Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe claimed a knock-out double triumph in a dramatically unpredictable first high mountain stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Friday as Maxim Van Gils outsprinted Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) for a summit finish victory and young Australian teammate Luke Tuckwell moved into the lead.
Part of a move of 60 riders that left all the top GC contenders trailing in a second peloton very early on the fast and furious 182-kilometre stage, Van Gils and Johannessen dropped the rest of the gigantic break at the foot of the final ascent, the category 1 Crest-Voland, with Tuckwell then bridging across.
