Tour de France replace: Kuss inside high 40, Simmons inside high 70 after Stage 8
First mountain stage will likely be on Monday; first relaxation day on Tuesday
Durango’s Sepp Kuss is taken into account as an extended shot to win the Tour de France by oddsmakers. Nonetheless, Kuss has a giant position on Visma-Lease a Bike to assist his group chief Jonas Vingeggaard win. (Courtesy Visma-Lease a Bike)
Durango’s Sepp Kuss and Quinn Simmons had been absent from the entrance of the Tour de France throughout Stage 7 on Friday or Stage 8 on Saturday. Neither rider completed within the highest 40 in both stage.
Kuss stays in thirty fourth within the normal classification after Stage 8, whereas Simmons is 69th.
Stage 7 was hilly and got here right down to a dash end between GC favorites Tadej Pogačar, driving for UAE Crew Emirates-XRG, and Kuss’ teammate, Visma-Lease a Bike’s Jonas Vingegaard. Pogačar obtained one of the best of Vingegaard, gained the stage and obtained the yellow jersey again.
Pogačar gained the 197-kilometer Stage 7 from Saint-Malo, France, to Mûr-de-Bretagne, France, in 4 hours, 5 minutes and 39 seconds. Kuss completed forty fourth, 4:04 behind Pogačar. Simmons completed 78th, 8:12 behind Pogačar.
The 171.4 km Stage 8 was very flat and nice for sprinters. Subsequently, it’s no shock that Simmons’ teammate, Lidl-Trek sprinter Jonathan Milan, gained the stage and retained the inexperienced jersey.
Milan crossed the road in 3:50:26 to take the stage win. Kuss completed 97th, 1:11 behind the leaders. Simmons completed a hundred and sixtieth, 4:39 behind the leaders.
Pogačar leads the Tour GC by 54 seconds over Soudal Fast-Step’s Remco Evenepoel. Vingegaard is in fourth, 1:17 behind and Lidl-Trek’s Mattias Skjelmose is in tenth, 3:43 behind.
Sunday’s Stage 9 is one other flat stage; it begins in Chinon, France and ends in Châteauroux.
On Monday, Kuss could get the prospect to shine for Visma-Lease a Bike with the Tour’s first mountain stage from Ennezat, France, to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.
Milan leads the battle for the inexperienced factors jersey with 182 factors, adopted by Pogačar in second with 156.
Pogačar can be second within the king of the mountain classification, behind his teammate Tim Wellens. Simmons is in seventh.
Evenepoel leads the youth classification by 17 seconds over Kévin Vauquelin; Simmons is seventeenth.
Visma-Lease a Bike leads the group standings by 5:33 over UAE Crew Emirates-XRG.
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