Tour De France: Arensman Pips Top Guns Pogacar And Vingegaard On Stage 19

Thymen Arensman claimed his 2nd triumph successful this year’s Tour de France erstwhile he benefited from nan apical guns’ waiting crippled to prevail successful nan 19th stage, nan past upland trek of nan title connected Friday.

The Ineos Grenadiers rider, whose squad person been fielding questions complete a unit personnel progressive successful an anti-doping investigation related to their glorious days arsenic Team Sky, went solo successful nan last climb to La Plagne earlier crossing nan statement 2 seconds up of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, who were 2nd and third, respectively.

Slovenian Pogacar retained nan wide leader’s yellowish jersey and leads Vingegaard by 4mins 24secs going into nan last 2 stages and is wide expected to triumph a 4th title if he avoids a awesome incident. German Florian Lipowitz took 4th spot connected nan shortened shape to cement his 3rd spot overall, stretching his advantage complete fourth-placed Oscar Onley of Britain by 41 seconds to 1min 3secs.

It would person taken a colossal coup from Vingegaard to topple Pogacar connected nan last upland trial successful nan Alps, but nan Visma-Lease a Bike rider only tried wrong nan past 100 metres to return 2 seconds disconnected of nan Slovenian’s lead, pinch Pogacar emerging arsenic nan puppet maestro of nan peloton.

A starring trio featuring France’s Lenny Martinez and Valentin Paret Peintre arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Tour runner-up Primoz Roglic, reached nan Col du Pre pinch a mini spread of a chasing group aft a sadistic 12.2-km ascent astatine 7.7%.

The peloton, controlled by Pogacar’s UAE Emirates-XRG, trailed by little than a minute. With 2 kilometres near successful nan climb up to nan Cormet de Roselend (5.9km astatine 6.9%), Paret Peintre and Roglic shook disconnected Martinez, but only concisely arsenic nan Bahrain-Victorious rider clawed his measurement back.

Tadej Pogacar, successful yellow, chases aft Thymen Arensman connected shape 19. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Roglic went solo successful nan descent into Bourg Saint Maurice, dropping Martinez and Paret Peintre, who were quickly caught by nan bunch. Roglic was past swallowed 2 kilometres earlier nan last climb and spat retired immediately.

Austrian Felix Gall, gunning for a apical 5 decorativeness successful Paris, accelerated 14.5km from nan decorativeness pinch Arensman, Pogacar and Vingegaard reacting. Pogacar made his ain move 14km from nan apical pinch Vingegaard and Arensman nan only riders capable to get into his slipstream.

Pogacar yet fto Arensman spell and seemed contented pinch mounting a decent tempo to support nan Dutchman wrong reach, but nan Slovenian yet did not make nan effort to spell for a 5th shape triumph this year.