The 17th stage of the Tour de France ended on a sprint reduced to less than ten elements, the fault of a large fall less than a kilometer from the finish. Well placed at the front, Jonathan Milan won as a boss.
Despite its profile conducive to an arrival at the sprint, the 17th stage of the Tour de France between Bollène and Valence (160.4 kilometers) was animated by a escape made up of four elements which have seriously collaborated in order to give itself a maximum chance of going to the end of the adventure. Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Mathieu Burgaudeau (Totalenergies) Jonas Abrahamsen (UNO-X) and Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-Easypost) have never counted an insurmountable advance, the fault of private training until now victories on the Grande Loop like ineos grenadiers.
A little less than a hundred kilometers from the finish, the Col du Pertuis, listed in fourth category, has undermined many runners, including the wearer of the green jersey Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek). The latter then did not hesitate to contribute to the rise of his group to pick up the peloton. A beneficial effort because not only has the Italian joined the favorite group, but he was able to meddle in the final battle because the escapees were caught five kilometers from the finish. Jonas Abrahamsen did resistance, governing alone and counting on the abundant rain to sneak between the drops to Valence. But that Nenni.
The peloton progresses at an maddening speed on the slippery road. Under these conditions, the dreaded disaster scenario occurred. Under the red flame, a cyclist has lost control of his machine, causing many competitors in his fall on the whole road, not very wide. Consequently, only a small group of less than ten men competed in the win. With great confidence, Jonathan Milan started his sprint in a perfect timing to get ahead of Jordi Meeus (Red-Bull-Bora) and Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic Postnl). The Belgian Arnaud de Lie (Lotto) having to settle for a place of honor at the foot of the podium while the first Frenchman, Paul Penhoet, ranked 7th.
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