The overnight bookies favourite pulls out halfway with a knee injury.
The Yellow Jersey wearer for most of the 3 weeks loses his lead on a brutal climb.
Two bitter blows for France which looked like it might finally produce the winner.
The stage finally stopped as a result of inclement weather, with snow ploughs employed to bulldoze avalanches of snow, slush and water from the villages below the mountain peaks. And yes, this is JULY.
They decided the race times would be taken at the finish line on top of the biggest mountain peak, and didn't include the descent that followed, thus knackering the Yellow Jersey holder who was reportedly making up time down the hill.
They decided the race times would be taken at the finish line on top of the biggest mountain peak, and didn't include the descent that followed, thus knackering the Yellow Jersey holder who was reportedly making up time down the hill.
why have they cancelled the market on stage 19 when the official tour de france site has declared provisional result 1. Egan Bernal 2. Simon Yates, at 5’’ 3. Warren Barguil, at 41’’ 4. Laurens De Plus, at 50’’ 5. Steven Kruijswijk, 6. Geraint Thomas, 7. Emanuel Buchmann, 8. Vincenzo Nibali, all st 9. Richie Porte, at 1’18’’ 10. Gregor Mühlberger, st 11. Wout Poels, at 1’50’’ 12. Damiano Caruso 13. Alejandro Valverde, all st 14. Julian Alaphilippe, at 2’07’’ 15. Rigoberto Uran,
Stitched up again
why have they cancelled the market on stage 19 when the official tour de france site has declared provisional result1. Egan Bernal2. Simon Yates, at 5’’3. Warren Barguil, at 41’’4. Laurens De Plus, at 50’’5. Steven Kruijswijk,6. Geraint T
I was out yesterday sweating like a pig and pondering what it must be like to to a tour de france hill climb in this, I didn't even know it was on. Strange coincidence. Snow? FFS. Bloody French can't even get their weather right, just shows Brexit was the correct decision .
I was out yesterday sweating like a pig and pondering what it must be like to to a tour de france hill climb in this, I didn't even know it was on. Strange coincidence.Snow? FFS. Bloody French can't even get their weather right, just shows Brexit was
Actually I was caught in a thunderstorm in Paris on a sweltering hot day that had heavy hail, come to think of it. Extremes of weather do wierd things.
Actually I was caught in a thunderstorm in Paris on a sweltering hot day that had heavy hail, come to think of it. Extremes of weather do wierd things.