MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Canadian rider Hugo Houle, from Israel-Premier Tech, won the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France alone this Tuesday, disputed between Carcassonne and Foix over 178.5 kilometers, after finishing a breakaway, and the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo -Visma) neutralized the attacks of the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) in the Pyrenees debut.
Hugo Houle achieved the second victory of a Canadian in the history of the Tour with an advantage of 1 minute and 10 seconds over Frenchman Valentin Madous (Groupama-FDJ) and fellow Canadian Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech).
For his part, Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow with 2 minutes and 22 seconds compared to Tadej Pogacar, who tried unsuccessfully to free him from the wheel on a couple of occasions in the penultimate port of the day, Port de Lers, first class, but who He ended up arriving, at 5:54, along with the leader of the Tour.
The Spanish Enric Mas also looked for the breakaway in the penultimate ascent, but could not keep up with the favorites in the final port and arrived 8 minutes and 41 seconds behind the winner of the first Pyrenean stage.