After more than two weeks of effort on rugged and mountainous roads, within an often sizeable peloton, the riders will embark on this Tuesday in the only solo effort of this Grande Boucle. 22.4 kilometers long, this time trial between Passy and Combloux could make a difference in the general classification, where Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar stand in ten seconds. The two men will leave one after the other. It is the Jumbo-Visma yellow jersey which will bring up the rear, at 5:00 p.m., two minutes after its main competitor.
The start list was made in the reverse order of the general classification. Red lantern, the Dane Michael Morkov will therefore be the first to start, at 1:05 p.m. The riders will then start with a one-minute gap, before this rises to 1′30″ then to 2′ for the last fifteen.
Among the candidates for victory, Yves Lampaert will be the first to start, at 2:06 p.m. Frenchman Rémi Cavagna will follow him a minute later. Kasper Asgreen can also do well, as can Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. They will start at 2:31 p.m., 3:21 p.m. and 4:19 p.m. respectively.
The French will be distributed throughout the afternoon. Axel Zingle will be the first to hit the road, at 1:09 p.m. Julian Alaphilippe will leave at 4:00 p.m., Warren Barguil at 4:16 p.m., Valentin Madouas at 4:22 p.m. and Thibaut Pinot at 4:36 p.m.
The last member of the top 10, Guillaume Martin, will start at 4:42 p.m. David Gaudu will follow two minutes later, and so on until the yellow jersey, Jonas Vingegaard, at 5:00 p.m. His arrival is estimated at 5:36 p.m., time when we can do the accounts and find out who has taken the lead, on the eve of the terrible Col de la Loze.
