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He won’t have gained the stage, however Pogačar holds onto the yellow jersey, by 33 seconds.
Evenepoel reveals in his post-race interview that the mechanical he appeared to have was him falsely believing that he had a puncture, based mostly on a noise he heard. He realised after a couple of seconds that the noise will need to have come from elsewhere.
Pogačar crossed the road with the second quickest time, 12 seconds behind Evenepoel, and 22 seconds forward of Roglič.
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..and it is slower than Evenepoel.
Right here he comes…
He is closed the hole from 10 seconds to six in between the final two checks, so do not write him off.
However may Pogačar problem him?
He is destroyed Roglič’s time! Over 30 seconds faster.
Right here comes Remco…
Ayuso finshed earlier than Vingegaard, down in thirteenth. He’ll fall from 4th place on GC.
And he has certainly slowed down. He finishes the road behind Roglič, three seconds down.
Now Vingegaard arrives to the end.
Or is it? A fear for Evenepoel as an issue shifting gears appears to price him a couple of seconds. Would possibly that price him a stage win?
Pogačar is six seconds down on Evenepoel on the third examine – he is limiting his losses, however the stage win is creeping away from him.
The third time examine does recommend that Roglič is making floor on Vingegaard – he was solely 4 seconds slower. We’ll discover out quickly if that pattern has continued to the end.
..and it is the quickest time for the Slovenian. He is 18 seconds faster than Campanaerts – count on the opposite three to be way more faster, although
Right here comes Roglič…
Carlos Rodríguez reaches the end with the twelfth greatest time. He’ll lose substantial time on the massive 4.
That does imply Pogačar is heading in the right direction to maintain yellow
So here is the way it stands on the 2nd examine:
Evenepoel’s prolonged his lead over Pogačar too! He is 10 seconds adrift on the 2nd examine.
Pogačar was solely 2 seconds behind Evenepoel on the first examine – how has the climb modified that?
Right here comes Evenepoel on the second examine..and it is speedy! He is put but extra time into Vingegaard, and is now 22 seconds up!
Almeida finishes his trip, and he is in fourth-place.
Vingegaard once more smashes Roglič’s time on the second examine, simply as he did on the first. He is now 15 seconds forward.
Bernal finishes, and he is a great distance down – in twenty eighth place, at 1-24.
So the massive 4 are rising to the fore – on the first examine, Evenepoel is quickest, from Pogačar at 2 seconds, Vingegaard at 10 seconds and Roglič at 20 seconds.
Pogačar is second on the first timecheck, simply seconds down on Evenepoel.
Additional forward, Roglič smashes one of the best time on the second examine – however at this fee his time will likely be crushed by Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Pogačar.
Evenepoel has set the brand new quickest time on the first timecheck!
Jorgenson finishes, with the third greatest time. That is an excellent time by the American.
Adam Yates finishes in 15, slightly below a minute down. He’ll lose extra time on GC in the present day.
Vingegaard is thru the primary examine…and he is flying! 9 seconds quicker than Roglič.
Vlasov finishes with the fifth greatest time, 12 seconds slower than Camapanaerts.
Quickest time for Roglič on the first timecheck! The large query although is how he compares with the riders to come back after him.
Almeida goes fairly nicely – sixth quickest on the first examine. He is a person who is aware of how one can meaure an effort, so may velocity up.
Jorgenson reaches the 2nd examine with the fourth quickest time.
That is it then, everyone seems to be out on the street. We’ll know the end result of the stage in about half an hour’s time.
And Tadej Pogačar is off! He is earing a really severe expression, and means enterprise.
Not if Tadej Pogačar may also help it. He is ready initially ramp now.
Evenepoel is now on the course. That is his terrain – he is world champion in any case – may a profession first Tour de France stage be on the playing cards? And perhaps even the yellow jersey?
ninth place on the end for Simon Yates.
Vingegaard is off! All of us keep in mind what occurred the final time he rode a time trial on the Tour – may he have one thing related up his sleeve in the present day?
Derek Gee reaches the end, with the seventh quickest time.
