Indoda ingaba nesikweletu e-Tour de France, kodwa ngokushesha, umncintiswano ufuna ukuba akhokhe. Ngomgqibelo,Guillaume Martin(Cofidis) bakhombise abamabhizinisi ukuthi bangene ekhefini losuku benyukele endaweni yesibili benyukele endaweni yesibili. Emahoreni angama-24 nje kamuva, lo mFulentshi wayeqhelelanisiwe neqembu lejezi eliphuzi elisezansi nePort d'Envalira futhi wehla wabuyela endaweni yesishiyagalolunye ngokuhlukaniswa ngokujwayelekile.
“Bengikulindele lokho,” kusho uMartin lapho efika endaweni exubile edlula entanjeni. “Bengilindele ukuhlupheka ngemuva komzamo engiwenze izolo. Kwakunzima kakhulu. Ngenhlanhla kwaba khona umoya ovunguzayo [ku-Envalira], okwasiza ekudambiseni ijubane kancane, kodwa ekugcineni ngafika ekugcineni.”
UMartin ukwazile ukumelana nokwenza ijubane lika-Ineos Grenadiers emqanseni omude, onezingxenye ezimbili waze wafika endaweni ephakeme kakhulu ye-Tour, kodwa umzamo awenza ukuze axhumane naye lapho ekhuphuka wafika ngenxa yolwazi lwakhe ngaphesheya. . Ngemva kokuvumela igebe ukuba livuleke emajikeni okuqala okwehla kwe-Envalira, uMartin wayevele entula amandla okulivala. Nge-pedal stroke ngayinye, iqembu lejezi eliphuzi lanyamalala kakhulu esigodini esingezansi kwakhe.
Kuyacasula ukuthi ngehliselwe emakhoneni okuqala okwehla kodwa lokho yingoba bengingaphelele,” kusho uMartin ogcine esezitholela uMattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-QuickStep) wenkampani ephishekela uTadej Pogačar (Jumbo). -Visma), et al. Abakwazanga ukuvala igebe ekudonseni ngase-Encamp futhi ukushoda kwabo kwafinyelela emizuzwini emine ekukhuphukeni kokugcina kwe-Col de Beixalis.
Sasibabili kuphela futhi kwakunzima ukujaha ukubuyela emuva. Sasihlala sisemisekhondini engu-20 futhi sisebenzisa amandla amaningi. Bekuwusuku oluxakile, kodwa bengilulindele ngemuva kwayizolo. Kodwa lapho ngithatha lezi zigaba ezimbili ndawonye, akubanga kubi kangako.”
U-Martin ufinyelele ekugcineni ku-Andorra Le Vielle 8:45 phansi kophumelele esiteji u-Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) futhi enamahloni ngemizuzu emine ngemuva kweqembu lejezi eliphuzi. Ekumeni okuphelele, wehlela endaweni yesishiyagalolunye, u-7:58 ngemuva kukaPogačar no-2:26 esuka endaweni yesikhulumi. U-Martin wayekucime ngempumelelo noma yiziphi izifiso zokwahlukanisa okuvamile nangaphambi kokuba lolu hambo luqale, ecaphuna uhlobo lomzila, futhi wagqoka ukudumala kwakhe kancane e-Andorra.
“Uma usunikele ngakho konke, awukwazi ukuphoxeka. Okungiphatha kabi wukuthi ngilahlekelwe amasondo ekwehleni, kodwa lokho kungenxa yokuthi bengiqhanyelwe,” kusho uMartin. “Ngiqonde ukudumala – bengingalindele ukuwina iTour de France, uyazi. Ngilahliwe noCattaneo, ebesekhefini nami izolo. Besivame ukungena futhi sizungeze indawo eyodwa kulolu Tour, ngakho bengisezingeni lami namuhla. "
Selokhu athatha indawo yesi-23 ku-Tour debut yakhe ngo-2017, uMartin usethuthukise isikhundla sakhe sokugcina unyaka ngamunye. Indawo yakhe yesi-11 eParis ngoSepthemba odlule imenze waba ngumgijimi waseFrance okleliswe endaweni ephakeme kakhulu futhi usezofinyelela lokho kulo nyaka, noma ngabe kudala ezwakalise isifiso sokumaka ukuvakasha kwakhe ngokuwina esiteji kunokuba agibele ngokungaziwa ebheke kumqhudelwano. isiphetho esiphezulu esiphezulu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-12-2021
