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Stage 10: Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, 165km
Here’s a look astatine today’s stage, Monday 14 July: Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, 165.3km, pinch William Fotheringham’s preview:
Just nan 8 categorised climbs coming successful nan Massif Central; chiefly 2nd class but totalling 4,450m of vertical ascent. This is nan first awesome showdown among nan favourites, and astatine slightest a mates could spot their hopes of winning extremity here. With climbing from nan get-go it will beryllium afloat connected from nan start; for nan triumph look to a puncheur for illustration Ireland’s Ben Healy. It’s Bastille Day truthful nan French will bust a gut and time off empty-handed.
Preamble
It’s Bastille Day! France’s nationalist time and an opportunity for nan Tour de France riders to put connected a show for nan crowds of fans expected to statement today’s route. The peloton person 165.3km to screen successful this mountain stage from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy – nan past earlier a remainder time tomorrow – and will look seven class 2 climbs and one class 3 climb. In total, nan riders person 4,450m of elevation connected nan cards. There’s besides and intermediate sprint astatine 44km in.
It’s going to beryllium a difficult time astatine nan extremity of a agelong first week for nan peloton. It’s expected that nan way and floor plan of today’s shape will bring nan GC contenders to nan fore and beryllium a trial to spot who’s superior astir nan maillot jaune and who’s falling short. So, support an oculus connected Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) – nan existent yellowish jersey leader – and his main rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who took a suprise shape triumph nan past clip nan Tour came to nan Massif Central. But Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) is 2nd placed successful nan GC astatine nan moment, truthful is besides 1 to watch. And don’t foget nan French rider successful nan peloton, specified arsenic Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), who would emotion to beryllium successful nan action connected Bastille Day.
Before nan action starts astatine 1.10pm CEST (12.10am BST), here’s a recap of yesterday’s stage: