Under the impression of the accidental death of professional cyclist Gino Mäder, the first descents are on the agenda. About a peloton between sadness and fears, cool activity and a pronounced security debate.
After 71 kilometers, the peloton will reach the village of Sainte-Engrâce this Wednesday, and after that it will be right in the middle of the first of these stages that traditionally form the core of the Tour de France. Already on the fifth day of the loop, the organization sends the field into the high mountains of the Pyrenees, everything is designed for the big battle between the favorites Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. In addition, there will be these formative images of the tour again, painful uphill rides and rapid downhill rides. But this time the days in the high mountains are also under the impression of an event that has deeply shaken the cycling scene.
