Ewan tops Bennett to win stage 11: Daily Tour Digest
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Caleb Ewan sprinted to his second victory so far at this year’s Tour de France on Wednesday’s stage 11, winning a close battle in Poitiers.
After late attackers Lukas Postlberger and Bob Jungels were reeled in, the stage came down to a hectic bunch kick. Wout van Aert was the first big name to go and the Belgian led the way into the last hundred meters before others surged past, with Ewan and Sam Bennett coming up on van Aert’s left and Peter Sagan shouldering his way through next to the barriers on van Aert’s right.
Ewan and Bennett were closely matched all the way to the line, where Ewan took the narrow victory, with Bennett in second just ahead of Sagan in third.
Primoz Roglic finished safely in the peloton to maintain his position atop the GC standings with no changes in the overall top 10.
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Today’s featured image of Caleb Ewan winning stage 11 of the Tour de France comes from Cor Vos.
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