Ke hāʻawi ʻoe i nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoka

Hiki i ke kanaka ke holo i ka aie ma kaKaapuni o Farani, akā ma mua o ka wā ma hope, koi ka lāhui e hoʻoponopono i kāna moʻokāki. Ma ka Poaono,Guillaume Martin(Kofidis) hōʻike i ka ʻoihana e komo i ka hoʻomaha o ka lā a piʻi i luna ʻehiku mau wahi i ka lua o ka nui. He 24 mau hola wale nō ma hope mai, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka Farani mai ka hui melemele melemele ma ka iho ʻana o ka Port d'Envalira a ua hāʻule ʻo ia i lalo i ka ʻeiwa ma ka helu maʻamau.

"Ua manaʻo wau i kēlā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Martin i kona hiki ʻana i ka ʻāpana hui ʻia ma mua o ka laina hoʻopau. "Ua manaʻo wau e pilikia ma hope o kaʻu hana i nehinei. Ua paʻakikī loa. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua loaʻa kahi makani nui [ma ka Envalira], i kōkua e hoʻomāmā i ka wikiwiki no kahi manawa liʻiliʻi, akā i ka hopena, aia wau ma ka palena.

Ua hoʻokō ʻo Martin e pale aku i ka wikiwiki o ka Ineos Grenadiers ma ka piʻi lōʻihi, ʻelua ʻāpana i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka Tour, akā ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻomau i ka pilina ma ke ala e piʻi ai i ke kumu kūʻai o kona ʻoluʻolu ma kēlā ʻaoʻao. . Ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana i kahi āpau e wehe ma nā piko mua o ka iho ʻana o ka Envalira, ua nele ʻo Martin i ka ikaika e pani ai. Me kēlā me kēia hahau wāwae, ua nalowale ka hui lole melemele i loko o ke awāwa ma lalo ona.

He mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa iaʻu i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma nā kihi mua o ka iho ʻana, akā ʻo ia no ka mea ua palahalaha loa wau, "wahi a Martin, ka mea i loaʻa iā ia iho me Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-QuickStep) no ka hui ʻana i kāna ʻimi ʻana iā Tadej Pogačar (Jumbo). -Visma), et al. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa i ka hakahaka ma ka hāʻule ʻana i Encamp a ua hōʻea ko lākou hemahema i ʻehā mau minuke ma ka piʻi hope loa o ka Col de Beixalis.

ʻElua wale nō mākou a paʻakikī ke alualu ʻana. Aia mākou ma 20 kekona a ua hoʻohana mākou i ka ikehu. He lā paʻakikī ia, akā ua manaʻo wau ma hope o nehinei. Akā i ka wā e hui pū ai au i kēia mau ʻanuʻu ʻelua, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa ia.

Ua hōʻea ʻo Martin i ka pau ʻana ma Andorra Le Vielle 8:45 ma ke kahua lanakila ʻo Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) a hilahila wale no ʻehā mau minuke ma hope o ka hui melemele melemele. Ma nā kūlana holoʻokoʻa, hāʻule ʻo ia i ka wahi ʻeiwa, 7:58 ma hope o Pogačar a me 2:26 mai ka podium. Ua kākau maikaʻi ʻo Martin i nā manaʻo hoʻokaʻawale ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia huakaʻi, me ka haʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ala, a ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia i kona hōʻeha ma Andorra.

"Ke hāʻawi ʻoe i nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoka. ʻOi aku ka huhū i ka nalowale ʻana o nā huila i ka iho ʻana, akā ʻo ia wale nō no ka mea ua palahalaha wau," wahi a Martin. "ʻO koʻu manaʻo, hoʻohaʻahaʻa - ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e lanakila i ka Tour de France, ʻike ʻoe. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia au me Cattaneo, ka mea i hoʻomaha me aʻu i nehinei. Ua hele pinepine mākou i loko a ma kahi hoʻokahi ma kēia huakaʻi, no laila aia wau i koʻu pae i kēia lā.

Mai ka hoʻonoho ʻana iā 23rd ma kāna huakaʻi huakaʻi ma 2017, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Martin i kāna kūlana hope loa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO kāna wahi 11 ma Palika i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa i hala, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokō Farani kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa a ke hele nei ʻo ia e hoʻokūkū i kēlā hana i kēia makahiki, ʻoiai inā ua lōʻihi kona makemake e hōʻailona i kāna huakaʻi me ka lanakila o ke kahua ma mua o ka holo ʻana me ka inoa ʻole. kiʻekiʻe holoʻokoʻa pau.