Tour de France | Analysis
Stage 10
Stage 10 Breakdown:
Stage 10 bring the riders on a mountainous 165km journey from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore. The stage contains no less than seven 2nd category climbs totalling over 4400m in elevation gain. The date is July 14th, Bastille Day for the french!
It’s the first proper mountain stage of the tour and will provide more points for the KOM than pretty much all the stages so far combined. Look out for riders fighting for the polkadot jersey, as they will be dependent on collecting the points on a stage like this before the GC riders sweep the points on the tougher mountain stages.
This is a great chance for a breakaway, which should be of high interest to many teams leading to a tough battle to get away in the final breakaway. The final climb up to the finish at Puy the Sancy is 3.3km with an average gradient of 8%. Given that it’s Bastille day and also the final day before the first rest day means that the riders will give it their all. Get ready for a stage that will provide fireworks both on and off the track!
Favorites:
| +++ | Tadej Pogacar, Ben Healy, Romain Gregoire
| ++ | Lenny Martinez, Oscar Onley, Neilson Powless, Michael Storer
| + | Jonas Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson
TourManager:
Etappe 10 er endelig en skikkelig klatreetappe, hvor rytterne skal gjennom ikke mindre enn syv 2-kategori bakker med total antall høydemeter på over 4400m. Dette er en tøff etappe hvor det går mer eller mindre opp og ned hele dagen. Mange klatrepoeng skal deles ut og det er en typisk etappe hvor ingen bakker er harde nok for sammenlagtrytterne, så et brudd vil trolig få lov til å gå. Det vil være stor interesse om å komme i dette bruddet og vi kan forvente høy fart fra start.
Dette er en etappe hvor mange TourManager poeng vil deles ut og mange potensielle outsidere kan sanke store poeng. Let etter favoritter i klatrekonkuransen og vurder å ta inn potensielle bruddkandidater.
Ousidere for TourManager:
– Ben Healy (Ungdomsrytter)
– Romain Gregoire (Ungdomsrytter)
– Neilson Powless (Klatrer)
– Michael Storer (Klatrer)
– Lenny Martinez (Ungdomsrytter)
Tune in for more stage by stage analysis, and predictions to come!