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Tuesday 29th August 2023

Stage 4: Andorra la Vella - Tarragona (184.6km)

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Although a hilly stage, the two 3rd category climbs look easy enough for most sprinters to cope with so today could be an all together sprint finish.

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Not so smug 30 metres past the finish line when he crashed into a crowd of onlookers - one poor lady seemed to take the brunt of a full impact and there was mucho blood trickling down Remco’s face from a cut above his right eye. Very strong finish by him, mind!

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The aftermath of his careless crash into a woman some 50 meters after the finish showed him clearly unconcerned for the injuries he may have caused together with a dismay of over-blown self importance.
The incident certainly wiped that smug git face of his smug git blooded face.

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All change for the new Stage 4 jersey wearers!

:red_square: Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
:green_square: Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
:large_blue_circle: Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Lotto Dstny (jersey on loan from Evenepoel)
:white_large_square: Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama - FDJ (jersey on loan from Evenepoel)

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174 riders on today’s Stage 4 start line!

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Stage 4 Results: Andorra la Vella - Tarragona (184.6km)

  1. Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck
  2. Juan Sebastián Molano () UAE Team Emirates
  3. Edward Theuns () Lidl - Trek
  4. Milan Menten () Lotto Dstny
  5. Dries van Gestel () TotalEnergies
  6. Orluis Aular () Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
  7. Hugo Page () Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
  8. Lewis Askey () Groupama - FDJ
  9. Sean Flynn () Team dsm - firmenich
  10. Andrea Vendrame () AG2R Citroën Team

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:red_square: General Classification after Stage 4

  1. Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal - Quick Step
  2. Enric Mas () Movistar Team …at 0:05
  3. Lenny Martinez () Groupama - FDJ …at 0:11
  4. Jonas Vingegaard () Jumbo-Visma …at 0:31
  5. Aleksandr Vlasov () BORA - hansgrohe …at 0:33
  6. Cian Uijtdebroeks () BORA - hansgrohe …at 0:33
  7. Romain Bardet () Team dsm - firmenich …at 0.35
  8. Primož Roglic () Jumbo-Visma …at 0:37
  9. Juan Ayuso () UAE Team Emirates …at 0:38
  10. Marc Soler () UAE Team Emirates …at 0:42

:green_square: Points Classification after Stage 4

  1. Kaden Groves :belgium: Alpecin-Deceuninck …75
  2. Andrea Vendrame () AG2R Citroën Team …62
  3. Andreas Kron () Lotto Dstny …30

:large_blue_circle: KOM Classification after Stage 4

  1. Eduardo Sepulveda :argentina: Lotto Dstny
  2. Remco Evenepoel () Soudal - Quick Step
  3. Matteo Sobrero () Team Jayco AlUla

:white_large_square: Youth Classification after Stage 4

  1. Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal - Quick Step
  2. Lenny Martinez () Groupama - FDJ
  3. Cian Uijtdebroeks ()

:small_orange_diamond: Team Classification after Stage 4

  1. Jumbo-Visma …WT 37:52:23
  2. UAE Team Emirates …at 0:05
  3. BORA - hansgrohe …at 0:32
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Wednesday 30th August 2023

Stage 5: Morella - Burriana (186.2km)

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The jersey riders remains the same as yesterday, however Sepulveda owns the polka dot jersey for today after collecting 6 climber points on Stage 4 to lead the classification.

:red_square: Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
:green_square: Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck
:large_blue_circle: Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Lotto Dstny
:white_large_square: Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama - FDJ (jersey on loan from Evenepoel)

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DNF: 3 non-starters this morning, injured out after yesterday’s crashes:
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Movistar Team
Kobe Goossens (Bel) Intermarché - Circus - Wanty

171 riders on today’s Stage 5 Start Line!

