The summary
The first kilometers of this 16th stage are very lively, with many attacks. At first, a group of three runners emerges, with Marco Haller, Marc Hirschi (Tudor) et Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-deceuninck). But the battle does not stop behind, and the three men have only a very small advantage. After 60 kilometers alone, the trio is taken up by a group of around thirty runners, including Ben Healy (EF Education-Easypost). But a few tens of minutes later, this breakaway is dislocated and 7 men manage to isolate themselves, with Julian Alaphilippe, Matteo Trentin (Tudor), Simon Velasco (XDs asa), Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers), Enric Mas (Movistar), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) et Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious). This group succeeded in creating a good gap on the pursuers and on a peloton led by the team UAE Team Emirates XRG yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar.
At the foot of the terrible Mont Ventoux, 21km at 7.5% from Bedoin, the head of the race has 1'45 “ahead of the Ben Healy and 6'30” group on the peloton. From the first slopes, Enric Mas manages to accelerate and let go of his companions in Fugue. The duo Arensman–Alaphilippe Try to hang on, but waste time on the Spaniard, boosted. While in the peloton, it is the Visma | Lease a Bike which imposes a very big rhythm and which explodes everything. We quickly find only dozen men, without Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R), distant.
The final
8 kilometers from the summit, Alaphilippe and Arensman are taken up and distant by a trio Ben Healy (EF), Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) et Valentin Paretrere (Sudal Quick-Step), which is 45 seconds of But. While Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) is attacking! The Danish is very strong, he wins everyone except Pogacarbefore falling back on Tiesj Benoot Then Victor Campenaertsleft for escape. The pace remains very high. While behind we find a trio with Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz (Red bull-bora-haansgrohe) et Oscar Onley (Picnic postnl). Awesome place 1-2-3 attacks, but Pogacar Stay taped to the wheel. While Healy et Paretrere come back Enric Mas 3 kilometers from the finish and won it, the Irishman and the French attack without that, but none of the two manages to make the difference. So it looks at and Butaccompanied by Buitragobut alsoIlan van Wilder (Sudal Quick-Step) come back. The latter makes the pace for VPP in the last kilometer. And it is Ben Healy who launches the sprint. Alone Paretrere manages to take his wheel, before overflowing him in the last ramp and winning at the top of Mont Chauve, snatched! Behind him, Healy takes 2nd place, Buitrago The 3rd and Van Wilder La 4e.
Just behind, at 40 seconds, Pogacar et Awesome Arrive, the two rivals are constantly attacking, but cannot let go. Pogacar ends up putting a break of 2 seconds to Awesome On the line, but the Danish was offensive and made the Slovenian doubt. But et Alaphilippe take the 7th and 8th positions. Then arrive at the other leaders in the general classification, with in order Primoz Roglic (9th to 1'51 “), Florian Lipowitz (10th to 1'53 “), Oscar Onley (14e to 2'29 “), Carlos Rodriguez (15th at 3'02 “, ineos grenadiers), Felix Gall who managed his climb well (17th at 3'33 “), Kévin Vauquelin (20th at 3'42 “, Arkéa-B & B Hotels) and finally Tobias Johannessen (27e à 5’11”, Uno-X Mobility).
Some changes must therefore be reported in the top 10, since Primoz Roglic takes 5th place at Kévin Vauquelinwho finds himself 6th. Thanks to her escape and at the end of Tobias Johannessen, Ben Healy Seen from 9th place, the Norvègien goes to the 10th.
