Global Times - 30.07.2019

24 TUESDAY JULY 30, 2019

SPORTS

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Qingdao 31 25 Thunder

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Suzhou 38 30 Cloudy

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Egan Bernal became the first Colombi-

an to win the Tour de France when he

retained the overall leader’s yellow jer-

sey after Sunday’s 21st and final stage

won by Caleb Ewan of Australia.

The 22-year-old Bernal, the young-

est rider to win the race in 110 years,

gave Team Ineos – formerly Team Sky

• their seventh title in the last eight edi-
  tions.
  He beat teammate and defending
  champion Geraint Thomas of
  Britain by one minute 11 sec-
  onds, with Dutchman Ste-
  ven Kruijswijk coming home
  third, 1:31 off the pace.
  “It’s incredible, I don’t
  know what to say. I’ve won
  the Tour but I don’t manage
  to believe it. I need a couple
  of days to assimilate all this,”
  said Bernal.
  “This is the first Tour for
  us, Colombians. Many Colom-
  bians have tried before, we’ve
  had great cyclists in the past.
  But I’m the first one to win the
  Tour! Colombia deserves it.”
  Also the winner of the
  white jersey for the best
  under-25 rider, Bernal did not
  win a single stage, but he was
  first at the top of the Col de

l’Iseran when the decisive 19th stage

was stopped because of hailstorms and

landslides in the Alps.

Kruijswijk’s Jumbo-Visma team

shone throughout the race, winning

four stages through Dylan Groenewe-

gen, Wout van Aert, Mike Teunissen

and the team time trial.

Briton Adam Yates failed to impress

but his Mitchelton-Scott team also

claimed four stages. Yates’ twin broth-

er Simon won two stages while Matteo

Trentin and Daryl Impey took

one apiece.

France’s Julian Alaphilippe, who

wore the yellow jersey for 14 days but

cracked in the Alps and ended fifth

overall, was the race’s most exciting

rider.

The world No.1, who had been fight-

ing to become France’s first winner

since Bernard Hinault in 1985, was

voted this year’s most aggressive rider

after also winning two stages.

“Alaphilippe changed the deal of

this Tour de France, no question about

it,” said Tour director Christian Prud-

homme. “There was also the absence

of [ four-time champion] Chris Froome,

which gave hope to many rid-

ers.”

Slovakian Peter Sa-

gan wrapped up a record seventh green

jersey for the points classification, sur-

passing the previous mark he held

jointly with German Erik Zabel.

Frenchman Romain Bardet won the

polka dot jersey for the mountains clas-

sification, a consolation prize after he

dropped out of overall contention early

on.

Sunday’s stage, a mostly proces-

sional ride from Rambouillet that

ended on the Champs-Elysees, as it has

done every year since 1975, was won

by Ewan, who snatched his third stage

win on his Tour debut.

Ewan burst through on the right

side of the cobbled avenue to beat

Dutchman Groenewegen and Italian

Niccolo Bonifazio, who were second

and third respectively.

Reuters

Bernal claims Tour de France title

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 22-year-old Colombian becomes youngest winner in 110 years

Race winner Egan Bernal competes

in the final stage of the 2019 Tour de

France on Sunday on the Champs-

Elysees in Paris. Photo: IC