Magnus Cort resumed the fuga in Megève and confirmed his Grand Tour News

Tadej Pogacar saves the yellow against the fugitive Kämna by the hair

The Danish cyclist Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost) has won this Tuesday the tenth stage of the Tour de France, disputed between Morzine and Megève over 148.1 kilometers, finishing off a hard-fought breakaway in a hilltop finish in which the leader Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) saved the yellow jersey, in a close contest with escapee Lennard Kämna (BORA-hansgrohe).

There was a leak, with a big break that took time to consolidate. With the peloton giving permission and refusing to fight for the stage, it was the escapees who endlessly attacked each other, forming various groups with constant changes, until they reached the finish line with several of them together and Magnus Cort said; "this is my Tour".

The Dane, who wore the mountain leader's jersey on several stages and was fifth on stage five, scored his first stage win at this French round - the second of his career - in a photo finish. with Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange-Jayco).

A few meters ago it did not seem that this fight between Dane and Australian was going to take place. And it is that none of them were among the previous attackers. Cort waited in the large group and was lucky that they took him to the finish line just to, with maximum effort, yes, finish off and win. Schultz, from less to more, was seen attacking.

It was when he tried to close the gap with veteran Spaniard Luis León Sánchez (Bahrain-Victorious), who fought as a rookie for a fifth Tour de France victory. He did not arrive, and was third behind the two opponents. Great stage for the Murcian, who was one of the most spicy at the end of the day.

Behind, in a stage that was paused for about 10 minutes due to an environmental protest on the road - demonstrators tied up in protest at the overcrowding of Mont Blanc -, the pack of favorites did not attack each other on the long climb to Megève and Pogacar He was the first to enter, showing that he is still strong despite the losses due to coronavirus in his team.

Perhaps the most striking thing was that break. Alberto Bettiol, a colleague of Magnus Cort in the EF, was in the lead, and passed by the protesters. Race direction saw the smoke, saw the chained entering the road and throwing themselves to the ground, and opted to make Bettiol stop, his pursuers and, a little later, the large group. Solving the conflict, and respecting the previous times, the race was resumed.

There was no fight, however, in the more than 19 kilometers of steep climb. Without large ramps to do damage, no one sought to intimidate Tadej Pogacar's UAE despite running out of George Bennett --abandoned by coronavirus--, one of his squires. In addition, the leader was the strongest and almost took a second, in the end not, from Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) or Enric Mas (Movistar Team), third of the best at 8:54 minutes.

The 'spark' was, on the other hand, whether Pogacar would wear yellow in the eleventh stage or not. The German Lennard Kämna (BORA-hansgrohe) got into the breakaway, who was 8:43 behind the Slovenian in the general classification. In the end, Kämna came in tenth at the finish line, 22 seconds behind the winner, and Pogacar remains in the lead with an 11-second margin over the German. 'Luisle' Sánchez rises to tenth provisional position.

--CLASSIFICATIONS.

-Stage.

1. Magnus Cort (DIN/EF Education-EasyPost) 3:18:50.

2. Nick Schultz (AUS/Team BikeExchange-Jayco) m.t.

3. LUIS LEÓN SÁNCHEZ (ESP/Bahrain-Victorious) at 7.

4. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Movistar Team) 8.

5. Dylan van Baarle (NED/INEOS Grenadiers) 10.

-General.

1. Tadej Pogacar (SVN/UAE Team Emirates) 37:11:28.

2. Lennard Kämna (ALE/BORA-hansgrohe) and 11.

3. Jonas Vingegaard (DIN/Jumbo-Visma) 0:39.

4. Geraint Thomas (GBR/INEOS Grenadiers) 1:17.