Søren Wærenskjold wins the fastest Tour de France stage ever on the Noah Fast
What a Tour de France it has been for Uno-X! After Torstein Træen spent two days in the yellow jersey, Søren Wærenskjold claimed victory in Stage 11 from Vichy to Nevers on Wednesday. What makes this win even more remarkable is that it came in the fastest Tour de France stage ever. With an average speed of 50.91 km/h, an incredible record was broken. The fact that this historic stage was won aboard a Noah Fast makes it even more special for all of us.
This Tour de France couldn’t have gone better for Uno-X and Ridley. In the first week, Torstein Træen took the yellow jersey and led the general classification of the world’s biggest race for two days. However, in the Pyrenees stage over the Col d’Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet, it was once again Tadej Pogacar who called the shots and seized control. Træen himself crashed on the descent from the Col du Tourmalet and was forced to withdraw from the race with several broken ribs and a concussion.
The Norwegian team did not give up and showed an insatiable hunger for success. In the flat stage to Bordeaux, Søren Wærenskjold finished second, and Tobias Halland Johannessen also secured a second spot after an explosive stage through the Massif Central.
The 11th stage between Vichy and Nevers promised to be another opportunity for the fast riders. At the start of the stage, however, it became clear that several teams were determined to thwart this, and so the day’s breakaway had to fight hard. Eventually, a group of four fast riders broke away from the peloton, including Anthon Charmig for Uno-X, who had won a stage in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes just last month. They never managed to build a lead of more than 1'30", but the pace remained so high that the peloton was never able to ease off.
Once the breakaway riders were caught, preparations for the sprint could begin. It started off fairly calmly with all the major teams in position, but in the final 4 kilometres the real battle began. With one kilometre to go, Wærenskjold appeared to be too far back in the peloton. Cees Bol launched his sprint 500 metres from the finish, but no one followed in his slipstream. The peloton veered to the left, and that was Wærenskjold’s moment. He dived through a small gap onto Bol’s wheel and, perfectly launched, took the lead with 250 metres to go. Kooij and Philipsen came close, but it was Søren Wærenskjold who, in addition to winning the 11th stage, also claimed the title of the fastest stage winner in the history of the Tour.
Photo: Photo News
This Tour de France couldn’t have gone better for Uno-X and Ridley. In the first week, Torstein Træen took the yellow jersey and led the general classification of the world’s biggest race for two days. However, in the Pyrenees stage over the Col d’Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet, it was once again Tadej Pogacar who called the shots and seized control. Træen himself crashed on the descent from the Col du Tourmalet and was forced to withdraw from the race with several broken ribs and a concussion.
The Norwegian team did not give up and showed an insatiable hunger for success. In the flat stage to Bordeaux, Søren Wærenskjold finished second, and Tobias Halland Johannessen also secured a second spot after an explosive stage through the Massif Central.
The 11th stage between Vichy and Nevers promised to be another opportunity for the fast riders. At the start of the stage, however, it became clear that several teams were determined to thwart this, and so the day’s breakaway had to fight hard. Eventually, a group of four fast riders broke away from the peloton, including Anthon Charmig for Uno-X, who had won a stage in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes just last month. They never managed to build a lead of more than 1'30", but the pace remained so high that the peloton was never able to ease off.
Once the breakaway riders were caught, preparations for the sprint could begin. It started off fairly calmly with all the major teams in position, but in the final 4 kilometres the real battle began. With one kilometre to go, Wærenskjold appeared to be too far back in the peloton. Cees Bol launched his sprint 500 metres from the finish, but no one followed in his slipstream. The peloton veered to the left, and that was Wærenskjold’s moment. He dived through a small gap onto Bol’s wheel and, perfectly launched, took the lead with 250 metres to go. Kooij and Philipsen came close, but it was Søren Wærenskjold who, in addition to winning the 11th stage, also claimed the title of the fastest stage winner in the history of the Tour.
Photo: Photo News
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