Vlasov remains to be ging fast – he is fourth quickest on the second examine.
Juan Ayuso is off. He has licence to trip solely for himself in the present day.
Jorgenson is a second faster than Vlasov on the first examine, the third quickest to date.
And off goes Roglič! It is a very massive day for the Slovenian. He is needed to trip on the defensive to date within the GC race – is that this the day he strikes again?
Carlos Rodríguez, which means there are simply 5 riders to come back, beginning with Primož Roglič.
An excellent begin for Aleksandr Vlasov, who’s arrived on the first examine with the third quickest time. At this fee, he’ll transfer up from his present place of 14th on GC.
Carapaz finishes his trip, in 14th.
Seventh for Simon Yates on the second examine. He is limiting his losses nicely.
João Almeida rolls off the beginning ramp. He may be super-domestique to Pogačar, however will likely be gunning for a robust time himself to maintain up there on GC.
Derek Gee goes very nicely. He is simply arrived on the second timecheck with the 4th quickest time.
fifteenth place for Thomas on the end – not a nasty trip, however actually not at his greatest.
It is nonetheless an excellent trip although by the Irishman, who posts the third quickest time, behind solely Campanaerts and Vauquelin.
Ben Healy is approaching the end…however he is slowed down.
We’re entering into the intense GC contenders now, as Matteo Jorgenson begins his trip. Solely ten extra males to come back after him.
An replace on Carapaz: he actually does not appear to be sitting up. He is the ninth quickest man on the second timecheck.
Armirail finishes his trip, with the eighth quickest time to date.
Ben Healy units a brand new quickest time on the second timecheck! It is a revelatory trip by the Irishman.
Pidcock appears to be tacking it simple, as he arrives on the second timecheck 2 minutes down. His GC hopes are over: he’ll be chasing stage wins from now.
Again initially ramp, we’re about to have a flurry of massive names go off: Simon Yates, Enric Mas, Jai Hindley and Pello Bilbao. All are presently exterior of the highest 15 on GC, 4-40 down on Tadej Pogačar. How they carry out in the present day could dictate in the event that they proceed to trip for GC, or swap to focussing on chasing phases, or domestique duties inside their groups.
It has been some time since we final noticed the main instances threatened, however that may be chaning now as Ben Healy passes via the primary time examine second behind Küng. Although not a famous time trialist, everyone knows how massive an engine he has when driving on solo assaults. This may very well be an excellent time.
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Bruno Armirail is seventh quickest on the second timecheck. That is not unhealthy, however he might need hoped for higher.
Richard Carapaz is subsequent off the beginning ramp. Will he sit up in the present day, having already fallen 6-08 behind on GC, or dig deep with a protracted view of targetting a excessive GC end nonetheless?
Geraint Thomas if off the beginning ramp. It will be fascinating to see how he goes – usually he’d be proper up there in a time trial, however how contemporary will he be after the Giro d’Italia?
His household are right here, and he even bought off for a second to present them a hug! A really good second on the Tour.
Julian Bernard is having a good time on his trip, waving to the gang and excessive fiving some as he ambles up the climb.
Sixth place on the end for Romain Grégoire, an extra signal of the 21-year-old’s appreciable expertise.
A giant cheer greets Romain Bardet as he begins his trip. His stage win on the opening day was the primary of what has already been many emotional tales this Tour de France.
Fifth place for Nelson Oliveira on the end, an excellent trip by the Portuguese time trial specialist.
One other conender a excessive end is about to start out: Bruno Armirail. The Frenchman will hear a lot of help on the street, sporting the colors of nationwide champion.
Romain Grégoire reaches the second timecheck with the fifth quickest time. That is very spectacular for a rider not famous as a time trial specialist.
Wout van Aert arrives on the end in sixth place, 59 seconds down. He appeared like he was giving his all, too. It is unhappy to see the nice Belgian so removed from his greatest kind.
Fascinating perception from Camapanaerts on the end, who says he energy metre misplaced connection till midway up the climb. That makes his efficiency much more spectacular.
