2021 Tour de France: Cavendish aims to break Merck’s record in stage 19-live broadcast! | Sports

Crash in droves! There is a large group of riders in the middle of the road. A rider had just turned from the side of the narrow road on the left and then fell back onto the tarmac, causing a car accident. Fortunately, the large army is not that fast, and everyone seems to be fine.

The flag dropped! We started the game. There was a flurry of offense and was quickly involved. Then De Gent attacked again and tried to open the gap. The road is ups and downs, the sun is shining…

Thomas Degent (Lotto Soudal) When the flag is about to fall, it is depicted behind the political commissar’s car…

Knights and “cannibals”.

The launch of Zhonghe has already begun. After exchanging pleasure with Eddy Merckx (the person who Cavendish’s goal today is to get the stage victory record), Cavendish is portrayed as gently rolling in front of the team.

One day’s individually classified climbing, Côte de Bareille only travels 12.1 kilometers.

The middle sprint was in Saint-Sever, after 54.1 kilometers, this was the apex of an unclassified climb.

Some breaking news about the abandonment: Michael Woods (Israel start-up country) and Miguel Àngel López (Astana) did not start today.

Cavendish And the “Cannibal” himself, Eddie Merkex, is now portrayed as sharing hugs and some warm words on the starting line. Lovely scene.

Cavendish At the starting line, Eurosport talked about the prospects of today’s stage: “Obviously we want a sprint… but as you see in Nimes, you know, if a big team takes strong people, It’s hard to control.”

Cavendish refers to the victory Nils Politt won for Bora-​​Hansgrohe in the 11th stage:

Is there a more photogenic sporting event ratio Tour de France?

This is a gallery of fans and locals scattered on the route this year:

Today’s route Has a four-level climb and an intermediate sprint.

Given the bonuses offered to Cavendish today, if this powerful Dekonink-Quick-Step team does not see any breakthrough before pulling them back to complete a series of games in Libourne, it will It was a surprise.

Yesterday, when Mark Cavendish and four Deceuninck-Quick-Step teammates crossed the finish line on horseback at Luz Ardiden ski resort, they smiled, despite the facts They were behind the finish line at a speed of 32 minutes and 06 seconds. Stage 18 winner And the yellow jersey, Tadej Pogacar.

Cavendish’s only game yesterday was under time constraints, and with the help of his loyal teammates, it completed the task: they returned home in about 6 minutes. Manxman will continue to compete until Paris, and will have two more chances to break the historical record of Eddy Merckx 34 Tour de France Win the stage. The first of these is today’s 207 km roughly flat journey from Mourenx to Libourne.

Cavendish wisely tried to refute recent media questions about Merck’s records, but he made comments to his teammates after he left. Record-breaking stage 34 victory In the 13th stage-“We made history”-showed that he was very aware that he had the opportunity to surpass the “cannibal” Merck in the tour record book.

After Cavendish’s first tour stage in Chateauroux in 2008, no one could have predicted that this “fat banker” (who once called himself in an interview with The Guardian) would come to this point. After completing the 207 km race, will he hold the record in just a few hours? As this Tour de France has shown so far, it is unwise to bet on him.

Start of neutralization: 11.20 UK/ 12.20 CET
Game start: 11.30 UK/ 12.30 CET