{"id":19323,"date":"2022-07-19T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-stage-16-hugo-houle-soloes-to-canadas-first-stage-win-since-1988\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:12:44","slug":"tour-de-france-stage-16-hugo-houle-soloes-to-canadas-first-stage-win-since-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-stage-16-hugo-houle-soloes-to-canadas-first-stage-win-since-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France stage 16: Hugo Houle soloes to Canada’s first stage win since 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hugo Houle (Israel Premier Tech) won a daring solo attack Tuesday to take Canada’s first stage at the Tour de France since Steve Bauer triumphed in 1988.<\/p>\n
The Canadian jumped out of an all-day breakaway to win the exciting, attack-riddled 16th stage across the French Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es in the first of three climbing days that could decide the 2022 Tour.<\/p>\n
Teammate and compatriot Michael Woods crossed the line third, with Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) in second. American rider Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) slide out while chasing on the descent, and crossed the line fourth in his third top-5 of his debut Tour.<\/p>\n
Two first-category climbs stacked up in the final half of the 178.5km stage from Carcassonne to Foix spiced up the day’s racing, with a lead group of stage-hunters racing for the win, and the GC group swapping punches for the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n
The stage win was the first by a Canadian since Bauer won a stage in 1988, who also wore the yellow jersey for five days and finished fourth overall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never won a race, so I guess it’s the right place to win my first race,\u201d Houle said. \u201cWhen I attacked, it was set to the table for Michael Woods. When I went, I went full-gas, and in the end, I was hanging on. I know if I go to the top with 30-40 seconds, maybe I could do it. It was tight. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a long time at 30 seconds, I never gave up. On the technical section I gained some more time, when they said 1 minute, I knew I was going to do it. I was cramping because I could not get to the car for the last 60km.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is for my brother, who died when I turned professional. I worked 10 to 12 years to get the win for him. I do not know what to say. I am just so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) fended off attacks from Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates) to retain the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n
There were some shakeups in the top-10, with Nairo Quintana (Ark\u00e9a-Samsic) moving into fourth and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) into fifth.<\/p>\n
Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers slipped from fifth to sixth, with Romain Bardet (Team DSM) falling from fourth to ninth.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) rode into the breakaway, and nudged from 11th to eighth.<\/p>\n