Tour de France: Victor Campenaerts surges from three-rider breakaway for stage 18 victory
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Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) gained stage 18 of the Tour de France from Gap to Barcelonnette after one different battle for the breakaway and one different intense battle for the stage victory.
The Belgian rider purchased away with Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) and Tour debutant Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies) inside the final 35km of the stage.
They labored correctly collectively to hold off the chasers after which sprinted for the stage victory. Kwiatkowski was pressured to information out the sprint and Campenaerts kicked laborious to hit the doorway and win. Vercher was second, with Kwiatkowski third.
After turning right into a father just a few weeks, Campenaerts was in tears as he savoured his first-ever Tour stage victory.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Crew Emirates) and the alternative GC contenders let the break go clear early inside the stage, preferring to keep away from losing their energy for the last word mountain stage of this yr’s Tour de France that begin on Friday.
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