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- Simon Geschke wins the first German since 2007 a high mountain stage of the Tour de France.
- The 29-year-old had arrived shortly before the start of the Tour in the Giant team.
- Behind the breakaway group to Geschke himself Leader Christopher Froome and its immediate rivals Nairo Quintana delivered a dramatic race.
The tears could not be avoided, as Simon Geschke, 29, finally reached the finish line. Nearly 50 kilometers from the finish he had launched on this serious first Alpine stage an attack, and then drove and drove and he went: the Col d’Allos high, the treacherous descent of this mountain and down the six-kilometer final climb to Pra Loup back up – no one could follow him in this time more. “That’s a bit surreal. I’m going to need some days to the right to catch on,” he said.
It is indeed an amazing story that has delivered this Simon Geschke from Berlin since. Until shortly before the start of the Tour de France was not clear whether he would belong to his squad Giant teams. For one thing, because he had suffered a broken collarbone in the spring; secondly, because the team had formed in recent years mainly as a sprinter troupe to prepare the ground Marcel Kittel.
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But this time the team management Kittel not nominated for a form of residue and turned tactically wider on. John Degenkolb should try it in the sprints, Warren Barguil drive in the overall classification on a top-ten placement – and Geschke should just connect again breakaways. Normally it belongs rather to the anonymous forces of the field, to the actors who have to work for their masters. But already the Giro d’Italia or the Vuelta he had proved in recent years that he HAT a good feeling for the correct group and with this sense he is now secured in the Tour the first German success on a high mountain stage since 2007 when Linus Gerdemann won in Le Grand-Bornand
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Over the past few days had Geschke tried repeatedly , and it was amazing that he already had on the 17th section of Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup the strength to go to the start of the race in a great escape group. The field to the Leader Christopher Froome (Sky) was granted the outliers, as Geschke then launched his solo, he also did not have to worry that the big names would again ascend to him.
The fought Instead, a few kilometers behind Geschke their own dramatic race. The Americans Tejay van Garderen, until the third stage in the overall standings, it got already at the first small climbs, he had to give. Alberto Contador crashed on the descent of the Col d’Allos and lost over two minutes on the group by the tour leader Froome and its first followers Nairo Quintana.
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The Colombian had previously announced that he wanted to try again in the Alps. And his Movistar team is a good tactic had devised. Two drivers were mitgefahren with the group to Geschke, they allowed themselves to fall back later, and was overcome as the Col d’Allos and only propriety of the final climb, Quintana’s team was fourth – and Froome alone. Such a situation, the Briton had in Tour so far not yet have to experience. Quintana attacked, once, twice, before the third time he even tear a small hole to Froome, as if he had difficulties to follow. But even this was in vain Bluff: Froome gave herself confidently as always, rode his drooping downward glance at Hometrainer style the distance again. In the final sprint Quintana this time was just faster. But to reduce the backlog of 3:10 minutes, he did not succeed.
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