2022 TDF It's raining attacks on the Galibier!
On the way to the Col du Granon...
Wednesday 13 July: Stage 11: Albertville - Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, 152 km
In the climb to the Galibier Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard attacked yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar many times. The Slovenian always answered the attacks with brio and attacked also! Former Tour winner (2018) Geraint Thomas came back every time afterwards.
The grueling Col de Granon, which has not been visited by the Tour de France since 1986 (Lemond/Hinault), has played the part assigned to it when it turned the race on its head halfway through this 109th Tour edition. Yep... that was a bit of a shock those last five kilometers. Tadej Pogacar, who had been thought unapproachable, suddenly fell through the ice. He, first of all, had least foreseen that coming. A hunger knock (fringale) more than likely. The yellow jersey lost three minutes in less than five kilometers to the winner and main opponent Jonas Vingegaard who turned the Tour upside down and became the new Tour leader!
(photo "Het Nieuwsblad", July 14, 2022)
2022 TDF It's raining attacks on the Galibier!
On the way to the Col du Granon...
Wednesday 13 July: Stage 11: Albertville - Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, 152 km
In the climb to the Galibier Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard attacked yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar many times. The Slovenian always answered the attacks with brio and attacked also! Former Tour winner (2018) Geraint Thomas came back every time afterwards.
The grueling Col de Granon, which has not been visited by the Tour de France since 1986 (Lemond/Hinault), has played the part assigned to it when it turned the race on its head halfway through this 109th Tour edition. Yep... that was a bit of a shock those last five kilometers. Tadej Pogacar, who had been thought unapproachable, suddenly fell through the ice. He, first of all, had least foreseen that coming. A hunger knock (fringale) more than likely. The yellow jersey lost three minutes in less than five kilometers to the winner and main opponent Jonas Vingegaard who turned the Tour upside down and became the new Tour leader!
(photo "Het Nieuwsblad", July 14, 2022)