Kukhenketho olubambekayo lweTour de France ithamsanqa yeGeraint Thomas. UWelshman wayiphosa i-tarmac yase-French yokubhaka kwakhona njengoko iimeko zokufudumeza zizinzile kwi-peloton ngexesha lokujikeleza kwe-Nîmes, eyayihamba phambili kwelinye ipwina lika-Caleb Ewan, owayesele ephumelele iqonga eToulouse. Ukuwa kukaThomas kulo nyaka walo mdyarho weza njengoko waqobayo ngesandla sokudla emva komgama omalunga nama-50km. “Ndibe nesandla esinye kwimivalo kwaye iigiya zatsiba kwaye jammed ndaye ndalahla ibhayisekile yam kwikona,” utshilo. “Ndiyazi ukuba ugqatso alukho, ngoko ke ndibuyele kwiqela. Iyakhathaza. ”

Yayingelinye ithuba lokubaleka ngethamsanqa kunye nokukhuseleka kweqela eliphambili kukhuphiswano lwesithathu kuloTyelelo lonyaka emva kokunzima kwakhe kuKhenketho lwaseSwitzerland phakathi kuJuni.Kwakhona, njengase-Brussels nase-Saint-Étienne, u-Wales wase-Wales aphunyuke ephethe nje ukusikwa okuncinci kunye nezikrelemnqa kwicala lakhe lasekhohlo, kwaye, emva kotshintsho lwebhayisekile, wakhawuleziswa nje ukubuyela umva ngoogxa bakhe be-Ineos.Tour de France 2019: UCaleb Ewan ophumelela inqanaba 16 – phila! Funda ngakumbi

“Ndikhuphe isikhafu esidala ngoku kukuphalala kwesikhumba,” watsho ngokusika kwicala lakhe lasekhohlo, wongeza ukuba ingozi yakhe yakutshanje yayiyeyona “nto ingaqhelekanga”. > Umphathi wezemidlalo kaThomas ‘uNicolas Portal, uchaze lo waseWalesman “njengethamsanqa”. Ngelishwa, ngaphandle kokuba uThomas enikezwe umatshini otshintshileyo emva kwengozi, uPortal uthe: “Asithethanga ngayo.Simbuzile ukuba uyafuna ukutshintshela ibhayisekile kodwa wathi hayi. UDylan van Baarle uye waba nethamsanqa lokusaba ngesilumkiso esisemthethweni emva kokuba lo mfo waseDatshi ebuyele kwindlela eya kunceda inkokeli yeqela lakhe ukuba ibuyele kwi-peloton. le I-Tour de France, ke ngokuqinisekileyo ilungiselelwe uThomas.Thelekisa ithamsanqa lakhe elihle noJakob Fuglsang, naye oqubeke kwindawo yokuqala eBrussels kwaye wafika kwindawo yokugqibela eN finishmes kwizikhukula zeenyembezi emva kokuyeka umdyarho emva kokuwa okungagungqiyo e-Uzès, 30km ukusuka ekugqibeleni.

< p> UDane, obengowesithoba xa iyonke kwaye ophumeleleyo kulo nyaka ka-Liège-Bastogne-Liège kunye noCritérium du Dauphiné, ngekhe baphikise umngeni wokuphumelela eParis kodwa ukungabikho kwakhe kwiqela elinyukayo labalasele kumanqanaba amathathu e-Alpine ukuya Kuza kongeza enye inkqubela phambili kwiimeko ezininzi ezinobuchule. “Ndiva kakubi namhlanje,” utshilo. Ubushushu buye bandifikela kodwa ndaba nenkuthazo eyongezelelweyo ngokubakho komfazi wam kunye nentombi yam.Khange ndibekho kwindawo efanelekileyo eneekhilomitha zokuhamba kodwa ndilandele iNyathelo eliKhawulezileyo kakuhle kwaye ndivela ngasemva, ”wongeze uAustralia. Andiqondi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kum. Yayisele iliphupha elikhulu lokuphumelela kwinqanaba elinye. Ngoku ndiphumelele ezimbini, andizukukholelwa. ” UFacebook ka-Facebook u-Pinterest Geraint Thomas, wemka, wafumana enye ingozi kodwa waphinda walala phantsi ukuze akhusele isihloko sakhe. Iifoto: UChris Graythen / Getty Images

Ubushushu bumiselwe ukuqhubeka kwisigaba se-17, ukusuka ePont du Gard, kwiBouches-du-Rhône, ukuya eGap, kumazantsi eAlps, kuhola we-200km ukutyhubela iinduli zeVaucluse kunye neDrôme.Iqondo lobushushu liphinde lonyuswe lifike kuma-40C, amaqela azakuphelelwa zizinikezeli zawo, njengoko kuchaziwe nguPortal. “Kwisiqingatha seendlela, zonke iimoto ziphelelwe ziinkozo. I-commissaires ivumele ukondla kwimoto emva kwe-10km eyinto efanelekileyo yokwenza. Ndicinga ukuba ibiyinto yonke kuye wonke umntu. ” “Ukunyuka kukho ixesha elide kwaye kunqabile,” utshilo u-Egan Bernal, omnye wabadlali beqela likaThomas kwaye waphakanyiswa ngabaninzi ukuze baphumelele. “Bangaphezulu kwesitayile saseColombia sokukhwela. Ndikulungele kwaye ndiziva ndilungile. Nangona kunjalo, sikwi-thethird veki kwaye nantoni na enokwenzeka.Iqela I-eNos liqinile kodwa amanye amaqela kuya kufuneka ajongane noxanduva oluthile. Ingqwalaselo yokubeka phambili inqanaba liphumelela. “Sijongekile,” umphathi wabo wezemidlalo, uMat White, uthe, “kwaye okwangoku asikagqibi.”