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Tour de France sprint defeat on stage 8 means different things for Kaden Groves and Tim Merlier

Tour de France sprint defeat on stage 8 means different things for Kaden Groves and Tim Merlier


Defeat in a Tour de France sprint can mean different things for different riders. For Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceunnick), a third place behind Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) was disappointing but also motivating in just his second over Tour sprint.

For Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep), defeat left him in a very different mood. He was succinct as he was disappointed after a late puncture left him struggling and out of position before the Laval sprint where Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) earned the win.

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