If you can find it theres a great documentary that goes behind the scenes of the argosshimano team in that tour, and the riders were. Team skys chris froome blew the peloton apart to take a significant stride towards a second tour. Before the start pieter weening talks about his cafe on the rest day. At this stage no winner has been named to replace him for those years. This stage is a respite for the riders who dislike climbs as it only has two cat4s.
If theres a theme to this years route its variety with short stages, long ones, sprints, cobbles, new summit finishes and more. The first of three alpine stages should help identify who has a real shot at winning. Won by chris froome before richie porte 2nd and nairo quintana 3rd. The belgian is a ardennes specialist who is strong on short climbs and is fast in a sprint. No french rider has won on the biggest french national holiday since david moncoutie in 2005 but with a wealth of promising french climbing talent in this years tour, stage 10 maybe the perfect time for a french rider to make himself a household name.
In the stage, the teams agree on a truce that extends to the last section, where the sprinters break the tranquility by launching at great speed for the last glory of the tour. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. Annecy old town and thiou river, by guilhem vellut, licence cc by 2. Many would like to have a quiet start, but this wont happen.
Its a true transitional stage, mostly aimed at getting the peloton from point a to point b. Netflixs movistar documentary is mustsee tv for any bike racing fan. Chris froomes last stage win at the tour was an individual time trial in 20. On 21 july, between stages 16 and 17 there was a rest day in gap. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. The tour began on 4 july in the netherlands, with an individual time trial that. All information and specifications shown on this website are based upon the latest available information provided by race organizations, teams and riders. Many riders mentioned this climb in media interviews before the race, indicating the difficulty of the stage.
If you can find it theres a great documentary that goes behind the scenes of the argosshimano team in. Once a stage is selected, how best to spectate watching the tdf finish in paris. Yet more ammunition for stage 10 s fireworks is tuesday is bastille day. Team sky rider chris froome of britain, wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey, and other team sky riders. Stage 1 saturday 7 july a long stage and the first half. Team sky rider chris froome of britain, wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey, and other team sky riders during stage 10. The breakaway specialists should sleep well tonight. Kittel marcel quick step floors won the stage in bergerac before degenkolb john trek segafredo and groenewegen dylan team. On july, between stages nine and ten there was a rest day in pau. Tuesday, 17 july 2018 on stage 10 of the tour the france, the riders face the first day in the high mountains. Stage 1 saturday 7 july a long stage and the first half runs along the atlantic coast. Up to the final kilometers, cyclists take the opportunity. However, the most likely outcome is that a 10 20 rider group will arrive at the finish where they might battle it out for the stage win or just roll across the line if a break has taken the win. With stages in the alps, the cevennes, the pyrenees, the massif central, the jura and the vosges, it will also be a tour of all the.
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