The first stage of the mountain will take place on Monday; First day of rest on Tuesday
Sepp Kuss de Durango is considered a long -term shot to win the Tour de France by oddsmakers. However, Kuss has a big role on Visma-Lowe a bicycle to help his team leader Jonas Vingeggaard to win. )
Sepp Kuss and Quinn Simmons de Durango were absent from the front of the Tour de France during stage 7 on Friday or stage 8 on Saturday. None of the runners finished inside the top 40 in the two stages.
Kuss remains in 34th in the general classification after step 8, while Simmons is 69th.
Step 7 was hilly and came down to an end of sprint between the favorites of the GC Tadej Pogačar, for the driving for the Emirates-XRG water team, and the Kuss teammate, Jonas Vingegaard de Visma-Lease. Pogačar obtained the best from Vingegaard, won the scene and recovered the yellow jersey.
Pogačar won stadium 7 of 197 kilometers from Saint-Malo, France, Mûr-de-Bretagne, France, in four hours, five minutes and 39 seconds. Kuss finished 44th, 4:04 am behind Pogačar. Simmons finished 78th, 8:12 behind Pogačar.
Stage 8 of 171.4 km was very flat and ideal for sprinters. Consequently, it is not surprising that Simmons’ teammate, the Sprinter of Lidl-Trek, Jonathan Milan, won the scene and kept the green jersey.
Milan crossed the line in 3:50:26 to take the victory on stage. Kuss finished 97th, 1:11 behind the leaders. Simmons finished 160th, 4:39 behind the leaders.
Pogačar leads the 54-second GC tour on Remco Evenepoel from Soudal Quick-Step. Vingegaard is in fourth, 1:17 behind and Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl-Trek is in 10th, 3:43 behind.
Stage 9 on Sunday is another flat scene; He begins in Chinon, in France and ends with Châteauroux.
Monday, Kuss could have the opportunity to shine for Visma-Lease a bicycle with the first mountain scene on the Tournée de Ennezat, in France, at Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.
Milan led the battle for the green points jersey with 182 points, followed by Pogačar in the second with 156.
Pogačar is also second in the classification of the King of the Mountain, behind his teammate Tim Welens. Simmons is in seventh.
OnePoel leads the classification of 17 seconds young people on Kévin Vauquelin; Simmons is 17th.
Visma Laise A bicycle leads the classification of the 5:33 team to the Emirates-XRG water team.
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