2021 Tour de France: The 18th stage after Bahrain’s victory raid is underway-live broadcast! | Sports

118 km distance: Crash in a bunch. Several drivers fell, including Henao (Qhubeka NextHash) and Pacher (B&B Hotels). Thankfully, it doesn’t look too serious.

The gap between the three-person breakthrough and the large force is 32 inches. It is falling. It seems likely to regroup together, and the rest of the scrap will start again.

120 km distance: The race has reached the Côte de Notre-Dame de Piétat. This is the first climb of the day and belongs to the fourth class. Alaphilippe, wearing a world championship jersey, was about 15 seconds ahead of the others as he tried to bridge the trio in the frontcourt.

121 km distance: The interval to rest time has returned to about 40 seconds. Julian Alaphilippe is now trying to cross!

At the same time, this is the first shot of Mark Cavendish waving to the camera:

125 km distance: The three-person rest time of about 50 seconds on the large unit is:

Matej Mohoric (Bahrain victory)
Chris Juul-Jensen (Team BikeExchange)
Sean Bennett (team continues with NextHash)

Franck Bonnamour, the driver from B&B Hotels p/b KTM, was glanced at by the group-but determined to participate in today’s break, he attacked again from the front of the team. He joined a small chasing team with a Movistar rider and a Cofidis rider.

126 km distance: It is surprising how easy this breakthrough is. It seems that Cavendish and Dekoninck-Quick step are blocking the way, trying to prevent a big breakthrough. At the top of this group, Wout Poels in the picture, there are now three Astana-Premier Tech drivers trying to close the gap. There will be some sports directors in the car who are upset that they missed this break.

130 km distance: Lowering the flag, the three riders launched an offensive… a big gap has been opened! Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Chris Juul-Jensen (Team BikeExchange) and Sean Bennett (Team Qhubeka NextHash) are in front and they have a minute advantage. A rider at the B&B is trying to cross.

Rider There are still 1 kilometer away from the official start… There are many drivers crowded tightly behind the team’s cars, and it looks like this will be a very lively start.

Rider In preparation and launch. Those tired, sore limbs in the army are warming up gently, preparing to spend another hard day on the mountain.

Quote yesterday, French climber David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) said that he wanted to “pour kerosene on the road” in the last week. Not literally.

Wout Poels (Bahrain victory) Speaking of his hopes for today’s KOM battle, Eurosport: “Forty [points] It will be great in the end, but what is important for me is to get points in Tourmalet and see what I can do in the final… I hope Pogacar doesn’t want to win… I think for sure, for him GC is the most important, but I don’t know what they want. So I don’t know… this is a super beautiful jersey, so if I were him, I would buy it. “

When asked if it is possible for the KOM battle to drop to the final stage on Sunday and the single four-level climb on the route that day, he joked: “For the competition, it will be amazing, but for my In terms of health, if I knew it today.”

In European sports, Bradley Wiggins believes that the final climb will be another battle between the GC men, not a group of separated drivers.

Dutch Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) was the only driver who gave up yesterday. After 30 kilometers, he climbed off the bike, leaving the team with only four riders left to participate in the race: Walter Van Alt, Sepp Kus, Mike Tenison and second Jonas Wenger Gad.

I understand The beginning of today will be comprehensive. There will be many riders hoping to make a breakthrough-the 62-kilometer sprint point adds some extra fun. Some drivers will be relatively relaxed yesterday, hoping to go all out today. We will soon know who it is… The official launch time is 12.35pm UK time.

Julian PretoReuters reported that after the raid on the team hotel of the Bahrain Victory team, a preliminary investigation has been launched:

Pogacar is up 40 points Won the stage in yesterday’s KOM category, and now it looks likely to win the jersey-but as Edward Pickering pointed out on Twitter, one of the other competitors needs to rest today-and help it stay away from the end. If not, Pogacar is likely to take the lead in the game later today and win the jersey:

Top five In the King of the Mountain game:

1. Wout Poels 78pts
2. Tadej Pogacar 67pts
3. Nairo Quintana 66 points
4. Michael Woods 66 points
5. Wout van Aert 64pts

As of this morning, the top 10 The general classification is as follows:

1. Tadej Pogacar 71 hours 26 minutes 27 seconds
2. Jonas Wengard + 5 minutes 39 seconds
3. Richard Karapas +5 minutes 43 seconds
4. Rigoberto Uran + 7 minutes 17 seconds
5. Ben O’Connor +7 minutes and 34 seconds
6. Wilco Cadman +8 minutes 6 seconds
7. Enrique Mars + 9 minutes 48 seconds
8. Alexei Lutsenko +10 minutes 04 seconds
9. Guillaume Martin + 11 minutes 51 seconds
10. Pello Bilbao + 12 minutes 53 seconds

The full statement is here, From Bahrain victory, After the police raided their team hotel:

“On the eve of stage 18 Tour de France, The Bahrain Victory team is under investigation by the French police. After the team arrived at the team hotel in Pau in the 17th stage, they were monitored by some officials.

“As part of the investigation process, the investigation involved a search of the rider’s room. Although the reason for the investigation was unknown, the team was also required to provide all training files, which were compiled as required and submitted to the officials.

“Vladimir Miholjević commented: “After the 17th stage, we were welcomed by several French policemen. We were not given a read-through permit, but the team complied with all officials’ requests.

“We are committed to the highest level of professionalism and comply with all regulatory requirements, and will always cooperate in a professional manner. This process has affected our driver recovery and meal plans. As a professional team, the well-being of our team is the top priority weight.”

This is an assessment Today’s 18th stage, the route from William Fotheringham:

“Shorter and more direct than the day before; Col du Tourmalet is arguably the most iconic climb in the Pyrenees, and Luz Ardiden is one of the classic finishes. There is always room for surprise attacks, but on paper On the other hand, this stage should replicate the previous day’s judgment, as it will benefit exactly the same riders. Similarly, there should be a large-scale early escape involving climbers who are not competing as a whole, but the shortness of the stage means that they are likely Win the victory for the person in the yellow jersey when leaving the stage.”

The 130 km route from Pau to Luz Ardiden today is relatively short and sharp, with two ‘Except for category’ Ascend on the way. In short, this means that they are climbs of this type of punishment, and they ignore the classification of the normal system. The first is the famous Col du Tourmalet, after completing the 94.1 km race, it peaked at a dazzling 2,115 meters, and then before the final physically exhausting climb to the summit of Luz Ardiden (1,715 meters).

yesterday Arduous mountain stage It represents one of the last opportunities for Tadej Pogacar’s opponents to put pressure on the young defending champion. The UAE leader Pogacar not only joined Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) on perhaps the toughest route of the entire tour-he attacked them on the last steep slope until Col The top finish de Portet won the stage, scored a lot of points for the King of the Mountain, and almost ended any doubt about who will wear yellow in Paris.

this is Tour de FranceHowever, there are always many exciting stories worth paying attention to. As the days of Paris fade away, Ineos Grenadier and other teams will be eager to win the first stage. Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa Samsic) and Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) will compete for the polka dot jersey points. The green jersey opponents Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) and Sonny Corbrelli (Bahrain victory) will all sprint in Pouzac after 62.7 kilometers Design, so you may see flat out of the stage.

Pau is a long-term platform of the Tour de France, and this morning brought news of another traditional staple food: Police raid team hotelThe team in question is the Bahrain Victory team. He said that this raid was “nothing special” and the team will stand on the starting line as usual today. There is always a story somewhere in the Tour de France, and it promises to be another fascinating day. go with!