Cold weather costs van Garderen in Paris-Nice
BMC leader slides down general classification






168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tejay van Garderen dropped from fourth overall to 16th after Saturday's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ra൲in-slicked sixth s🌺tage at Paris-Nice. The BMC leader overcame a crash early in the stage but suffered in the cold weather and finished nearly five minutes down on stage winner and current overall leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tony Gallopin (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotto Soudal).
"It started out perfect," van Garderen said of the early running on Saturday. “Our plan was to get a couple of guys into the break and then if I was feeling good try and briܫdge across and have them drive it – just race aggressive to just try and gain back some time. But I had a little crash earlier on, which wasn't such a big deal. It was kind of just get up, brush myself off and keep going."
Van Garderen said his problems started on the descent off the Cô⛎;te de Ch🍸âteauneuf.
"I got really cold and I was just shivering," van Garderen said. "I just felt completely blocked. I trie🐼d to stay calm and tried to kind of regroup myself in hopes I would come a🅺round on the final climb. But once we started it, my legs were not really working.
"It is a huge disappointment because I came in with high hopes. I had good form. I showed that form a couple days ago. To have a day like today, it was one of those typical bad days that you hope that you don't have. Unfortunately, I had one today. All we can do is try to learn from it and move forward. I feel bad for the team because they've worked hard for me all week 🐼and we've done a perfect job."
Van Garderen crossed the line in 21st pla🦹ce with teammate Philippe Gilbert, 4:57 back of solo stage winner Gallopin. Van Garderen is now 16th, 4:59 behind Gallopin going into the final day's 9.ܫ7km uphill individual time trial, where van Garderen is hoping to salvage his week's effort.
"Obviously I'd like to have a good time trial,” he said. 🎃“I've tr༒ained hard and I know I have good form, so it would be a waste to not put that into a good time trial."
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