Søren Kragh Andersen time cut Tour de France video | Sticky Bottle

*Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) was shattered but he still managed to do a mini sprint and even a bike throw to make sure he beat the stage 11 time cut on the Tour de France today*

Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) has made the time cut on Tour de France stage 11 today, after sprinting to the line with just three seconds to spare.

The Danish rider had an incredible Tour last year when he took two of his team's three wins on the race, when the squad was riding as Team Sunweb. And while the 26-year-old is having a much harder time this year, he showed real grit today to stay in the race.

He knew he had a fight on his hands to survive as he rode at the back of the event on his own, with only Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) and the broom wagon behind him.

The TV cameras picked out Kragh Andersen sprinting to the finish and also doing a bike throw on the line, such was the intensity of his fight to stay in the race. And that last effort really paid off as he made the cut today by just three seconds.

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The 198.9km stage - featuring two ascents of Mont Ventoux - was won by Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) in a time of 5hrs 17mins 43secs. The time cut was 115 per cent of the winner's time, meaning the riders had to finish within 47:39 of Van Aert to make it inside the limit and stay in the race.

Kragh Andersen just about did it, with three seconds to spare, though Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) missed the cut today and seven other riders abandoned the stage during the race.

Those seven were: Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal), Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma), Clément Russo (Arkéa-Samsic), Miles Scotson (Groupama-FDJ), Daniel McLay (Arkéa- Samsic), Tiesj Benoot (DSM) and Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-NextHash).

Mark Cavendish and his Deceuninck-QuickStep team mates, who were in a group with other riders today, made the cut in plenty of time. They had seven minutes to spare, as the man who went close to beating Cavendish in the bunch sprint 24 hours earlier won the stage.

After a gutsy ride today we're sad to confirm that @LukeRowe1990 has crossed the line outside the time limit and will not be able to start tomorrow's stage #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/FEw4n8T8C1

— Netcompany INEOS (@NetcompanyINEOS) July 7, 2021