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Tour de France 2020 : Stage 9 – Pogacar triumphs on an intense stage; Roglic takes yellow

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It’s ironic that one of the fastest stages of this year’s 2020 Tour de France was also one that just kept building an almost slow-motion intensity on every kilometre of every climb, and all the way to the finish line. File under Heartbreak of the Solo Break, when Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) spent 90km out in front by himself, only to be reeled in 1.6km from the finish by a group that included Tadej Pogacar (UAE) and Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic. In the end, Hirschi once again lost the sprint (just like in stage 2 to Alaphilippe), with Pogacar winning and Roglic in second to take the yellow jersey from a distanced Adam Yates.

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Tour de France 2020 : Stage 8 – Peters solos to win, Yates clings to yellow

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In his debut Tour, Nan Peters (AG2R La Mondiale) soloed to victory from the day’s break on stage 8 of the Tour de France, ahead of runner-up Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) and third-placed Carlos Verona (Movistar). Today’s short but challenging stage in the Pyrenees also saw a shake-up on GC. It was a particularly bitter-sweet day for the French as Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), suffering from an injury sustained on the opening day, lost touch with the peloton on the penultimate climb. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-QuickStep) and Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) were dropped on the Col de Peyresourde while Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Emirates) clawed back some of the time he lost yesterday. Despite this, no jerseys changed hands and race leader Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) hangs onto yellow.

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Tour de France 2020 : Stage 5 – Wout wins and Yates awarded yellow

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Wout van Aert took Jumbo-Visma’s second consecutive win on stage 5 of the 2020 Tour de France after hitching a ride on the Team Sunweb lead-out train intended for runner-up Cees Bol whom he easily overhauled at the finish in Privas. Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) finished third and took over the green points jersey from fourth-placed Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe). Race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) lost his yellow jersey to Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) after being handed a time penalty for taking a late bidon.

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