Cycling: Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) dealt a sweeping blow at the Deutschland Tour. The Norwegian not only won the stage, but also took the red jersey as well as the green jersey. The previous leader Pascal Ackermann (Bora – hansgrohe) was no longer able to follow.
A 25-strong lead group
Yesterday it was discussed whether the stages of the Deutschland Tour are too easy. But as already suspected, we can now say: this is not the case. Because on the way from Marburg to Göttingen, 202,0 very bumpy kilometers had to be completed. And as so often, the saying was confirmed today "the drivers make the race tough". Numerous attacks were made right from the start, including by well-known professionals. A group of 25 people, including a leader Pascal Ackermann (Bora – hansgrohe), the tour fourth Emmanuel Buchman (Bora – hansgrohe), multiple Grand Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain – Merida), Simon Geschke (CCC), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain – Merida), Enric Mas Nicolau (Deceuninck – Quick Step) and Jasper stuyven (Trek – Segafredo), set off. Behind Katusha - Alpecin was forced to work on the pace because she lost her leader Nils Politt wanted to get back into a good position.
Pascal Ackermann is passed through
Due to the wild chase, the pace was extremely high in the first hour of the race. The speedometer showed 49 km/h. It was logical that many drivers were no longer able to keep up and dropped out of their respective groups. Up to the mountain classification in Waldeck, the David Villala (Astana) won, had to Pascal Ackermann tear. A little later, yesterday's stage winner was swallowed up by the peloton. This then divided - and Ackermann was in the second part of the field, which was quickly 1:30 minutes behind. Instead of winning a possible further mass sprint, Ackermann now threatened to lose the entire Deutschland Tour. Can't achieve anything here Caleb ewan (Lotto – Soudal) and Luke Rowe (Ineo). Both dropped out during the stage. Hadn't even started yesterday Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First).
Remco Evenepoel keeps the peloton on a long leash
The racing action just didn't want to calm down all day today. After the remaining breakaways were caught, the next attacks immediately began. He succeeded on his third attempt Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) to break free as a soloist. Behind tried a trio consisting of Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Julien bernard (Trek – Segafredo) and Riccardo Zoidl (CCC) to make contact. However, when they realized that they - although there were three - against Remco Evenepoel losing more and more time, they gave up their endeavor. Almost at the same time, the two main fields found each other again and Bora - hansgrohe and the UAE Team Emirates took command. But their task was not to be easy, as Remco Evenepoel already had a lead of over three minutes. The only good news was that we were only halfway through and there were still around 100,0 kilometers to go to the university town of Göttingen.
Alexander Kristoff takes over the Germany Tour
In Göttingen, the climb on Herzberger Landstraße was completed twice, as the pros had to do an extra lap after crossing the finish line for the first time. The projection of Remco Evenepoel collapsed in on itself. His solo was too long, the interests of the teams behind it too strong. Above all, Ineos and the UAE Team Emirates wanted to create the merger. So the young Belgian was passed while more attacks rained down. But nobody could really break away. So it came to the sprint of a severely decimated main field, the alexander kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) before Sonny Colbrelli (UAE Team Emirates) won. The Norwegian not only takes the lead in the sprint rankings, but also in the overall rankings. The Swiss Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) is new overall fourth.
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