Great ride by Porte to set it up
Not sure itâs a winning break yet
Funny that the 3 riders got back to the front 3, then Bardet pushes on and the original 3 ride away again
Not so sure about Carapaz now
Zipping up his jersey for the finish photo
Wow! Photo finishđł
Shocking mistake by Girmay there
But it worked out OK for him in the end
Needs to work on his prosecco opening skills, or keep his sunglasses on next time
Trip to hospital, apparently
I though Vdp was just going to nick it but then he blew. Great win for Girmay.
Very sporting finish from mvdp
Did he âgiftâ him the win?
Or just realise he wasnât gonna beat him?
Either way, Girmay kept his powder dry all day, kept his team with him and MvdP was doing efforts here, there and everywhere.
Brilliant to see
Anyone know what this is about ? They havent covered it in the highlights yet - im 30 mins behind though.
Nah, his legs just went pop I think. He was pulling up alongside, but that last little injection just blew his legs.
No idea there @GRamsay. Wasnât mentioned on the long GCN highlights.
Phew!
I enjoyed the thumbs up
I was telling my wife that Girmay looked the best of the bunch
Right, analysis time on Quest now!
MVdP can afford to sit up when he knows he isnât going to win. Heâs so damned talented that he knows heâs got plenty of big wins in him, so he doesnât have to worry about chasing minor placings
In the previous stage Lopez apparently threw a bidon at Oomen, a teammate of Dumoulin. Yesterday Dumoulin saw the camera was on him and pretended to throw his at Lopez. There is a clip of it out there where you can see him chuckling after putting it back in its cage
Nah MvdP was well beaten and he knew it.
Girmay DNS today due to the incident
Was just gonna ask about that, Iâm out of articles on CyclingNews and CyclingWeekly doesnât have the story yet.
Iâm guessing youâve got that from Twitter ?
Thanks. I googled but couldnât find anything.
I saw it on IG. Pic of him outside the hospital with an eye bandage saying he was unlikely to start tomorrow