Stage 16 after the rest day was supposed to be a mediocre flat stage. In fact, this was true for most of the race, and even the breakout was not as crowded as there were in the previous days, only two drivers chose to break through and were successfully recovered in the last 14 kilometers.
The game seems to have no suspense to enter the mode of a big group sprint, and at this moment, the most exciting plot of the whole game begins. First, Roglic launched an attack about 2.6 kilometers before the finish line, Ackermann, Pederson and others followed, and the 5-man group quickly opened a gap with the others.
At this moment, the red-shirted Effineple suffered a puncture failure, stopped at the side of the road to summon the team car, and was unable to make any counterattack to Loglic's attack. Roglic, Ackerman, Pedersen, Wright, van Popel all the way to the end.
Just before the finish line, a more heart-wrenching scene appeared, 100 meters before the finish line, during the sprint of the small group, Logrich unfortunately fell into the car and was seriously injured. Pedersen won the championship again, and Ackermann did not start early this time, but still did not rush Pederson.
After the race, it was officially confirmed that the 3km protection rule was applied to this stage, and Roglic was recorded for the same time as Pedersen Group, and Effineple was recorded for the same time as the main group, 8 seconds behind Roglic. Unfortunately, due to serious injuries, jumbo announced Thatrogy's retirement from the race before the start of Stage 17.
Before this Tour de La Tour, I told my friends that I had a hunch that Rogo would not win four consecutive championships, but I counted back and forth, feeling that others were not capable of posing a threat to Rogo, I did not expect Xiao Ai to behave so fiercely this time, and I did not expect That Rogo finally ended this year's Tour de Lago with such a tragic plot.
After the fall, Luo Ge was in a state of confusion, his glasses were crooked, his riding car was shaky, and sitting on the ground after the game was also permeated with decadent breath, which was too sad to watch. I hope he recovers soon.
Lin Yiyi
2022.9.7
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In addition to these thrilling plots, I also want to spit out the bulk UAE, each of which is the eight boiled sauce of the war, is simply "scattered with stars". Although Ackerman and Morano have not won, they have won a lot of sprints in the top five or even runners-up and third places in the big and small groups; Sorell either broke through or fell behind to win the stage championship and runner-up; Ayusso and Almeida's overall results are stable in the top ten, and with Rogo retiring Ayusso can even look forward to the podium; The team's overall record further extended the lead and is currently 32 minutes ahead of second place Ineos. Although there is no tacit understanding, no cooperation and no tactics, but it is surprising to fight alone and break out of the sky, I have to say that there is a way to raise clams.