Quinn Simmons

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Simmons wins sprint; Laporte takes stage (The Durango Herald)

Durangoan Quinn Simmons was part of a small breakaway of five riders during Stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday. Another protest interrupted the race, ...

Simmons moved down one spot down to 68th in the GC (+3:22:35), but won some hardware for his early efforts. I made the connection with the three leaders and at 500 meters before the finish line, I decided to go full speed. “This is the best day of my career,” Laporte said. Kuss, meanwhile, helped another teammate, Christophe Laporte, win the stage in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 4 seconds. I accelerated in the last corner and was surprised to see that I had a gap on the rest of the peloton. After his early efforts, Simmons ended up finishing 121st on the stage.

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Quinn Simmons brings home day's most combative prize in Tour de ... (VeloNews)

The Trek-Segafredo rider powered into five breakaway efforts and tried a few more times that didn't stick in his Tour debut.

If we can finish up with a win for the Team, nothing could better for us.” Simmons was on the attack across this Tour, riding into five breakaway efforts and tried a few more efforts that didn’t stick. Simmons pulled clear with five riders, but the nervous peloton keen to set up the sprinters never gave the break much room.

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Simmons: I'm still trying to figure out what I can and can't do (Cyclingnews.com)

21-year-old wins combativity prize after making fifth break of the Tour de France on stage 19.

I try and do a good job in the lead-outs and do a bit of everything because I really don't know where the limit is. He said later that feeling as good as he did in the last week of his first Tour was a good sign. "The legs are still good, so I think in the third week that's a good sign," he said. Two to three years to see how I'll be – I hope it's better." I think all the hard days and the work here only pays off next year. "With the way the wind was, we thought maybe there's a chance that at the start it goes crazy, and a big group goes, so I just wanted to get up the road.

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