Pedersen arrives on the end a lowly 91st place. He clearly took it simple on the market – figners crossed he can get again as much as full health within the coming days.
Issues nonetheless not wanting good for Van Aert. He is sixth on the second time examine. The Belgian nonetheless is not himelf at this Tour.
Van Aert hasn’t began particularly quick. He is down in fifth on the first timecheck, 18 seconds down. That’a s lot of floor to make up already.
That mechanical will not have performed a lot to rid Küng of his popularity as one of many peloton’s unluckiest riders.
Küng arrives…and he will not be on the new seat. He posts the third quickest time, 8 seconds down.
Küng will likely be on the end quickly, too. He is getting himself again in rivalry, and was solely 5 seconds down on the third timecheck.
Vauquelin has his head in his palms within the scorching seat – however within the grand scheme of issues he is most likely simply misplaced a spot within the ultimate stage rankings, fairly than the stage win itself.
Camapanaerts does it! By lower than a second.
Campanaerts is nearing the end now, and it should be shut between him and Vauquelin
A giant second now, as Wout van Aert begins his trip. He hasn’t gained a Tour de France stage since 2022 – may this be the day?
Having been 12 seconds up on the first examine, Küng is now 18 seconds down on the second. He nonetheless has time to hurry up within the ultimate section of the course, however that mechanical was a large setback.
In the meantime Camapanaerts goes nicely. He is second on the second timecheck, simply three seconds slower than Vauquelin. He has an opportunity of setting the quickest time on the end.
Küng had additionally set the quickest time on the first checkpoint, by a whopping 1 seconds. It is unlikely he’ll be quickest on the second.
He needed to decelerate a lot that Abrahamsen nearly caught again as much as him, having been handed earlier.
An issue now for Küng although! He has an issue along with his chain and needed to cease peddling whereas he mounted it.
Stefan Küng is on a mission. He is handed his minute man Jonas Abrahamsen, and the distinction in velocity between the 2 was stark.
Mads Pedersen is subsequent to start out. If firing on all cylinders, he might need gone all in in the present day to try to win some extra factors within the inexperienced jersey competitors, however he’ll probably take it simple and he continues to get well from his crash accidents.
At 29-44, Vauquelin is the primary man to finish the course in beneath half an hour. It does not appear probably that many others will obtain that, and he may have a excessive ending place on the finish of the stage.
Quickest time by Kévin Vauquelin! He is gone 22 seconds faster than Bissegger. What a Tour this younger Frenchman is having.
A really massive title initially ramp now, as Stefan Küng begins his trip. Outdoors of the GC candidates, he is one of many prime time trialists, and will likely be targetting this stage.
Vauquelin is quickest once more on the third checkpoint. He needs to be within the hotseat quickly…
Victor Campanaerts has simply rolled off the beginning ramp. He stated initially of the day that he wasn’t going to carry again in the present day, so count on an excellent time from the previous hour file holder and European time trial champion.
Kévin Vauquelin is flying! She’s smashed Bissegger’s time on the second examine by 30 seconds.
Good trip by Oier Lazkano, who’s come into the end with the second quickest time. Although it is a distant second, 27 seconds behind Bissegger, it is clear he is nonetheless in good kind following his glorious displaying on the Dauphine, and is an efficient shout for a stage win someday later within the race.
Kévin Vauquelin is on the street and going quick. He is posted the second quickest time on the first checkpoint, and will threaten Bissegger.
The uncommon sight right here of Mathieu van der Poel in his Alpecin colors – as it is a time trial fairly than a street race, he’s not sporting his traditional world champion’s jersey.
trip by Raúl García Pierna, who has ousted Michael Matthews on the end to set the second quickest time. That’s an attention-grabbing efficiency from the 23-year-old Tour debutant, who clearly has some expertise towards the clock.
Michael Matthews has simply completed, with the second quickest time, 40 seconds slower than Bissegger. He hasn’t featured in any of the sprints to date, working as a substitute for Groenewegen, however seems in good kind in the present day.
