Crash spoils sprinters’ plans in Sarthe

It should have been one last hurrah for the fast men at the of 68th Circuit de la Sarthe, but the heavy rain and wind that made an appearance in the closing stages of the day changed the expected narrative.
Before that happened, the organisers decided to cut the route by 20 kilometers, but the bunch remained nervous and the fight for positioning was intense on the last lap of the stage. This and the slippery roads meant that just four kilometers from the finish in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin, a huge crash took place and fragmented the peloton, leaving small groups scattered all over the road.
Among the many riders who hit the deck were also Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish and lead-out man Bert Van Lerberghe. Fortunately, without any major consequences – the stage was won by Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) from a two-man group that got away following that incident.
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Race details
1 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
3:11:34 |
2 |
Xandro Meurisse Alpecin-Fenix |
0:00 |
3 |
Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers |
0:15 |
4 |
Mick van Dijke Jumbo-Visma |
0:15 |
5 |
Jérémy Leveau Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
0:15 |
6 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:15 |
7 |
Alexis Renard Cofidis |
0:15 |
8 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
0:15 |
9 |
Bram Welten Groupama - FDJ |
0:15 |
10 |
Romain Cardis St Michel - Auber93 |
0:39 |
61 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:49 |
DNF |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
-03:11:34 |
DNS |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
-03:11:34 |
1 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
15:49:52 |
2 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
0:08 |
3 |
Xandro Meurisse Alpecin-Fenix |
0:14 |
4 |
Jérémy Leveau Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
0:35 |
5 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
1:08 |
6 |
Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers |
1:09 |
7 |
Alexis Renard Cofidis |
1:15 |
8 |
Romain Cardis St Michel - Auber93 |
1:27 |
9 |
Thibault Guernalec Team Arkéa Samsic |
1:32 |
10 |
Mattia Bais Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
1:49 |
49 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:17 |
52 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
8:33 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
75 pt |
2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
61 pt |
3 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
34 pt |
4 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
34 pt |
5 |
Xandro Meurisse Alpecin-Fenix |
25 pt |
6 |
Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers |
25 pt |
7 |
Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies |
24 pt |
8 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
22 pt |
9 |
Bram Welten Groupama - FDJ |
21 pt |
10 |
Laurent Pichon Team Arkéa Samsic |
19 pt |
21 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
10 pt |
1 |
Maël Guégan Team U Nantes Atlantique |
44 pt |
2 |
Alexis Gougeard |
24 pt |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
20 pt |
4 |
Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies |
10 pt |
5 |
Jimmy Janssens Alpecin-Fenix |
10 pt |
6 |
Clément Carisey Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
8 pt |
7 |
Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel - Auber93 |
8 pt |
8 |
Mattia Bais Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
6 pt |
9 |
Andrii Ponomar Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
5 pt |
10 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
4 pt |
1 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
15:49:52 |
2 |
Alexis Renard Cofidis |
1:15 |
3 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
2:03 |
4 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
3:19 |
5 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
3:49 |
6 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
4:16 |
7 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
4:30 |
8 |
Mick van Dijke Jumbo-Visma |
6:00 |
9 |
Andrii Ponomar Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
6:17 |
10 |
Antoine Raugel AG2R Citroën Team |
6:22 |
1 | Alpecin-Fenix | 47:36:51 |
2 | Team Arkéa Samsic | 0:11 |
3 | Cofidis | 0:52 |
4 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:55 |
5 | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:54 |
6 | Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole | 1:58 |
7 | Groupama - FDJ | 2:44 |
8 | TotalEnergies | 2:51 |
9 | Array | 4:26 |
10 | St Michel - Auber93 | 4:35 |