STAGE 14
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12
Clermond Ferrand › Lyon
194KM
Coming to the Tour de France with neither an established sprinter or an established GC rider can for the win to take maximum points but had burned a lot of their matches already. For Sunweb, not having one leader has advantages, and they had numbers. was the first to try, attacking on the first of two cat-4 climbs in the last 11km on the rolling finish. When he got pulled back in, - not content with one stage win - had a go inside 4km to go. With few teams left with bodies to chase, it was down to the leaders themselves, like Sagan, to cover moves, and when Hirschi was reeled in pounced with 3km to go. Everyone else could only look at each other, as the Dane soloed to his debut Tour win and his team’s second in three days.
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days