The story of the day
I do not say, like Jens Voigt, we have just experienced the “biggest story of the Tower”. The record-holder of participations in the Tour got a little inflamed. No doubt he must bring its runaway on the back of this 20th stage. Because it undoubtedly proved great. A nice, big time cycling than last climb of the Tour 2015. L’Alpe d’Huez, theater like no other, has given its full extent in this finale mountain, masterfully used by actors to par. Yes, what stage, really.
If you have not vibrated, if your spine is not covered with a little shiver, I truly pity you. The triumphal ascent of Thibaut Pinot finally reconciled with the 2015 Tour which has long shot him the face, will certainly be one of the highlights of his already promising and successful career. It was great. Behind him, the distance duel between Nairo Quintana and Chris Froome was worth its weight of fun, too. As promised, the Colombian tried everything. It was not enough, but his last thrust magnified the final victory of Chris Froome manager more than tyrannical dictator and so far described there 10 days.
There will be time, very quickly, to take the analysis at leisure all that we have just experienced. The beautiful rush but probably too late Quintana past 24 hours. Why and how of the victory of Chris Froome, which will eventually dominated a single pass, the first ever before to manage. It has been the strongest but especially the more regular, windy plains Zealand at the grandiloquence of Alpe. It’s time to hold forth on the ups and downs of Nibali, Contador pronounced sag, or the ups and downs of French. The time will come for all that. But for now, that remains the pure pleasure of a rare moment of cycling. It leaves only one regret: that it is already finished. We would so much they call us that.
We liked
The size of the crew in the Alpe. Alexandre Géniez for Thibaut Pinot. Alejandro Valverde Winner Anacona for Nairo Quintana. Wouter Poels Richie Porte and Chris Froome. If Alpe d’Huez won by the behavior of tenors, second fiddle have also played a remarkable score. You never quite remember how cycling is the most collective of individual sports.
We did not like
The collapse of Contador. It can not go on, Castilian, and it’s a bit sad to see this point in a helpless uphill Alpe d’Huez. He could not exist, finishing in 16th place. At 32, he obviously paid efforts of the Giro. Too bad, because a rare Contador could have given an extra dimension to this Tour. For his taste for boldness, El Pistolero remains unique. The view has thus dropped something a little sad.
Just to know
If Quintana had attacked five kilometers earlier in La Toussuire, which is yellow this Saturday night?
The 4th Greipel Sunday? Or 5th Cav ‘on the Champs?
And if we renamed the Alpe d’Huez the “mountain of the French”? Three straight wins after a quarter century of famine …
Tour de France finish internship 20 – Eurosport
Three stats to remember
4. The number of riders present in the Top 10 in 2014 and who are still there a year later. This is Vincenzo Nibali (first to fourth), Alejandro Valverde (4th-3rd), Romain Bardet (6th to 9th) and Bauke Mollema (10th to 7th).
11. The number of points separating Chris Froome of Nairo Quintana at the best climber. If the Colombian won the Alpe, he would be at a point in Columbia. This would have spiced up the last climb of this Tour on Sunday at the start of stage …
29. There, that’s done. Chris Froome joined Fabian Cancellara in yellow with 29 days to become the number one rider in activity in this statistical category. And surpass Switzerland in 24 hours. It will be the 11th runner with at least 30 days in yellow in the Tour’s history.
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