Biniam Girmay consolidated his lead in the points race, while Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey but Primoz Roglic tumbled down to sixth after a crash
Intermarché-Wanty rider consolidates lead in points raceHowever, while the Eritrean consolidated his hold on the points classification, one of the Tour’s Big Four lost more time in the overall standings, after a traffic island caused a bad crash in the heart of the peloton with 11km to race.
The crash distanced Primoz Roglic, of the Bora Hansgrohe team, and, as the race leader, Tadej Pogacar, defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard and fellow contender, Remco Evenepoel , sped on, the 2023 Giro d’Italia and three-time Vuelta a España champion lost yet more time and dropped from fourth overall to sixth.
The race is now nearing the end of the second week and steadily the number of drop-outs is increasing, with the Dutch sprinter, Fabio Jakobsen, of DSM-firmenich PostNL and Pello Bilbao of Bahrain Victorious, who won last year’s 10th stage, among those heading to the nearest airport for a flight home.
After Mark Cavendish’s key lead-out man, Michael Mørkøv, quit the Tour with Covid, the Astana Qazaqstan sprinter voiced his concerns over the spread of illness in the peloton. “I think our team has taken a responsible decision,” he told Eurosport. “I know there are riders riding in the peloton with Covid and that can affect everybody. But there’s not much you can do about that, is there?”“Professionally and personally, he’s one of my closest friends,” he said of Mørkøv. “Obviously he’s a massive part of this team. He’s a road captain, he’s a final lead-out man. We’ve got to adapt, but for me, more important than any bike race, is that he’s healthy.
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