Tour De France 2025: Stage Six From Bayeux To Vire Normandie – Live

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Stage six of nan Tour de France 2025 is nether way. The peloton person rolled retired from a Bayeux. There’s a 5.2km neutralised section earlier nan racing begins.

Movistar’s Einer Rubio signs autographs earlier nan commencement of nan Tour de France’s sixth shape betwixt Bayeux and Vire Normandie.

Tadej Pogačar is collecting jerseys. As nan charismatic Tour de France X relationship puts it:

It’s nan first clip since Philippe Gilbert and his triumph connected shape 1 of nan 2011 Tour that a rider has nan lead successful nan GC, nan sprinter’s classification and nan upland classification.

It's nan first clip since Philippe Gilbert and his triumph connected shape 1 of nan 2011 Tour that a rider has nan lead successful nan GC, nan sprinter's classification and nan upland classification. 💛💚❤️🤍

C'est la première fois depuis Philippe Gilbert et sa victoire sur l'étape 1 du Tour… pic.twitter.com/UoRqqUqZ6E

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 10, 2025

Stage six: Bayeux to Vire, 201km

Here’s a look astatine today’s stage, Thursday 10 July: Bayeux to Vire, 201.5km, pinch William Fotheringham’s preview:

The Suisse Normande isn’t wide known among cyclists now, but backmost successful nan time section amateurs said successful awe of races complete this area’s leg-breaking climbs. The nosy starts successful nan last 70km, pinch 3 third-category climbs, earlier a last small brute, nan Côte de Vaudry, 4km from nan finish. French fans will beryllium hoping Julian Alaphilippe tin propulsion backmost nan years arsenic this would person been made for him successful his pomp.

Preamble

At 201.5km, today’s shape six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie is nan 2nd longest shape of this year’s Tour. It’s besides a punchy shape pinch a full elevation summation of 3,550m – that’s greater than nan 3rd week shape that ends pinch a climb of Mont Ventoux. There are six categories climbs connected nan way today; each class 3 isolated from nan last Cote de Vaudry. And nan decorativeness is steep, averaging conscionable complete 10% for 700 metres.

The peloton are scheduled to rollout astatine 12.35pm CEST (11.35am BST) and nan decorativeness is estimated to beryllium astatine astir 5.14pm CEST (4.14pm BST).

So really mightiness coming look? A shape for illustration this could beryllium 1 for a bully breakaway. Of course, wherever there’s a climb, Tadej Pogacar won’t beryllium acold away. It’ll beryllium absorbing to spot really Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo Visma-Lease a Bike play coming aft yesterday’s disappointing clip proceedings result.

Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) is 1 to watch having grown up successful Normandy; he knows nan terrain and climbs well. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin‑Deceuninck) is simply a favourite excessively among pundits. As ever I’d emotion to perceive your predictions truthful please email maine your thoughts, questions and guesses.

While we hold for nan unrecorded TV sum to footwear off, here’s Jeremy Whittle’s shape 5 title report: