Philip Lavery may have lost his yellow jersey, but he had an excellent ride on the first three of five stages in France
Philip Lavery’s ride in the four-day, five-stage, Tour de Franche-Comté in eastern France has turned into something of a game of two halves for the talented 22-year-old from Dublin.
He won the opening stage last Thursday to take the yellow jersey and was then fourth in the sprint to the line that settled Friday’s second stage.
That result meant he maintained the overall lead as he faced into the first of two road stages yesterday, Saturday.
On the first of those, which was 92km in length, Lavery was again right in the mix, defending his yellow jersey with 7th place on the stage, which was won by Briton Adam Yates.
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Going into yesterday’s afternoon stage it was looking good for Lavery as he and his team were holding up well under the challenge of a quality field.
However, in that afternoon stage the Irishman lost 16 minutes, though the reason for that massive loss is not entirely clear. That result obviously saw him lose his yellow jersey for today’s final 180km stage, which he abandoned.
While the last couple of stages and the loss of his jersey will be a disappointment for him, his ride in the race over the first three stages was extremely impressive.
The race is a major one in France and attracts a lot of strong teams from across the country. It means his prospects of securing a contract for next year will have been aided greatly by his results on what was a big stage.
Stage 5 – Sunday, May 19th
Orgelet – Ornans 180 km
1 DELAROZIERE Mathieu AIX S1 les 180 km en 4h28'58'' (moy. 40,154 km/h)
2 ADDY RAPHAEL MAC EL
3 * PAAJANEN MIKKO CMC EL
4 BACKAERT FREDERIK OME EL
5 BOUTEILLE THOMAS ETU S1
6 LEBRETON Pierre PEL S1
7 FAUCON GUILLAUME BIG EL
8 COULOT Wilfrid FCO S1
9 * VAN BEUSICHEM THIJS CRO EL
10 GUAY JULIEN SOJ S1 0:02:24
DNF Philip Lavery
Stage 4 – Saturday May 18th
Jougne - La Chaux-de-Fonds 73.8km
1 * DASSONVILLE FLAVIEN BIG EL les 73,8 km en 1h54'05'' (moy. 38,814 km/h)
2 GUAY JULIEN SOJ S1
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3 * MERHAWI KUDUS CMC EL
4 BARBAS YOANN ADT S1
5 BRUN XAVIER STE S1
6 KRASILNIKAU ANDREI AIX S1
7 * YATES ADAM ETU S1
8 BRUENGGER NICO EKZ EL
9 * MARTIN GUILLAUME SOJ S1
10 MANDRI RENE STE S1
87 Philip Lavey @16 :01
(Lavery 29th overall after stage 4 at 16:01 having held the yellow jersey going into the stage)
Stage 3 – Saturday May 18th
Besançon – Nozeroy 91.9km
1 * YATES ADAM ETU S1 les 91,6 km en 2h23'57'' (moy. 38,18 km/h)
2 ROSSETTO STEPHANE BIG EL 00:03
3 LAUBER EDOUARD ETU S1 00:04
4 HARBONNIER SEBASTIEN ADT S1 00:25
5 GUAY JULIEN SOJ S1 00:26
6 DELAROZIERE Mathieu AIX S1 00:26
7 LAVERY Philip BES S1 00:26
8 * DASSONVILLE FLAVIEN BIG EL 00:26
9 BACKAERT FREDERIK OME EL 00:26
10 BRUN XAVIER STE S1 00:26
(Lavery was in yellow at the start of the stage and held that after his 7th place. He had won the opening stage on Thursday and been 4th in the second stage on Friday.)
If you missed the piece on Lavery's great win last Thursday, here it is:
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