After an opening week where Tadej Pogačar took time gains here and there, the first summit finish settled things. Jhonatan Narvaez leads out Tadej Pogačar at the foot of the climb to Hautacam. Seconds later the rainbow jersey will attack and Jonas Vingegaard cannot follow. The Dane tries to pace himself, holding at 20 seconds for several kilometres but cracks, losing over two minutes and almost being caught by Florian Lipowitz.
The final stage with a twist, the climb of Montmartre and with this the chance of a different kind of race in the finish.
The breakaway world championships. The transition stages have been better than the mountain stages this year and today should be a lively day.
If you want to watch note the earlier finish of the stage today, timed so you can stay and watch the Tour de France Femmes which starts begins its traverse of France this evening.
The biggest mountain stage of the Tour, with three big climbs, altitude and bad weather too.
The chance for the sprinters. The way many stages have been ridden there’s a chance of breakaway.
A dash to Mont Ventoux. If you want to watch on TV note today’s finish has an early arrival.
A day for the breakaway which means frantic racing for all the riders and teams desperate for a result.
The last day in the Pyrenees and the biggest, the breakaway has a good chance today but it depends how Tadej Pogačar feels at breakfast too.
A mountain time trial. We seemed to witness one yesterday and a repeat result looks likely.