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STAGE 5 Results : MORELLA - BURRIANA (186.5KM)

  1. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 4-23-43
  2. Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
  3. Dries Van gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies
  4. Alberto Dainese (Ita) dsm-firmenich
  5. Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
  6. Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek
  7. David González (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
  8. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
  9. Jesús Ezquerra (Esp) Burgos-BH
  10. Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Dstny, all at same time

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, in 17-12-29
  2. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, at 11s
  3. Lenny Martínez (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 17s
  4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 37s
  5. Aleksandr Vlasov, Bora-Hansgrohe
  6. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe, both at 39s
  7. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 43s
  8. Juan Ayuso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, at 44s
  9. Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates
  10. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, both at 48s

(no changes of leader jersey)

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DNF:
Eddie Dunbar (Ire) Team Jayco AlUla
Filippo Zana (Ita) Team Jayco AlUla

Both from the same team but Eddie Dunbar had suffered a crash while the race was neutralised before the start. His team mate Filippo abandoned later with stomach problems.

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Thursday 31st August 2023

Stage 6: La Vall d’Uixó - Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (183.1km)

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Unless a breakaway succeeds we will be treated to another Remco & Jonas showdown at today’s summit finish:

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:red_square: Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
:green_square: Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
:large_blue_circle: Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Lotto Dstny
:white_large_square: Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama - FDJ (jersey on loan from Evenepoel)

169 riders on today’s Stage 6 Start line!

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Stage 6 Results : La Vall d’Uixó - Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre

  1. Sepp Kuss :us: Jumbo-Visma |4:27:29|
  2. Lenny Martinez - Groupama - FDJ |0:26|
  3. Romain Bardet - Team dsm - firmenich |0:31|
  4. Mikel Landa - Bahrain - Victorious |0:46|
  5. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates |,|
  6. Wout Poels - Bahrain - Victorious |1:03|
  7. Einer Augusto Rubio Movistar Team |1:05|
  8. Cristián Rodriguez - Team Arkéa Samsic |1:12|
  9. Steff Cras - TotalEnergies |,|
  10. Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |1:26|

:red_square: General Classification after Stage 6

  1. Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ …21:40:35
  2. Sepp Kuss - Jumbo-Visma …0:08
  3. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …0:51
  4. Wout Poels - Bahrain - Victorious …1:41
  5. Steff Cras - TotalEnergies …1:48
  6. Mikel Landa - Bahrain - Victorious …1:58
  7. Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda - Caja Rural - Seguros RGA …2:06
  8. David de la Cruz - Astana Qazaqstan Team …2:23
  9. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …2:47
  10. Enric Mas - Movistar Team …2:50

:green_square: Points Classification after Stage 6

  1. Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck …122 points
  2. Andrea Vendrame - AG2R Citroën Team …62 points
  3. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …52 points

:large_blue_circle: KOM after Stage 6

  1. Eduardo Sepulveda :argentina: Lotto Dstny 21
  2. KUSS Sepp Kuss - Jumbo-Visma
  3. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step

:white_large_square: Youth Classification after Stage 6

  1. Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ …21:40:35
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …2:47
  3. Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates …3:06

:small_orange_diamond: Team Classification after Stage 6

  1. Bahrain - Victorious WT 64:31:40
  2. Jumbo-Visma WT 0:03
  3. UAE Team Emirates WT 1:15
  4. BORA - hansgrohe WT 4:04
  5. INEOS Grenadiers

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(165 finished)

DNF:
Lorenzo Milesi :it: Team dsm - firmenich
Andrea Bagioli :it: Soudal - Quick Step
Jay Vine :australia: UAE Team Emirates
Michael Hepburn :australia: Team Jayco AlUla

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Just when we thought the top ten GC was getting settled it all gets blowed apart :firecracker:

Sepp Kuss wins the stage in fabulous style but Jumbo-Visma didn’t have it all their own way, Vingegaard and Roglič both drop from the top ten GC, and the Jumbos lose Team Classification to Bahrain-Victorious.

An inexplicable off-day for Remco, speculation he maybe feeling out of sorts after one of his team, Bagioli abandons the race.

Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) at 20 years old and the youngest competitor in this tour will wear the Red Jersey tomorrow, he is also quite possibly the very lightest weighing in at 52kg (and 1.68m tall). Martinez also by default wins the white jersey too, which presumably will be loaned out to Youth Classification 2nd place, Remco Evenepoel tomorrow.

