A fall truncates the fifth stage of the Dauphiné: without final winner and without recording times
EThe bad weather complicated everything in a fifth stage of the Dauphiné that was marked by the efforts of the previous time trial, where Remco Evenepoel He took the victory and took the lead. The French round this Thursday offered an ideal route for sprinters or for the escape to triumph.
Le Barre, Bayer and Holter were the men who mounted the day’s breakaway. They made their way while the rain intensified and the falls appeared. With 36 kilometers to go, when it was already known that the times were going to be set 4 km from the finish line to avoid danger, a fall occurred where several cyclists were involved.
Among them were Andreas Kron (Lotto) y Neilson Powless (EF Education). But none suffered major mishaps. The stage reached the key moment with teams like Decathlon and Lidl-Trek pulling from behind to hunt down the escapees and everything was decided in the sprint.
Another fall neutralizes the stage
When they are missing 21 kilometers to go another fall occurred. And the lack of ambulances forced the race director to neutralize the stage, without being able to guarantee the best safety conditions. In this way the peloton rode slowly the 21 km to the finish line. There was no final winner and the times from the previous day were maintained.
In the fall that occurred in the decline of the Bel Air quota the leader was involved Remco Evenepoel, the Spanish Juan Ayuso and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, among others. But the most affected were Dylan Van Baarle and Steven Kruijswijk, who received medical assistance. Sad end to a day where falls were once again the unexpected protagonists.
