Burn your stages Tower of France, who rides to his final next Sunday in Paris. She does it with the fight between Vingegaard y Pogacar in all its glory, with the Pyrenees as the scene of the battle that could decide the race today. A day that is expected to be magnificent and that will begin in Saint-Gaudens, a city known for the many changes of leader that take place when the race passes through here.
Pogacar will try to keep the tradition. The Slovenian, who yesterday attacked Vingegaard again, will have a new opportunity today to unseat the yellow. four ports, three of them first class, in just 129.7 kilometres. Hellish stage, with hardly any breaks, which could mark the future of the race.
You will pass the Col d’Aspin, the Hourquette d’Ancizan, the Col de Val-Louron-Azet and finish with the ascent to Peyragudes. Almost forty kilometers of ascent, although in reality the whole route itches up.
The Col d’Aspin, a Pyrenean classic, and the Hourquette d’Ancizan (2nd category), a more recent discovery, precede the Col de Val Louron-Azet, prone to attacks. The final ascent to Peyragudes, 8 kilometers at 7.8%, concludes with an even harder ramp (16%), where Romain Bardet was the strongest on the previous finish, ahead of Colombian Rigoberto Urán.
Scenario where Pogacar wants to blow up a Tour that is resisting him and that, for now, Vingegaard dominates due to his attack in the Alps. Ambush that the Slovenian wants to return, who is running out of opportunities to hunt the yellow.
After today, he will have Thursday’s arrival in Hautacam and the individual time trial on the penultimate day. Route that favors the Jumbo-Vismathat each passing day looks a little closer to reaching Paris in yellow.
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