So Kämna became something of a tragic hero – exactly on the place where he got his first professional win in 2020 had celebrated: “I thought to myself that I was virtually in yellow. On the last mountain I only thought about it at the end. I was here for the stage win, that was my goal. It didn’t work out at all and I wasn’t granted it.” , said the 25-year-old. He started the 10th stage 8:43 minutes behind Pogacar, but now he is eleven seconds behind the defending champion.
“Today I had the feeling that everyone was driving against me in the leading group,” said Kämna on “ARD”: “It really wasn’t fun going up the first mountain. In the end I rode everything I had.”
Tour de France
Tour field stopped! Demonstrators block the race track
In a very tight sprint, the day’s success went to the Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen ahead of the Australian Nick Schultz. Georg Zimmermann finished sixth in the stage over 148 kilometers and four climbs, 15 seconds behind, Kämna came in tenth daily rating with 22 seconds behind.
Heart-stopping finale in Megéve: Cort Nielsen celebrates second stage victory
Simon Geschke defended his mountain jersey and deliberately saved energy. The next two days will be very important for him in the fight for the dotted “maillot à pois”.
For excitement previously had one line blockade caused by demonstrators, which stopped the 25 escapees as well as the field and interrupted the race about 40 kilometers from the finish line for about a quarter of an hour before the race continued with the distances previously taken.
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