Both Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno X-Mobility) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-Alula) had managed to drop the other three members of the breakaway. They were chased by Mathieu Van Der Poel. He had lost a stage on a breakaway effort in the final meters of a stage. Today, he was unable to catch the break and was about at the same point when he was caught then as he was now when these two sprinted for stage victory. Schmid had the misfortune of being on the front for the final kilometer but came oh so close to outsprinting the Norwegian on the Norwegian team. It came down to the quality of each man's bike throw. Abrahamsen had the better lunge for the line claiming his first Tour de France stage victory of his career. You may remember he spend days in the Maillot a Pois and a day or two in the Maillot Vert last year, but this is the first time he has taken a Tour stage.
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