Special envoy to Teil,
After the 5th stage (Gap-Privas), laid out in the plain having smiled at the sprint at Wout Van Aert, a change of scenery this Thursday with a hilly course which will lead the peloton from Teil to Mont Aigoual (191 km).
Interesting.
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For the Massif Central
The col de la Lusette (11.7 km at 7.3%) and Mont Aigoual (8.3 km at 4%), rolling, a unique passage on the Tour will highlight what the organizers of the Tour like to put on the course, these intermediate massifs which shake up the scenario, avoid letting the routine set in for too long.
Enough to weave an unpredictable end.
For Julian Alaphilippe
The Frenchman deprived of a 4th day in yellow after a 20 '' penalty for unauthorized refueling will regain his favorite role, of agitator.
He seemed a bit fair to Orcières-Merlette, will he manage to ignite the spark?
For Jumbo-Visma
The Dutch team is needed, at the start of the Tour, as the boss of the peloton.
She dictates the highlights, piling up stage victories (Roglic at Orcières-Merlette, Van Aert at Privas. Primoz Roglic and his family are aiming for victory in Paris. Each day can strengthen or weaken this quest.
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For Adam Yates
The Briton (leader of the Mitchelton-Scott team) wearing the yellow jersey runs after the stage victories.
His sudden rise to the top of the general classification does not change his desire to run after stage victories: "The yellow jersey will not change my race", he assures us.
For the scenario of this Mad Tour
Since the start of Nice, the stages are worth following until the end for their twists and turns, even if you have to be patient: the 1st stage (the summer ice has made the day uncontrollable, Pinot caught in a fall 3 km from the finish), the 2nd stage (saved by the audacity of Julian Alaphilippe), the 3rd stage (illuminated by Caleb Ewan's tightrope sprint), the 4th stage (after a padlocked race, the favorites were expressed during a sprint that could not escape Primoz Roglic, leader of the powerful Jumbo-Visma), the 5th stage (Julian Alaphilippe, yellow jersey penalized, Adam Yates proclaimed new leader).
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