Carlos Rodrogiuez wins the stage.
Pogacar 2nd
Vingegaard 3rd.
12 km to go
500 m before the top Pogacar wanted to attack, but two motorcars in front of them were too close.
And now Vingegaard takes the maximum point and the maximum time bonus on the top.
That means, 12" between them in the GC currently.
13 km to go
Vingegaard is back.
15 km
Pogacar attacks. Vingegaard struggles. The gap is bigger and bigger.
16 km
4 km to the top.
Adam Yates is setting the pace, only Pogacar and Vingegaard is with him.
20 km to go
8 km till the top of col de Joux Plane.
7 riders in the favourite group.
Vingegaard with KussPogacar with Yates.
Rodriguez, Hindley and Gall are the riders from other teams still in this group.
COL DE JOUX PLANE
Introduced to the race in 1978. Christian Seznec was the first cyclist on the top. (List of cyclist on the top of Col de Joux Plane)
This climb is more difficult than Alpe d’Huez. The great Tour climber Lucien Van Impe rates it as one of the hardest he’s seen, and you can’t get a better recommendation than that.1
58 km
All the breakaway riders have been caught. Still. 8 km till the top of the Col de la Ramaz.
67 km to go
Lutsenko, Houle, Johannessen, Izagirre, Martin, Martínez, Pinot, Landa, Ciccone, Poels, Aranburu, Woods at the front of the race.
Peloton at 47"
COL DE LA RAMAZ
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- Chis Sidwells: The Complete Guide to Every Tour de France Mountain Climb (Harper Collins 2008) [↩]