Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) shot series of relentless attacks to take an emphatic stage victory in Laruns, Tour d France.It was a breathless final mountain stage of the 2018 tour d France in the Pyrenees.
How it unfolded
There were 146 nervous riders at the start of the last big mountain stage of the 2018 Tour de France in Lourdes: with the daunting Col d'Aspin, Col du Tourmalet, and the final ascent of the Col d'Aubisque standing between their tired legs and the final push to Paris. It would be a fight for the sprinters to keep contact at the back and a battle at the front for the baroudeurs - and one last shot for any GC riders to threaten Team Sky's grip on the race.
First, there was the matter of the category 4 ascents of the Cote de Loucrup and Cote de Capvern-les-Bains in the first 40km, a perfect launching pad for the breakaway artists. Thomas De Gendt's luck continued to elude him, and the Lotto Soudal rider's initial attack was nullified and countered by Damien Gaudin (Direct Energie), Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Silvan Dillier (AG2R La Mondiale).
Top Ten General Classification Standing after Roglic gained time.
1, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) Team Sky 79:49:31,
2, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 00:02:05,
3, Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:02:24,
4, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 00:02:37,
5,Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:04:37,
6, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 00:04:40,
7, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 00:05:15,
8, Daniel Martin (Ireland) UAE Team Emirates 00:06:39,
9, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 00:10:26,
10, Ilnur Zakarin (Russia) Katusha-Alpecin 00:11:49
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