TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Australian Caleb Ewan completed his set of tour stage victories once the pocket-sized runner pipped Dylan Groenewegen to the road to win the eleventh stage of the Tour American state France, a 167-km flat ride from Albi on Wednesday.
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The keno Soudal rider surged past Groenewegen in a very mass sprint to prevail by some centimeters, with Italian litterateur Viviani taking third place.
Riding the Tour for the primary time, Ewan regular his effort dead to feature to his solitary Vuelta a Spain stage win and his 3 Giro d’Italia victories.
“I can’t believe it. I’ve been thus advance the four last sprint I’ve done. however my team ne'er lost religion in American state and that I ne'er lost religion in my team,” Ewan, 25, told reporters.
“I knew if everything was returning along, I can be the quickest on the day. With 10km to travel, (our lead-out man) opaque gem (De Buyst) crashed. I used to be at the rear of the bunch, however, Roger (Kluge) came back {for American state|on behalf of me} and took me back to Dylan Groenewegen’s wheel within the last klick.
“Luckily I had the legs to complete it off. this can be a childhood dream return true. There’s the no different race that I’ve needed to win as a child. The Tour American state France {is thusmething|are some things|are a few things} so distant from Australia, one thing we tend to watch on TV... it’s fantastic.”
The final sprint was somehow chaotic with a spectator’s phone striking Niccolo Bonifazio’s helmet with a hundred meters to travel, wrecking the Italian’s probabilities.
France’s Julian Alaphilippe maintained the general leader’s yellow jersey when staying safe within the bunch.
There were no major changes within the overall standings however double challenger Nairo Quintana was concerned in a very pile-up some thirty kilometers from the end.
He created it back to the peloton, however, before the ultimate sprint with an injured elbow.
Dutchman Niki Terpstra couldn't come back to on his bike and abandoned the race whereas former overall leader Giulio Ciccone, WHO conjointly crashed, was unable to rejoin the pack and born out of the highest ten within the general classification.
Breakaway rider Aime American state Gendt was reined in by the pack with four.5 klick left when offensive from the beginning with Frenchmen Stephane Rossetto, Anthony Perez, and Lilian Calmejane.
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De Gendt saved himself for a late attack, that earned him the day’s combativity award, abundant to the annoyance of Rossetto, WHO same the Belgian had not to force his weight within the breakaway.
“He failed to provide everything like we tend to did and at the tip, he goes solo, I’m this angry,” same Rossetto.
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