Today saturdays(july 16 2022) 14th stage in the Tour de France: 192,5 km
Departure zone in Saint-Etienne
With 98 km to go, the climbing peloton with all the favourites, 10'04" behind the leaders.
The 23 frontrunners: Excelencia missing one name...
Soler, Martínez, Cosnefroy, Grossschartner, Kämna, Konrad, Mühlberger, Geschke, LL Sánchez, Küng, Pinot, Meintjes, Bettiol, Powless, Uran, Kron, Mollema, Simmons, Fuglsang, Neilands, Woods en Matthew
At the tail of the race: Caleb Ewan, helped by 3 teammates, fighting to still connect, if it came to a sprint, he is the strongest man in the team. There is a risk but to arrive outside the time limit, then Lotto-Soudal loses 4 riders...
A long stretched platoon in a descent.
The escapees start the climb on the Côte de Grandrieu.
Done with the peace in the leading group, Matthews escapes, followed by 3 riders trying to connect with him. Still 46,6 km to the finnish.
The platoon with the leaders in the general classement , in fact today we have to competitions at once, the leaders fight for the day victory, the classement renners for the general classement.
Pogacar attacks to try to get rid of Vingegaard
With 2.1 km to the finnish, Bettiol is still ahead of Matthews!
Matthews, beyond expectation leaving behind Bettiol.
Epic victory for Mathews, a sprinter, after many second places before, leaving climbers behind on a mountain, ... his own words: "Always keep trying!"
See the former posts in Excelencia's TheTourDeFranceSeries:
TheTourDeFranceSeries - part 1
TheTourDeFranceSeries - part 2
TheTourDeFranceSeries - part 3
TheTourDeFranceSeries - part 4
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This article was published at UTC on Sunday, july 17 2022.
