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His Second TDF20-40
With his team leader safely in the bunch, Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was given free rein to go get his second stage victory of this year's Tour de France. Van Aert just beat Edvald Boasson Hagen (NTT Pro Cycling) and a bike lunging Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept).
It was quite the crowd at the line in Lavaur packed rather tightly together along the barriers at the finish line. The French and I take some comfort in the presence of masks on nearly every excited spectator. The crowds have been down in numbers along the road side. It is a combination of social distancing and mask mandates and the fact that it is now September and the holiday season is long over.