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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:David Moncoutié (Cofidis) admitted that there was little to be done against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thor Hushovd's (Garmin-Cervélo) show of power in the finale of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage 13 of the Tour de France at Lourdes on Friday.

With 3 kilometres still to race, Hushovd and Moncoutié were closing ꧟in on lone leader Jeremy Roy (FDJ), and a three-man sprint was anticipated. The world champion had other ideas, however, powering away from Moncoutié and then blasting immediately past Roy to sea♒l stage victory. Moncoutié himself also passed Roy in the finale to come home 10 seconds down on Hushovd.

Leaning against the barriers after the finish, Moncouti&e🌳acute; explained that ꩲwhile Hushovd's attack was a surprise, waiting for the sprint would only have delayed the inevitable.

"In a finale like that I knew that weren't too many ways for me to win," Moncoutié told Cyclingnews. "Tactically it was difficult with a man 🍒like Hushovd, and when he attacked in the end I couldn't follow him, he was too strong."

Hushovd's show of strength had begun on the Col d'Aubisque, when the hefty Norwegian was surprisingly the first attacker from the breakaway group on the lower slopes of the climb. While first 🍸Roy and then Moncoutié passed him, his performance on the Aubisque was enough to ensure that he was still in contention on the long descent to Lourdes.

"He did well to take a bit of an adva🌠ntage on the☂ Aubisque, he was pedalling well," Moncoutié said. "I caught and passed him, but he's a very good descender and he came back to me."

As the pair combined to chip away at Roy's lead, Moncoutié realised that their alliance of circumstance🔜 would have to come to an abrupt end once the road began to flatten 𒁏out in the finale.

"I did some turns on the front, but not all the time," Moncoutié said. "I rode down to the bottom of the de🎃scent, but I told him that I was only rid🏅ing until the last 10km."

A secondary goal for Moncoutié during his sortie off the front was to accumulate points in🐼 the mountains classification. Although disappointed not to end the day in the polka dot jersey, he was generous in his praise of his fellow countryman Roy, who led over the Aubisqueꦇ.

"I had everybody wa♉tching me on the Aubisque, but it's normal," Moncoutié said. "They knew that I was perhaps the best climber in the group, but Jérémy was strong, and certainly﷽ the strongest today."

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thomas Voeckler's spell in the yellow jersey continues to delight the home fans, French riders have yet to deliver a stage win in this Tour de France, but Moncoutié pointed out that it was not for the want of try𓂃ing.

"Like on Thursday, tꩵhere was a lot of attacking from the French riders today, and Roy especially did another great ride," he pointed out.

For his part, the calmly-spoken Moncoutié is in the final Tour of his⭕ career, and still hoping to round out his total of stage wins to three, following his triumphs at Figeac and Digne-Les-Bains in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

"I'll certainly be trying to get into breaks in the next few days," he smile🎐d, as he pedalled off towards the team bus.