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Friday 1st September 2023

Stage 7: Utiel - Oliva (200.8km)

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A day for the sprinters, with mucho descendiendo but with a long flat coastal road to the finish the wind strength and direction may provoke breaks in the peloton.

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:red_square:Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama - FDJ
:green_square: Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck
:large_blue_circle: Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Lotto Dstny
:white_large_square: Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates (jersey on loan from Martinez)

165 riders on today’s Stage 7 Start Line!

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Stage 7 Results : Utiel - Oliva

  1. Geoffrey Soupe :fr: TotalEnergies
  2. Orluis Aular - Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
  3. Edward Theuns - Lidl - Trek
  4. Juan Sebastián Molano - UAE Team Emirates
  5. Kaden Groves - Alpecin-Deceuninck
  6. Marijn Van Den Verg - EF Education-EasyPost
  7. David Gonzales - Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
  8. Hugo Page - Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
  9. Filippo Ganna - INEOS Grenadiers
  10. Matevž Govekar - Bahrain - Victorious

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164 finished

DNF: Thymen Arensman :netherlands: INEOS Grenadiers (Crash injury)

(no jersey changes after Stage 7)

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:red_square: General Classification after Stage 7

  1. Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ
  2. Sepp Kuss - Jumbo-Visma …0:08
  3. SOLER Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …0:51

:green_square: Points Classification after Stage 7

  1. Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck …158 points
  2. Andrea Vendrame - AG2R Citroën Team …66 points
  3. Geoffrey Soupe - TotalEnergies …61 points
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Stage 7 analysis by Lantern Rouge, what (or who) went down today.

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It’s on record as the first time a hipster has won a Grand Tour Stage!

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Saturday 2nd September 2023

Stage 8 : Dénia - Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior (165km)

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Eduardo Sepulveda is the very first Argentinian to lead a grand tour classification, and today he will get another chance to extend his lead in the KOM.
Meanwhile, a tricky little climb lies in wait near the finish, only a couple of kilometres but with 15%+ gradients.

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:hospital: Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) shared an update on his condition on social media after the crash that took him out of the race yesterday: “It was quite scary, because I can’t remember anything almost for 3 or 4 hours. I think I’m super lucky because I didn’t break anything. I miss a tooth, my neck hurts and I have stitches in my eyes. It hurts my whole body, but I think I am super lucky. If I wasn’t wearing a helmet, I don’t know if I would be still here.”

164 riders on Today’s Stage 8 rain soaked Start Line :cloud_with_rain: :open_umbrella:

:red_square:Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama - FDJ
:green_square: Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck
:large_blue_circle: Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Lotto Dstny
:white_large_square: Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates (jersey on loan from Martinez)

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Stage 8 Results : Dénia - Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior

  1. Primož Roglic :slovenia: Jumbo-Visma 4:13:52
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …"
  3. Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates …"
  4. MAS Enric - Movistar Team …0:2
  5. Jonas Vingegaard - Jumbo-Visma …"
  6. João Almeida - UAE Team Emirates …"
  7. KUSS Sepp Kuss - Jumbo-Visma …"
  8. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …"
  9. Wout Poels - Bahrain - Victorious …0:34
  10. Aleksandr Vlasov - BORA - hansgrohe …0:39

(162 finished)

DNF
Samuel Gaze :new_zealand: Alpecin-Deceuninck
Pierre Latour :fr: TotalEnergies

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:red_square: GC after Stage 8

  1. Sepp Kuss :us: Jumbo-Visma 30:51:06
  2. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …0:43
  3. Lenny Martinez - Groupama - FDJ …1:00
  4. Wout Poels - Bahrain - Victorious …2:05
  5. Mikel Landa - Bahrain - Victorious …2:29
  6. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …2:31
  7. Primož Roglic - Jumbo-Visma …2:38
  8. Jonas Vingegaard - Jumbo-Visma
  9. Enric Mas -Movistar Team
  10. AYUSO Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates …2:52

