"We crashed 700 meters from t♒he finis🌺h line. Alexis Vuillermoz falled [sic] and I couldn't avoid him. It's a pity because we achieved a good climb," said Bardet after he crossed the line in 51st place.
The Frenchman came into the race looking to fine tune his co🃏ndition ahead of the Tour de France after a disappointing Tour de Romandie in which he finished 27th overall. Prior to the Swiss stage race, Bardet had finished second at Tour of Oman, sixth at both Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and Giro del Trentino, with🔜 ninth at Paris-Nice his lowest GC result.
The 25-year-old explained that as he now sits in 22nd place overall, 1:12 minutes down on Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), he will look for opportunities to take a stage win as he did last year with a daring descent on the Col d'ಌAllos and then climb to Pra Loup.
"That's s🐠port. I am disappointed because I did a great prologue and now the fight for the GC is over. I will change my goals and aim at a stage victory," Bardet said.
In 2016 Vuillermoz has had an injury and crash interrupted season with the Dauphine his first stage race since crashing out of Amstel Gold Race168澳洲5最新开奖结果: with cranial trauma.
"I am disappointed. Cyril Gautier was riding in front of me to prepare the final," Vuillermoz said of the accident. "There has been a wave on the left and he swerved. I touched his wheel and crashed. I get switches on the rig🐼ht hand and suffers from dermabrasion but nothing serious."
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While Bardet was relatively unscathed physically,ꦓ Vuillermoz suffered "dermabrasion of upper limbs, legs and back and from dorso lumbar contusion" and will requite stitches on his right hand according to a team statement.
