Tour de France – Stage 5: Chaos on the cobbles: The drama surrounding Primoz Roglic, Tadig Pojaccar scores

The Australian of Team Israel – Premier Tech prevailed in a very tight race of the last split ahead of Taco van der Horn (Netherlands) and Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen.

But Pogacar was the second big winner of the day, finishing seventh (+0:51sec) at the end of Arenberg, extending his lead over all his top competitors and, ideally, fourth overall (+0:19). I’m waiting.

The top Germans are Max Walshed and Maximilian Schachmann in 12th and 13th (+1:04min), and Jonas Weinggaard, who was defending the yellow jersey, also reached his group, 13 seconds ahead of Pojjar, despite the misfortune with faults.

There were also other favorites such as Bora captain Alexander Vlasov, Jacob Vogelsang, Geriant Thomas, Adam Yates and Nairo Quintana in this top 50+ rider field.

Roglic is the big loser after the fall

“He was very fast during the neutral phase, very turbulent, and many falls. He was very fast toward the first buff, and he didn’t slow down at all. It was a backwards exit,” Schachmann said.

Take a tour before the exciting next stages

Nils Politt, the runner-up for the Rubiks in 2019, showed a very solid performance and worked admirably for his captain Vlasov.

After a hard day off-road, the tour continues south, and the tension doesn’t get any easier. The sixth and longest section on Thursday leads 219.9 km from Binche in Belgium to the steep finish at Longwy, before finishing the first mountain on Friday at Planche des Belles Filles.

(with SID)