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Men’s Tour de France Stage 18 Race Highlights.

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Well, historically, if there was drama in the mountains, they used to send in the big dogs to rescue things. And maybe maybe the 15 teams that hadn’t got a stage win were hoping that that would be the case today, sending the hounds, see indeed who might come out on top. Big battle though, not only to be in the breakaway potentially, but also for the jerseys. Martinez in the polka dots. beliefs in the young riders jersey but really all the attention was on the GC players. What would Yonas finger and Visma Lisa Bike do to stop the march of Taliba? He leads this race. He looks in charge. But what about today? Well, if ever there was an opportunity to steal time, it was going to be right here on stage 18. The Glandon, the Meline, and the Lowe’s. A mountain that has on two occasions in the past beaten Tally Paca, but he’s on such stellar form. Could anyone beat him today? Well, it was a whole pelatin that was going to try, I think. 5,600 m of altitude gained. A day of pain. Quick look at the altimeter. Just said ouch. Look at that. [Music] Well, they waved us off and I’ve got to tell you, it wasn’t the most dramatic start to the day. Mainly because an intermediate sprint was up there after just 23 km of racing. And quite frankly, the pelatin seems to be in the mood that a sprinter should indeed take the green jersey. And the best hope of that is Jonathan Milan. Slightly uncontested that intermediate sprint. Then off the back of it, all hell broke loose. Of course it did. Tim Valance first to stretch his legs and UA member probably grateful that they would have somebody posted up the road like Vanart were up there as well for Visma Lisa bike. So all of the usual suspects you might say except for one. Primos Rugglitch a great man for the mountains. In fact succeeded here in 2020. Primos UAE is pulling is pulling fast. So don’t waste that much. Don’t waste that much. Well try telling that to somebody that’s just sunk his teak into a juothy steak. And that’s precisely what had happened. Roglitch was often up the road. Others, well, they were trying to make amends. In fact, the split in the pelatin was so enormous at one time the breakaway was bigger than indeed the pelatin itself. Lenny Martinez. Well, that was a slingshot if ever there was one. Save some energy. Possibly got a little bit of help right there. One for the jury, I think. Crossed the Glandon in first place, adding to his points tally until they had a look at it. Arosman also hunting down points and the pelatin itself hunting down a breakaway up the road and also itself starting to fracture. Well, whenever the terrain goes up, it also comes down of course and the culdeal. Some said that this could be a launch pad for greatness on the day and the great themselves were still at over a threeminute margin for those up the front. Well, such was indeed the impetus into all of the all category tests that not only the breakaway was thinning down, but the pelatin itself was getting ever more selective and in fact the gap was starting to tumble. We do it well at our pace. It’s only 25 guys left in the group anyway. Really good. Come on. Teleport responding. 25 guys left in the group. Well, this was forming and reforming. It was a a band of brothers, but leap of its I’m afraid looked like he’d been kicked out of the nest. And then Jonas Finger go finally had it the bit that is between his teeth and away he went. And guess what? Teleport Catcher was absolutely locked on laser styling. They both burned down their teammates. Who else would be up the road to help them out? Well, Matt Jurgensson for one. The man who said he’s not been very well of late. He rode brilliantly looked to be absolutely at his peak. So the roglitch group had been breached and the telepatcher shoulderto-shoulder with Yonas Vingo set off about descending. Leapitz on their case and the group with Oscar Odley divorced at this point by over two minutes with 64 kilometers to go at the head of the course. Jorgensson Okconor and Rubio a trio of great and then a bit of chitchat coming up. So get on my wheel. Let’s do this together. Florian Leipovitz needed the help. Finally, he set off alone and other teams, including that of Picnic PostnL, set off to deliver Oscar on to what he hoped would be a great day. Well, Jorgensson was on the blower, possibly called back onto duty. Meanwhile, Rubio and Okconor himself were alone, but not for long. Okconor pushed on. Had he gone too far with the big climb up to Coloss still up ahead of him? The Australian desperate to get this job done. He’s done it in the Welter. He’s done it of course in the Jirro Italia and right now the tour to France was beckoning. Just over 7 km to go and the Mayo Jean still at 3 minutes and 20. That margin was tumbling as you can see constantly and as we got closer to the line it looked now like Leapovitz was in a little bit of trouble and maybe maybe would be handing over the young riders classification and possibly his place hoping for that podium of course. Well the crowds encroached up front. Okconor had gone for it and had bridged over onto the wheel of Delipa which was remarkable. Okconor took the day screaming into the ether and indeed the hailstones. Well, maybe maybe he put a few of those in his G& later on. Meanwhile, a grand tour is what this is about. And the man in charge is Delhi Batcha coming home in second place ahead of Jonas Vingo at some margin. Oscar Onley also super brave denying a Rubio who would tumble into fifth place. Lots of other chops and changes as well within the top 10, but Felix Gal, Rogich, Adam Yates crossing the line. It was a great day and a fabulous day to be a Jacula rider, but especially if you happen to be Ben O’ Connor. That was fabulous. [Music] Kapow [Music] Okana takes it on and Rubio. It’s the biggest race in the world, but it’s uh it’s for sure the crulest. So, I’ve wanted to have another victory for for so many years now. I’ve been fighting with thirds and fourths and so close. But, uh yeah, I couldn’t be proud. Couldn’t be more proud of myself and and the boys. They backed me every single day this whole race, even throughout the uh uh pretty rough time. So yeah, thanks to everyone at JO Ola and uh yeah, it’s what the team needed and it’s what I needed. We all needed it. GC Stanley’s Teleacha extends his lead slightly over Yonas Fvingo to 4 minutes and 26. Sleeper still in third but being chased down only 22 seconds back to Oscar Onley who’s now fourth ahead of Primus Rogich. Spectacular racing yet again and it doesn’t rest up at all because tomorrow we head to La Plania and the climbing just keeps raining down upon us like punches from the sky. Two auto calorie tests. Three other categorized climbs along the way. Sage de Rosela on the agenda. Enjoyed today’s hurt? Well, quite frankly, you’re going to get more of it on stage 19. We’ll see you then for more great racing.