Cycling: Matthias Brändle (Israel Start-Up Nation) narrowly missed out on a stage win at the Tour de La Provence. The Austrian lost to the British Owain Doull (Ineos) in the breakaway sprint. Nairo Quintana (Arkéa – Samsic) won the overall victory.
Brändle only beaten by centimetres
After three climbs and 170,5 kilometers from Avignon to Aix-en-Provence, most spectators would have expected a sprint decision - but things turned out differently. Just ahead of the peloton, the breakaway group managed to cross the finish line on the fourth and final section of the tour. In the end, the Briton was the happy winner Owain Doull (Ineos), who is just ahead of the Austrian in the sprint of the fugitives Matthias Brandle (Israel Start-Up Nation) was able to prevail.
Quintana celebrates overall victory
The overall victory of the fifth Tour de La Provence goes to Nairo Quintana (Arkea – Samsic). The Colombian won the king's stage with ease and has a clear lead of 64 seconds in the overall standings Alexander Vlasov (Astana) and 84 seconds ahead alexey lutsenko (Astana). In addition to his place on the podium, the latter can also look forward to winning the points classification. In addition, his team Astana wins the team classification. Aleksandr Vlasov was honored as the best young driver. Victory in the mountains classification goes to the Germans Jonah Koch (CCC).
🇬🇧@owaindoull of 🇬🇧@TeamINEOS wins stage 4 of 🇫🇷Tour de @LaProvenceSport #TourdelaProvence #TDLP2020 (📺@gcntweet) pic.twitter.com/w0F8EcUvXE
- World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) February 16, 2020