The Tour de France traditionally starts on July 1st. On Friday, the 13th stage took place, in which Michal Kwiatkowski was the best. “It was the hardest kilometer of my life,” he admitted exhausted at the finish line.
Like every year in July, France hosts a competition for the best cyclists in the world. In early July, the 110th legendary Tour de France started. The competition around France this year started in Bilbao, Spain, via San Sebastian and Bayonne to France, where the fourth round took place in Nogaro.
Tour de France: Michal Kwiatkowski showed class in stage 13
The first leader of the current competition was Adam Yates of UAE Team Emirates, who remained the owner of the yellow jersey after the second stage of the TdF, held in northern Spain. On July 14, the thirteenth stage of this race ended in Châtillon-sur-Chalaron, ending with a climb to Grande Colombie. Michal Kwiatkowski was the best in the 137.8 km distance, where the sum of the climbs is 2410 meters.
With 12 km to go, Kwiatkowski mustered his last strength and caught up with the four cyclists in front, and then overtook them. UAE-Team Emirates cyclists, which includes Rafal Majka, gave chase, but Team Ineos did not let himself catch up and won.
At the finish line, Kwiatkowski admitted that the last kilometers of this stage were the most difficult in his life. “That’s great,” he admitted wearily.
Tour de France: you never get used to winning
On the Tour de France twitter channel, the organizers posted a note in which they wrote: “You will never get used to winning a stage in the Tour de France. Congratulations Michal!
The Polish cyclist answered “never”. “After all this, it really means a lot,” he added.
Jonas Wingegaard has been the leader since Stage 6 of the Tour de France. Last year, the leading Dane won the Tour de France, which then defeated Tadej Pogacar and Geraint Thomas.
Source: Wprost
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