Gerainta Thomasa (Ineos) a Jonathana milana (Lidl – Trek).

The current situation on the track

Last update: 17:14, to destination: 18 kmAutorefresh 10 minutes

platoon (also all favorites)

fighter group +38″

Premiums on the stage route:

105 km – Côte de Cavron: 1.1 km long; slope 5.9 % (1)

54 km-énocq (20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1)

30 km – Côte du Haut Pichot: Length 1.2 km; Slope 9.4 % (2-1)

8.6 km – Côte de Saint -Étienne: length 1.0 km; Slope 9.5 % (2-1)

5.3 km – Côte d’Aoutreau: length 0.8 km; Slope 8.8 % (1)

Target-Boulogne-Sur-Mer: Length 1.2 km; slope 3.8 %

Target-Boulogne-Sur-Mer (50-30-20-18-16-14-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2) + BON. sec. 10-6-4