There was a dodgy second at he almost misplaced his balence across the ultimate nook, however that is a really quick time by Bissegger. It may very well be some time till any individual challenges him.
And he arrives 42 seconds quicker!
Politt’s not even going to have time to get to the new seat, nonetheless, as Bissegger is arriving now…
Forward of him, Nils Politt has simply ousted Durbridge on the new seat, with a time 25 seconds faster. The German clearly is not holding again, on one of many few days he is not tasked with taking care of Pogacar.
Not lengthy now till Bissegger arrives on the ending straight, having set the quickest time once more on the third checkpoint.
It does not look like Durbridge will likely be there for lengthy, nonetheless. Bissegger has crushed his time on the second intermediate examine by 14 seconds.
…and he units the quickest time to date. He’ll change Martinez within the scorching seat.
Right here comes Durbridge in direction of the end…
Bissegger has set the quickest time on the first time examine, a fraction of a second faster than Durbridge.
Martinez’s time may be coming beneath menace, although. Luke Durbdridge has simply made it to the highest of the climb on the second checkpoint, a complete 20 seconds faster than the Frenchman.
Axel Zingle arrives on the end, in second place. He is 22 seconds slower than Martinez.
One of many correct time trial specialists has simply began his trip – Stefan Bissegger. Whereas most riders have been taking it comparatively simple, the Swiss will likely be all in for this.
It appears Martinez flew up the climb forward of the second checkpoint. Although Zingle, Van den Berg and Lampaert had been faster than him on the first, his time has held their problem on the second.
Lampaert is on the climb now. The Frenchman is likely one of the few right here with the excellence of getting gained a time trial on the Tour de France, from two years in the past when he gained the opening stage – the best day of his profession. He does not appear so absolutely dedicated in the present day, nonetheless.
The instances are getting quicker on the first examine level. Sébastien Grignard, Yves Lampaert, Axel Zingle and Marijn van den Berg have all reached it quicker than Martinez.
Martinez has simply arrived on the end, and units the quickest time of the day to date, slightly below a minute quicker than Davide Ballerini.
Cav’s simply been interviewed on the end, and sounds in good spirits. He stated he needed to go exhausting to verify the time restrict will not be an issue, however nonetheless had some enjoyable along with his Astana teammates as they raced to try to beat one another.
Biniam Girmay is out on the street, resplendent within the inexperienced jersey. He’s loved a terrific Tour to date, and this will likely be one of many few days he isn’t obliged to chase inexperienced jersey factors.
Lenny Martinez seems dedicated as he goes via the second checkpoint. Having been one second behind Fedorov on the first, he is now over 30 seconds faster.
Comfortable birthday to Alexander Kristoff, who’s simply set off! He critically impressed two days in the past to position third within the dash the day Cavendish gained – he might need simply turned 37, however has nonetheless bought it.
It does not appear as if Wærenskjold is fussed about driving an excellent time. He strikes out of his aero place on the climb to wave on the crowd.
Martinez has simply gone via the primary checkpoint, one second slower than Fedorov.
Jasper Philipsen has begun his trip. He’ll be seething after his relegation yesterday, and gained’t make up any floor within the factors classification he fell additional behind in because of that relegation.
Yevgeniy Fedorov is comfortably the quickest of the 9 riders to have come via to date the primary checkpoint. He posted a time of 11-02, 8 seconds faster than Dan McClay.
Yesterday’s winner Dylan Groenewegen is subsequent off. That victorious trip means he’s now gained in 5 completely different Excursions de France.
Again with Cavendish, who’s on the route’s climb. It is fairly a steep one, with the gradient hovering round 7 – 8%, however not particularly lengthy.
Now comes Søren Wærenskjold, sporting the Norwegian nationwide champions jersey. He gained a time trial on the Belgium Tour just lately, so may set an early benchmark.
Now Lenny Martinez begins for Groupama FDJ. It truly is a shock to see him this far down on GC. He did an excellent trip on the Tour de Suisse, the place he positioned sixth general, so may do an excellent trip if he is ridden himself into some kind these previous few days.
