Many national championships take place this week but often a country’s best rider is not taking part. Tadej Pogačar won’t race in Slovenia, Jonas Vingegaard won’t race in Denmark, nor Paul Seixas in France, Mathieu van der Poel in the Netherlands, Remco Evenepoel in Belgium and so on. This is causing a headache for national federations.
Here is the Tour de France stage-by-stage guide with all the profiles on one page along with a summary of each stage.
From here through July you’ll find all the stage profiles at inrng.com/tour which can be found via the menu at the top of the page, which also has a all the relevant sports rules and regulation for the race including the new scales for the points and mountain competitions, both of which have changed this year and are explained quickly below here too if you want to scroll.
The Tour de Suisse starts in Italy today and there are only five stages. What was once the fourth biggest stage race on the World Tour calendar has now become the joint-shortest.
Isaac del Toro rides solo to the Plateau de Solaison. Third overall in the morning, he overtook Luke Tuckwell and Matteo Jorgenson to take the stage and the race overall, all with a comfortable margin.
A stage for the sprinters only there are so few in the race it could suit the breakaway too.
To offset a predictable preview, today’s postcard tells the tale of one of the best jerseys ever.
