The columns contain information about the race # $ nationality " France", " France", " France", " France", " France", …Įditions is a tibble whose rows each correspond to a single edition of # $ birth_country "Italy", "France", "France", "France", "France", "Franc… # $ birth_town "Arvier", "Desvres", "Paris", "Moret-sur-Loing", "Pless… # $ nickname "The Little Chimney-sweep", "Le rigolo (The joker)", "L… # $ full_name NA, NA, NA, NA, "Lucien Georges Mazan", "Lucien Georges… # $ weight 60, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 88, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,… # $ winner_team "La Française", "Conte", "Peugeot–Wolber", "Peugeot–Wol… # $ winner_name "Maurice Garin", "Henri Cornet", "Louis Trousselier", "… Race, the winner’s biographical information and the results for each Information about the overall winning rider for each edition of the Indicating that they are the current race leader. Each day, the rider with the lowest aggregate timeįollowing the previous stage wears the ‘Maillot Jaune’ (yellow jersey) (GC) which is awarded to the rider with the lowest aggregate time at theĮnd of the race. The most coveted prize of all is the ‘Generale Classification’ Wins, sprint points, mountain climbing, aggressive riding and teamĪbility. The racing is complex, withĮach team of 9 riders competing for any combination of individual stage Race is composed of around 21 stages that traverse the French nation,Įach stage is a standalone race by itself. Long history spanning back as far as 1903. If it had been even longer today, I think it would have been every better for him.Tour’) is the world’s biggest and most prestigious cycling event with a “When the average speed is lower, when they’re harder, I think they favor him. “He’s always been able to do a good time trial,” said Wegelius. Of the 11 riders still out on the road, only Geraint Thomas (Ineos) and Alaphilippe were able to best Urán’s time. 28 seconds slower than then-leader Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal). The 32-year-old posted the provisional third-fastest time at the first and second checkpoint and the provisional second-fastest time at the third checkpoint and finish line, crossing the line only. It showed who had the grunt and who did not.” It was a real test of condition for the general contenders because it was less about aerodynamics, with the low average speed, well under the 51-52 kilometers/hour we’d normally see in a time trial, so it was a TT of legs, of form. “It wasn’t a course that anyone without good legs could get through easily. “It was a very undulating course,” said road captain Simon Clarke.
The Pau time trial course was technical and favored the strong over the specialist. To have someone go early, who rode almost as fast as Rigo, was super helpful.
“A corner you think you can take full without braking in training, you realize at race speed, you can’t. “You know you can recon the course, but until you see a rider do it at proper race speed, you can miss things,” said sport director Charly Wegelius. The Italian finished in 19 th place on the stage and provided crucial information ahead of Uràn’s race. “After a couple kilometers, I had to stop and just bring it in to the finish.”īettiol was able to ride the course at maximal speed. “I had hoped to do a solid TT, but I crashed quite hard on my elbow two days ago, and it was too painful to rest in my TT position,” said Langeveld.
While most of the EF Education First Pro Cycling team was granted what road captain Simon Clarke deemed an “unofficial rest day” both Sebastian Langeveld and Alberto Bettiol were tasked with putting in a full effort. I know I lost time during the day when we had crosswinds, but we are here to fight until the finish.” I always say that the Tour finishes in Paris. “I’m not riding at my very best, but I’m happy with how I went and that we are continuing to move ahead. “It was really important to do a really good time trial,” said Urán. The Colombian stopped the clock at 35’36 after the technical 27.2-kilometer effort in Pau, 36-seconds slower than stage winner Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – QuickStep), who extended his hold on the yellow jersey. Rigoberto Urán jumped up four spots on the Tour’s general classification on Friday, slotting into eighth place following the race’s only individual time trial.