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Romain Bardet falls out of Tour podium picture after ‘terrible day’ in Pyrenees

Bardet: When Vingegaard and Pogacar accelerate, nobody can compete with them


Romain Bardet has raced enough Tours de France to know that the climbs unveiled at the presentation in October aren’t necessarily the ones faced the following July. These mountains may be as old as time, but they change according to the circumstances.

In 2017, Bardet scaled the Mur de Péguère frustrated by the heavy marking and lack of collaboration in the yellow jersey group, but still resolutely in the hunt for final overall victory at the Tour de France. On Tuesday, the Team DSM rider was the first of the GC men to lose contact with the groupe maillot jaune on an afternoon of sweltering heat, and by the time he forlornly crested the summit, his podium challenge was already over.

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