Cycling: Tadej Pogacar has won the exciting ninth stage of the Tour de France. The young Slovenian won the sprint of a five-man group ahead of his compatriot Primoz Roglic, who took over the yellow jersey. After an impressive solo, the Swiss Marc Hirschi was caught by the favorites with only two kilometers to go and finished third.
Hard fight for the breakaway
Attack Festival in the Pyrenees! In today's stage of the Tour de France, it took more than 60 kilometers before riders could seriously break away from the peloton. The 153,0 kilometer section from Pau to Laruns seems to have been tackled by a few pros. At full throttle it rained one attack after the other and the peloton just didn't want to calm down. Only when it went up the Col de la Hourcère did the escape group form. The Swiss Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) drove ahead as a soloist and was followed by Warren Barguil (Arkea – Samsic), Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos) david gaudu (Groupama – FDJ), Davide formolo (UAE), Daniel Martinez (EF), Omar friar (Astana) and the Swiss champion Sebastian Reichenbach (Groupama – FDJ) and the German Lennard Kamna (Bora – hansgrohe). Previously, the plagued by back pain Thibaut Pinot (Groupama – FDJ) trying to get his teammates in position.
Mega solo by Marc Hirschi
After the intermediate sprint in Arette and before the Col d'Ichère, the yellow-black train from Jumbo - Visma caught up with the chasing group. But it was difficult to tame Marc Hirsch. The only 22-year-old Swiss still had a lead of over 4 minutes. It's crazy that so far he hasn't let himself be caught by either the chasing group or the peloton. He also mastered the tough Col de Marie Blanque, finishing there at the top by 11 seconds. On the descent he was able to extend his lead to almost 30 seconds. But in the flat section before the finish line, the group behind him was simply too fast. This consisted of Primois Roglic (Jumbo – Visma), Tadej pogacar (UAE), Egan Bernal (Ineos) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain-McLaren). The four of them were able to break away from their opponents - thanks to several attacks from Pogacar.
Tadej Pogacar wins the sprint
In a thrilling chase, the quartet only caught up two kilometers from the finish line Marc Hirschi on and kept the groups around Leader Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa – Samsic) at a distance. The sprint for the day's victory decided Tadej pogacar for themselves. Marc Hirschi almost even won the sprint. In the end, however, the Swiss had to lag behind in third place Primois Roglic content He takes the yellow jersey.
TADEJ POGACAR ganador de la novena etapa y PRIMOZ ROGLIC es el new lider de la general del tour de Francia. pic.twitter.com/AXDH1pmIZ7
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