Just over four hours later, Kasper Asgreen crossed the line with arms aloft, celebrating the stage win meters in front of Pascal Eenkhoorn, Abrahamsen, and the green jersey of Jasper Philipsen. When a three-man break went up the road – Asgreen, Victor Campenaerts, and Jonas Abrahamsen – at kilometer 0, hardly anyone gave them a chance at the stage win. But Stage 18 was almost the opposite.Īt 185 km and only 1,216 meters of climbing, Stage 18 of the Tour de France was one of the flattest stages of the entire Tour. Stage 19 was made up of pure chaos, perfect for a breakaway to succeed. Asgreen, Mohorič, and Ben O’Connor went to the line, with the Slovenian winning in the final bike throw. Once the break was established, it wasn’t…because the peloton kept chasing all the way through the intermediate sprint point when a counterattack of 20-plus riders bridged to the front of the race.Īlso read: Tour de France Power: The numbers behind Vingegaard’s TT and Sepp Kuss on the Col de la LozeĬountless attacks and splits followed until Asgreen made the decisive move on the final categorized climb of the day. There were splits on the first climb of the day, even more splits on the descent that followed, and countless breakaway attempts for the first 65km of the stage. Stage 19 was full gas from start to finish. On Stage 19, it was Matej Mohorič who beat Kasper Asgreen in a photo finish, and gave us one of the best post-race interviews of all time. For two consecutive days, the breakaway raced its heart out in an attempt to hold off the chase - and they prevailed.

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