:green_square: Points Classification after Stage 8

  1. Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck …158
  2. Andrea Vendrame - AG2R Citroën Team …66
  3. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …62

:large_blue_circle: KOM after Stage 8

  1. Eduardo Sepulveda :argentina: Lotto Dstny …21
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …20
  3. Jesús Herrada - Cofidis …12
  4. Sepp Kuss - Jumbo-Visma …10
  5. Jonas Vingegaard - Jumbo-Visma 10
  6. Damiano Caruso - Bahrain - Victorious …9

:white_large_square: Youth Classification after Stage 8 :baby:

  1. Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ …30:52:06
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step 1:31
  3. Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates

:small_orange_diamond: Team Classification after Stage 8

  1. Jumbo-Visma WT 92:02:50
  2. UAE Team Emirates - WT 1:12
  3. Bahrain - Victorious WT 2:52
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Primož Roglič wins his 20th Grand Tour stage and regains a top ten GC position.

The red jersey rider Lenny Martinez loses touch with the leading GC tussle in the remaining few kilometres finishing 13th at 1:10 down and dropping to 3rd place on GC so relinquishing his red jersey to new GC leader Sepp Kuss, however Martinez still leads the Youth classification so will swop the red for the white jersey.

Remco Evenepoel just missing out on the stage win today, however he moves up to 2nd in the KOM perhaps not intentional on his part, plus he could gain the polka dot jersey in tomorrow’s mountainous stage, for past few days he has been sporting his Belgium national jersey.

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Sunday 3rd September 2023

Stage 9 : Cartagena - Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca (184.5km)

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:red_square: Sepp Kuss :us: Jumbo-Visma
:green_square: Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck
:large_blue_circle: EduardoSepulveda :argentina: Lotto Dstny
:white_large_square: Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ

The 162 finishers yesterday are on today’s Stage 9 Start line!

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Stage 9 Results : Cartagena - Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca

  1. Lennard Kamna :de: BORA - hansgrohe 4:28:59
  2. Matteo Sobrero - Team Jayco AlUla 0:13
  3. Chris Hamilton - Team dsm - firmenich 1:12
  4. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier - Lidl - Trek
  5. Jon Barrenetxea - Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 18 1:37
  6. Rubén Fernandez - Cofidis
  7. Jonathan Klever Caicedo - EF Education-EasyPost 12 2:11
  8. Daniel Navarro - Burgos-BH 2:41
  9. Enric Mas - Movistar Team 3:16
  10. Aleksandr Vlasov - BORA - hansgrohe

(all 162 starters finished)

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:yellow_square: GC after Stage 9

  1. Sepp Kuss :us: Jumbo-Visma
  2. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates 0:43
  3. Lenny Martinez - Groupama - FDJ 1:02
  4. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step 2:22
  5. Mikel Landa - Bahrain - Victorious 2:29
  6. Primož Roglic - Jumbo-Visma
  7. Jonas Vingegaard - Jumbo-Visma 2:33
  8. Enric Mas - Movistar Team
  9. Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates 2:43
  10. João Almeida - UAE Team Emirates 2:55

:green_square: Points Classification after Stage 9

  1. Kaden Groves :australia: Alpecin-Deceuninck …158 points
  2. Andrea Vendrame - AG2R Citroën Team …66
  3. Marc Soler - UAE Team Emirates …65

:large_blue_circle: KOM after Stage 9

  1. Eduardo Sepulveda :argentina: Lotto Dstny 21
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …20
  3. Jesús Herrada - Cofidis …12

:white_large_square: Youth Classification after Stage 9

  1. Lenny Martinez :fr: Groupama - FDJ 35:24:32
  2. Remco Evenepoel - Soudal - Quick Step …1:20
  3. Juan Ayuso - UAE Team Emirates …1:41

:small_orange_diamond: Team Classification after Stage 9

  1. Jumbo-Visma WT 105:39:44
  2. UAE Team Emirates WT 1:07
  3. Bahrain - Victorious WT 4:40
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