The Pra Loup, synonymous with the end of ‘merckxismo’, rewards Simon Geschke solo winner of the 17 / a stage from Digne- Les Baines of 161 km, the first mountain stage of the Tour last week that will take place entirely in the Alps. The German Giant Shimano builds his masterpiece starting even when there are 50 km to the finish line, going from just before the ascent of the queen fraction Alps, the Col d’Allos, ‘roof’ of the tour with its 2,250 meters. Behind Geschke, the American Andrew Talansky (31 “) and the revived Colombian Rigoberto Uran (at 1’01″). Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey and does not lose a single second compared to Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, his immediate pursuers, while gains on Alberto Contador, slipped on the asphalt in the very difficult and long (16 km) down when it was just before the finish and came Pra Loup with torn shorts and over two minutes late on the rump.
The first Alpine stage then gives other signs of vitality by Vincenzo Nibali, with the group of big up to one kilometer from the finish line and who pays in the end 15 “but gaining a place in the standings for the withdrawal of American van Gardener (3 / or Ranked until this morning and fell off his bicycle in tears) and especially by reducing the gap to Contador. The ‘Shark’, that has remained with the Yellow Jersey, he has also tried to attack, but losing a few seconds in the final when Quintana has in turn tried – and failed – to pull Froome is now 7 / or Ranked in 8’04 “. Like the other day in Gap, the leading group was not damned much, reaching 7 ‘from the winner, awaiting the next three stages, more challenging. Skirmishes have occurred only in the end, in the hill that led the riders on the mountain pass that links the French Ubaye valley and the valley of Verdon: Nibali first and Quintana then tried to get away but never able to pull a very quiet Chris Froome in the final has blunted a click of the Colombian who follows Ranked in 3’10 “. There ‘s been definitely worse to Alberto Contador, perhaps the most anticipated in the Alps: a fall in the terrible descent from the Col d’Allos him hopelessly detached from the group of the best, reaching the finishing line with 2 minutes delay. In the ranking, the Spaniard is now 5 / or 6’40 “from Froome.
Black day for the American Tejan Van Garderen, broke off already on the first climb: the American BMC was third in the standings until this morning succumbed to physical problems, a ‘ballast’ too heavy in view of the triptych that will lead runners in the next three days to climb the Alps and will ensure that glory only to those who will be in good shape and will go on just pedaling. Along the American, he left the tour also the world champion, Pole Michal Kwiatkowski.
Tomorrow 18 / to stop, it will rise again from Gap in Saint Jean de Maurienne to 186.5 km, with even seven Grands Prix of the mountain, with the ‘jewel’ of the Col du Glandon (1,924 meters) and stretches to 9% that will be felt in the legs.
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