Tensions rise among Tour de France leaders

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar kept Amarillo The overall leader at the end of a frantic race, marked by numerous attacks, had the post-race tone rise to the top of the favourites in public condemnation.

inside sprint Ultimately in The Fugitive, Turges was faster than Britain’s Tom Pidcock and Canada’s Derek Gee to claim the most important win of his career to date.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had a win, I’ve been chasing this one for years,” Turges admitted excitedly.

“It’s crazy. I’ve been doing the Tour for many years and this is my seventh time and I always see they have cameras around. “Winning a stage in the Tour de France is the best,” he added.

The 30-year-old French rider, a specialist in the Classics who grew up in a cycling family, gave the TotalEnergies team its first stage win in the Tour de France since Lilian Calmejane’s victory in 2017.

The balance of this Tour de France remained fruitful for the French team, with Romain Bardet and Kevin Walkerin winning the first and second stages respectively.

This Sunday’s stage is the last before the first day of rest for the main group on Monday. Now it’s time to analyze the first week of competition, with the record of stage wins set by Mark Cavendish (35), two partial victories by Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay and the dominance of Pogacar, who is one of the favorites for the championship so far.

Pogacar went into the rest day 33 seconds ahead of second-placed Remco Evenepoel of Belgium, 1:15 ahead of Jonas Vengergaard of Denmark (third) and 1:36 ahead of Slovenia’s Primoz Roglić (fourth).

Public condemnation

Despite a busy day for them, there was little to separate the favorites this Sunday. Pogacar attacked twice in the final 22 kilometers but neither really separated himself from the others.

Evernepoel also launched a somewhat daring attack 70km from the finish line, to which Pogacar and Vengergaard responded.

At this point, the three men were isolated from the rest of the peloton, their spirits chilled by the thought of being away from their teammates on the treacherous roads through the vineyards.

This decision later cleared the way for the Fugitives to fight for victory, which Turgis ultimately emerged victorious.

After the race, Pogacar lamented that his arch-rival Vingegaard’s Visma-Lease a Bike team seemed to only have him in mind.

“I think they are afraid of me, they only think about my wheel and not about Remco, Primos or others,” the Tour leader criticized. “I think in Visma they only look at me and underestimate the others,” he said.

“Everyone makes their own thing. I’m not against anyone. I like to run with my heart and today was one of those days. “If they weren’t afraid of me, I think they would take over when we were alone,” he analyzed.

Vengergaard has won the past two Tour de France titles, but recent Giro d’Italia winner Pogacar is the favourite to win this year’s edition. If he achieves that goal, it will be his third time competing in the ‘Grande Boucle’ after 2020 and 2021.