Yevgeniy Fedorov is the most recent rider to roll down the beginning ramp. Meaning 5 of the seven riders presently out on the street are from Astana – they’re all rooted on the backside of the GC, having held again to assist and help Cavendish throughout his tough opening days.
Fabio Jakobsen has simply set off. He is suffered alongside the Manxman within the opening days of the Tour, albeit to much less consideration, however has appeared higher within the sprints, ending seventh and fifth on Monday and Wednesday respectively.
And we’re off! Cav rolls down the beginning ramp to get this time trial began.
Cavendish is initially ramp now. He is bought a giant smile on his face – this will likely be a pleasant, leisurely day for him.
For different riders, in the present day will likely be a stage of trepidation. There are some GC riders who will worry this stage greater than every other. Carlos Rodríguez, for instence, final 12 months misplaced time to all 4 of the riders who ultimatley completed above him on GC, and is susceptible to extra losses in the present day.
With so many high quality time trialists among the many GC candidates, it should be robust for specialists towards the clock to be within the combine for a stage win, however they’ll give it a go. Stefan Küng stands out as a person who may problem them. He was denied a time trial stage win in 2021 solely by Tadej Pogačar, and missed out on World gold medal by a mere two seconds to Tobias Foss the 12 months after.
Mark Cavendish would be the first off the beginning rap in simply over twenty minutes. The Manxman is final place on GC after his troubles through the first few days of the race – not that he’ll care within the slightest having gained his historic thirty fifth stage win.
Anticipate to see some new tools being utilized by Vingegaard and the Visma-Lease a Bike squad as Cervélo unveils their new TT bike. Whether or not you can inform the distinction after the refined adjustments, nonetheless, is a special query:
Jonas Vingegaard has been out on his recon of the course this morning. He’ll be the in his Visma-Lease a Bike crew skinsuit whereas Pogačar and Evenepoel are pressured to put on that of the race organiser as a result of their classification leads. How a lot of a bonus will that give the Dane and the way will his physique reply to the primary ITT again from damage? Not lengthy left till we discover out.
Van Aert hit again at Philipsen’s actions, calling it a “behavior of his” when talking to Sporza, however Philipsen apologised this morning, stating that he “would by no means consciously trip in such a manner that it endangered one other rider”. Learn each tales under:
The larger story of yesterday’s dash, nonetheless, was Jasper Philipsen being relegated for deviating in his dash. Examine how and why he bought declassified all the way down to 107th and the opposite methods the UCI are cracking down on sprints on the Tour de France in 2024:
It’s also possible to learn the report from yesterday’s dash stage to meet up with how Dylan Groenewegen gained into Dijon:
There will likely be a lot of nationwide champions kits on present, here is Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) within the Swiss jersey.
An terrible lot of prep goes into guaranteeing the skinsuit setup is ideal for these in classification jerseys, with the yellow jersey holder pressured not into sporting what would have been a customized setup from his crew’s package producer. This is Santini getting Pogačar prepared for stage 7:
Race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates) has additionally been calling Evenepoel the out-and-out favorite for the day, regardless of his unbelievable duo of performances within the two time trials on the Giro d’Italia. He heads into the day with a 45-second benefit on Evenepoel who sits second on GC after 6 phases.
It is set to be an enormous day for Evenepoel who’s on debut on the Tour de France. With favorite standing for in the present day’s stage, can he stay as much as the billing because the time trial World Champion?
To get a full understanding of what is in retailer for the day’s motion, learn one in all our crew on the bottom in France Dani Ostanek’s pre-race preview which units the scene for stage 7:
With simply over an hour and a half to the primary rider Mark Cavendish rolling off the ramp, it is the proper likelihood to make amends for the TT begin instances for in the present day (CEST):
Right here we go then, one of the necessary days on the 2024 Tour de France – the primary particular person time trial. The solo race towards the clock has lengthy been often known as the ‘race of fact‘, with nowhere to cover within the bunch all through the painful effort.
Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France!