Today, the sixth stage of the Tour de France is still a sprinter route dominated by flat roads.
Dylan Groenewegen won the sixth stage championship with his courageous road-cutting and amazing power.
My male god Van Aert was blocked by Jasper Phillipsen again. Afterwards, he angrily said that this was very unprofessional. Jasper was later punished to the last place in the main group.
Sprinters always have more drama because of the fierce road-cutting at the end.
For example, today's champion Dylan Groenewegen.
In the 2020 Tour of Poland, Dylan Groenewegen pushed Fabio Jakobsen, who had no way to retreat, in the final sprint. He fell out of the fence, causing serious head injuries and needed medical induced coma. After waking up, he underwent multiple facial injury reconstruction surgeries. Although Fabio later participated in the Tour de France, and this year, he did not make any achievements.
Dylan Groenewegen actually paid a heavy price. He fractured his collarbone, but the most serious thing was that he was banned by the UCI for 9 months. He apologized publicly, saying that this was a stain he would bear for the rest of his life. His then-team Visma was also forced to apologize. He was forced to change teams after the rematch at the end of the second year. Now his team Jayco is also a team that is on the verge of being relegated at any time. His championship is crucial to himself and the entire team.
In the post-race comments, the commentator also said that the punishment for Dylan at the time might be too severe. After all, no one wants to cause a crash on purpose. On the other hand, Jasper is not repeating Dylan's style of violently cutting in without regard for the consequences. It's just that he hasn't caused a serious accident yet. But Jasper's cutting in like this will only happen sooner or later. The UCI is also killing a chicken to scare the monkeys today.
Speaking of which, the equipment nowadays is really changing with each passing day. Today, Dylan wore glasses that covered his nose and focused on aero. Tomorrow is the individual time trial, and everyone needs to show off their equipment.
