Certainly, nothing is ever sewn with white thread on the Tour de France. Almost a month ago, in his hospital bed, Jonas Abrahamsen did not imagine a single second whipper on the roads of the Grande Boucle. “I had just fractured the collarbone [sur le Tour de Belgique, le 18 juin] And I was crying because I thought I was not going [y] participate “retracted the runner of Uno-X Mobility, Wednesday July 16, still euphoric after his victory during the 11ᵉ stage in Toulouse.
The six weeks of convalescence initially planned, the Norwegian swallowed them in the space of sixteen days, before taking the big start of the Tour, in Lille, on July 5. “A miracle”then judged Thor Hushovd, manager of the Scandinavian training. Unimaginable recently, this first success on the test for the 29 -year -old cyclist and his team was even more tasty with regard to the circumstances of the 157 kilometers of this Wednesday around the pink city.
From his entry attack to his victorious sprint against Mauro Schmid (Jayco-Alula), another escape companion, Jonas Abrahamsen had to fight. Going out with the Swiss eight kilometers from the arrival at the top of the Pech David coast, a hill appreciated by the trailers of the region, but a terrible raid for cyclists with its passages at 25 %. Feel the breath of Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-deceuninck) and resist his return to the last hectometers. Unbord, finally, this Propalestinian protester who came to disturb the final on the finish line.
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