A fall prevents Darwin Atapuma fight for victory in the Tour de l'Ain

A Story by moxiaoxiao

Darwin Atapuma, stage winner in the Tour of Poland, and the entire Team Colombia were motivated to seek success in the only uphill finish in the Tour de l'Ain in the Mont-Jura, but an unfortunate decline in the which was also involved Carlos Julian Quintero, has shattered the team's plans, and any other ambition on the stage and the overall standings.

The race for Team Colombia finished made at mile 79, during the provisioning area, according to the account of the facts provided by the DD Valerio Tebaldi: "Carlos Julian Quintero was escorting Darwin Atapuma when a runner for the French team took bad his bag and moved sharply into the squad. discount cycle accessories Carlos has done everything possible to avoid it, but was beaten from behind by Darwin, who fell to the ground violently with him. "

"The whole team has been waiting for Atapuma - continued Tebaldi - but the boys needed technical assistance, and since our car had the number 20, spent a lot of time to reach its height. When our riders resumed their march they were to recover more than 3 minutes on the peloton, traveling and at high speed road goal. The boys gave everything, but unfortunately failed to catch the big group. "

The only good news is that, at least at first glance, athletes reported no serious consequences after the fall: "Atapuma suffered a nasty blow to the knee, but the pain was not so strong as to not allow resuming the race. Both Carlos and Darwin have several bruises and abrasions, but should be ready for Tuesday. "

"Of course what happened today puts us out of contention for the general classification, but let's look on the bright side, and we will try to take advantage of opportunities in the last stage.team sky kit We hope that Darwin and Carlos can rest well to fully play its cards, "he said Tebaldi.

Luis Leon Sanchez (Belkin) took the stage win ahead of his teammate - and new overall leader - Tom-Jelte Slagter, while Romain Bardet (Ag2r) completed the podium at the finish in height Mont-Jura.