One sentence highlights the key points! Van Aert is runner-up again!
The third stage has the same configuration as the second stage. The flat road stage has three grade four slopes and one sprint point on the way. The first half of the race was a personal show for Danish local rider Kurt. Aspiring to renew his polka dot shirt , he "rided a thousand miles alone" amidst the cheers of his hometown folks. He broke through more than 100 kilometers alone and won all 3 points again. Not only did he hold on to the polka-dot shirt, he also won the day's dare award. The main car group was also very considerate, no one pursued Kurt, and no one else broke through.
Before the finish line, the teams with sprint tasks started their trains one after another, but! yes! The quick step, which is best at sprinting trains, made a big mistake. The leader Jacobsen, who had just won the previous stage, lost track of his leading sprinter when turning the corner, and the train derailed. Jacobson, who lost his key position, could not find the right time and position to start, and basically lost the possibility of competing for the championship. He tried his best to move left and right but only finished fifth.
Van Aert, who was in an excellent position, took the lead and started a battle for the "new and old brother" with Sagan. In the end, "the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins", and the bicycle trader Hrune Weihen overtook from the left and won the championship a little ahead of Van Aert. The slight advantage was not even half a wheel.
Van Aert once again won the runner-up, three consecutive runner-ups, and firmly established himself as the "new second brother". But the good news is that he once again expanded his lead in the overall yellow jersey with the second place in the stage, and also expanded his lead in the green jersey with the sprint points of the runner-up in the stage. But Art's expression on the podium didn't look very satisfied. What's even more unfortunate is that he was warned once for throwing garbage in violation of regulations, and he will be fined 1 minute for the next time he does it again.
Another person who was even more unlucky was Ulan, the overall result leader of EF Education . He crashed and fell behind in the second stage. Fortunately, he was able to catch up with the main group under the leadership of Bei Ge and others. In a crash 10 kilometers before the finish line, he was involved again and lost 39 seconds. It seems that dressing up as a Viking minotaur before the game will not increase your luck.
Lin Yixi
2022.7.4
Today I will continue to tell the story behind the driver.
mentioned yesterday that Jacobsen, the second stage champion, fell off the track in the 2020 Tour of Poland and was seriously injured and fell into coma. The person who caused him to fall off the track was the winner of the third stage, Hrunewehen. The two got stuck fiercely in the sprint before the finish line. Hrunewehen changed lanes, and Jacobsen was pushed down and broke through the barrier. , accidentally fell on the railway track beside the road, and fell into a coma beyond recognition.
Afterwards, Jacobson experienced a three-day ICU hospitalization, multiple facial plastic surgeries and a long period of physical and psychological recovery. Hrunneweghen was sentenced to a nine-month suspension, and received a lot of criticism from all sides, and even death threats from extreme fans.
This time, the two people won the Tour de France stage championship. It is really an inextricable fate. It seems that both parties have moved on from the shadow of the accident. As for whether to forgive this matter, I don’t think anyone is qualified to make the decision for Jacobson.
