Tom Dumoulin sees many fans without a mouth mask: ‘That’s not what you want’ | Cycling

sport">“I expected this sooner than a full climb. You have to take it into account, but this chance was greater ”, he says.

sport">The Jumbo-Visma leader continues: „If someone of the leaders tries to escape, or even escapes, we stay together as a team and a real escape cannot actually succeed. We just stick together. ”

sport">Dumoulin liked the fact that Team Ineos took the initiative to take the lead in the peloton. “We thought that was fine, yes. We don’t have to show ourselves every day, only at the right times. And fortunately we have done that this Tour. We are now in a good position with five men to the finish, which is perfect. ” And how does he feel himself? “I’m fine.”

Encouragements without a mask

sport">“Stay ahead and don’t lose any time,” Dumoulin described the objective. “It may turn out a bit more spectacular with the team later on.” His biggest concern on Thursday was the behavior of overly enthusiastic spectators without a mask. “That was not good. There were a lot of people who cheered without a mask. Normally it makes me happy. It is what makes the Tour de Tour. But it is certainly a risk on such a climb. If I have to believe virologists, the chance of infection is nil. But only one has to have really heavy corona and a lot of coughing and spluttering. Maybe there is something in the air that we are driving through and one of us picks it up. That’s not what you want. ”

sport">Dumoulin is the highest ranked Dutchman in sixth place in the rankings.

Mollema: no war yet between classification men

sport">Bauke Mollema sprinted on Thursday in Julian Alaphilippe’s wheel to sixth place in the sixth stage of the Tour de France, which did not yet lead to a real battle between the favorites. Behind some early escaped riders, of whom the Kazach Alexei Loetsko thus won the stage, the Dutchman from Trek-Segafredo was in any case okay. “I like a climb like that. It was not super style. I was able to ride the entire climb on my outer leaf and squeeze out a sprint ”, said Mollema on Mont Aigoual.

sport">Only next weekend, in the Pyrenees, Mollema expects more “war” between the classification riders. ‘Only then will you see the proportions. That penultimate climb today was also one of those mountains on which that could become clear, but with everything that is yet to come, not everyone wants to put their cards on the table yet. ”

sport">But still Mollema squeezed out a sprint, perhaps more for the good feeling. “Well, I was just in his wheel when Julian accelerated. Then you go along, because I don’t want to lose seconds unnecessarily. I still heard Bernal shout ‘calm, calm’ to his teammates. Maybe he wasn’t great or he just didn’t want to sprint. ”

sport">Also check out the complete results of stage 6 and the standings in the rankings of the Tour de France.

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