BORA-hansgrohe Team (France) - Press Release: The first stage in the Pyrenees offered plenty of opportunities to attack today and as a result plenty of teams had an attacking strategy in mind. BORA – hansgrohe was active right from the start, and when a big group of 36 riders formed at the front, Jai Hindley, Emanuel Buchmann and Patrick Konrad were part of the day’s break. At one point a trio tried to distance themselves from the rest, but due to the hard work of Patrick, the race came back together at the front on the Col de Soudet. When F. Gall attacked on the final climb of the day only Jai was able to follow, with Emu sitting in the first chasing group while the bunch was around three minutes behind. Only 2km from the top of the climb Jai went solo, in the bunch J. Vingegaard dropped everybody and was able to bridge across to the first chasing group with Emu, which also caught Gall on the last decent. Jai Hindley instead finished off a perfect BORA – hansgrohe teamwork in style and took a solo victory, his first ever Tour de France stage win. With this superior ride, Jai also took the overall race lead and will start tomorrow’s stage with the famous Yellow Jersey on his shoulders. 

Results:

1. J. Hindley 3:57:07
2. G. Ciccone +0:32
3. F. Gall +0:32
4. E. Buchmann +0:32