Higuita rises in the general at the beginning of the second week of the tour
The Colombian Sergio Higuita arrived with the leaders in stage 11 of the Tour de France and went up to 34th position of the general classification.
The second week of competition received the cyclists with a traicious flat route of 156.8 kilometers per Toulouse with minor slopes towards the goal. Sergio Higuita described her as a pentas with explosive ending in the final packaging.
The leak took to consolidate and ours advanced in a third and fourth group, taking care of energy for the season of demanding ramps. Sergio with the leaders at 3:15 and Santiago Buitrago, Harold Tejada and Einer Rubio further back, at 7:26.
The speed prevailed in the fraction and motivated battles among the favorites in the short -breath uploads towards the goal. Tadej Pogacar was injured in the absence of 4.5 kilometers without consequences to regret. Go ahead, Jonas Abrahamsen won at the end of photo Finish with time of 3:15:56.
Higuita arrived with the main group in 23 to 3:28. He climbed two boxes in the general until 34 with a difference of 31:34 with the leader Ben Healey.
Stage 12 on Thursday, July 17 will be the first of high mountain. It will travel 180 kilometers from AUCH to Hautacam with four ports: one first, another second and fourth. The goal will be out of category with an inclination of 7.8 percent.
