- Kwiatkowski outfoxed by Belgian breakaway specialist
- More disappointment for team that once dominated Tour
Ineos Grenadiers suffered another bitter disappointment in the Tour de France after Victor Campenaerts, of Lotto-Dstny, outsprinted the former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski to win stage 18 in Barcelonnette.
Kwiatkowski, a winner of Tour stages in 2020 and 2023, took third from a three-rider breakaway, which also included the French rider Mattéo Vercher, after being outfoxed by the breakaway specialist Campenaerts, one of the peloton’s classic baroudeurs.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Barcelonnette
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