The Norwegian Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X) won the eleventh stage of the Tour de France in a sprint, the fastest in history with an average of 50.91 km/h, ahead of the Dutchman Olav Kooij and the Belgian Jasper Philipsen, Wednesday in Nevers.
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The previous best mark for a straight stage dates back to 1999 (50.36 km/h) between Laval and Blois, where the Italian sprinter Mario Cippolini won. After a quiet day for the leaders, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey with a lead of 3 minutes and 36 seconds over Dane Jonas Vingegaard and 4:06 over Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
The general ranking
1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) 39 h 25 : 08.
2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TVL) at 3:36.
3. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/RBH) 4:06.
4. Juan Ayuso (ESP/LTK) 4:22.
5. Paul Seixas (FRA/DCT) 4:35.
6. Florian Lipowitz (GER/RBH) 4:44.
7. Isaac Del Toro (MEX/UAD) 5:08.
8. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN/LTK) 5:45.
9. Lenny Martinez (FRA/TBV) 6:34.
10. Tom Pidcock (GBR/Q36) 11:49.
Thursday’s stage
The 13th stage will be the only one of the Tour to exceed the 200 km mark. “Its atypical profile favors adventurers, but the formation of a breakaway could take time to settle. We will have to wait to pass Besançon, then greet Thibaut Pinot in his stronghold of Mélisey, before seeing the great difficulty of the finale,” explains Christian Prudhomme.
