Tom Pidcock recovers from late crash to take sixth on La Flèche Wallonne debut
Briton hit the deck꧙ with 28 kilometres to go at Wednesd꧒ay's race
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Pidcock (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers) recovered from a late crash at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:La Flèche Wallonne to take sixth at the finish atop the Mur de Huy.
The Briton was among the favourites for victory on his race debut after winning Brabantse Pijl and finishing second at Amstel Gold Race but his run-in to the final in Wallonia was disrupted after he hit the deck withܫ 28 kilometres to go on Wednesday.
A touch of wheels in the peloton saw several riders fall on the side of the road as the peloton chased down the early breakaway shortly after the s๊econd of the day's three ascents of the Mur de Huy.
Luckily for Pidcock, he hit the ground on the g❀rass verge at the side of the road along with a Trek-Segafredo rider further back, while Stan Dewulf (AG2R Citroën) fell in the road and took some time to get going.
O😼thers, such as Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal), and Lennard Hofstede (Jumbo-Visma) were also held up by the crash, though all of them, plus Sean Bennett, Robert Power (Qhubeka Assos), and Fernando Barceló (Cofidis) stayed upright.
After getting going with a push from the Ineos Grenadiers mechanic, Pidcock could be seen visiting his team car having suffered damage to his right shoe. The 21-year-old, who is ridi﷽ng his first year at WorldTour level, then made it back to the peloton with the help of his teammate and Giro d'Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart, with 24 kilometres to race.
Pidcock was seen back at the sharp end of the action during the race finale up the brutal double-digit gr꧑adients of the Mur de Huy.&nbs🔥p;
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He was near the front of the peloton as Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) attacked with 350 metres to go but couldn't respond to the next acceleration, that of eventual winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep).
Pidcock kept fighting all the way to the line and finished sixth, 11 seco♑nds down 🍌on Alaphilippe.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:La Flèche Wallonne was supposed to be Pidcock's last race of the spring but his run of success and abi༒lity in the hardest classics, means he could also line-up at Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday according to a report in Nieuwsblad.
