Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen won the 11th stage of the Tour de France by ahead of the sprint his escape companion, Swiss Mauro Schmid, Wednesday July 16 in Toulouse, where the big favorite Tadej Pogacar became a fear by falling in the final.
Member of a breakaway early during a very lively stage, Abrahamsen, 29, and Schmid, resisted the return of Mathieu Van der Poel, 3rd to 7 seconds, the Norwegian winning the second victory of his career. The yellow jersey remains on the shoulders of the Irishman Ben Healy.
The classification of the stage
1. Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR/UXT) 156.8 km in 3 h 15: 56.
2. Mauro Schmid (SUI/JAY) at 0.
3. Mathieu Van the pool (NED / ADC) 7.
4. Arnaud de Lie (Bel/Ltd) 53.
5. Wout van Aert (Bel/TVL) 53.
6. Axel Laurance (from/IGD) 53.
7. Fred Wright (GBR/TBV) 53.
8. Mathieu Burgalogdeau (Wife / Ten) 53.
9. Quinn Simmons (USA / LTK) 53.
10. Davide Ballerini (ITA/AST) 1:11
The general classification
1. Ben Healy (IRL/EFE) 41 h 01:13.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) at 29.
3. Remco Evenepoel (call/soq) 1:29.
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Tvl) 1:46.
5. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/TVL) 2:06.
6. Kévin Vauquelin (FRA/ARK) 2:26.
7. Oscar Onley (GBR/DFP) 3:24.
8. Floraian lipolitz (geer / rr) 3:34.
9. Primoz Roglic (Slo/RBH) 3:41.
10. Tobias Johanness (NOR/UXT) 5:0
On the program tomorrow
The 12th stage will lead the runners to the heights, with 180.6 km on the clock, enters Auch in Hautacam. This day will be the first to the high mountain. And as Christian Prudhomme, the director of the event says: “ When the Tour attacks the Pyrenees, it is never a harmless day. ”
The stage can be the occasion for a fight between the favorites. And a battle between the contenders for the polka dot jersey which this year celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, especially in the rise of Hautacam, 13.6 km long and which displays an average slope of 7.8 %.
