With their legs still aching from the effort and their hearts heavy after the emotions experienced yesterday, the 158 surviving cyclists of a race that started on Bilbao On July 1, with 176 runners, they faced a second alpine stage marked by toughness and demand. A new father’s day and my dear sir, of 179 kilometers and a total of five ports, three of them the first category, one third and one second. After the first 70 kilometers of warming up, the stage starts to get serious with the first mountainous difficulty of the day, in the first category, Col de la Forclaz de Montmin (7.2 km and 7.3%).
At this point, a real torture for the peloton begins, with constant ups and downs, in a perfect setting to once again, as the leader group did, Jumbo-Vismaharden the race to the impossible, setting a devilish pace, trying to tire Tadej Pogacar, so that, when the moment of truth comes, he will recognize the effort and be alone.
And the moment of truth is in the difficult climb Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc Le Bettex (1,372 meters). Unlike yesterday, Sunday’s day ended on a hill, after climbing 7 kilometers with an average slope of 7.7% and a real initial wall of three kilometers at 17%, in one of the sections where the bike not progressing It is possible to expect a new rivalry between the two great favorites and between the candidates for the third place on the podium, which is occupied by the brave. carlos rodriguez He will defend his position tooth and nail.
This will be the fourth time the Tour de France caravan has set foot in this beautiful ski resort in Haute Savoie. The first end of ‘Big Boucle’ in Saint-Gervais took place in 1990, in the triumph of Thierry Claveyrolatwho ended the solo foray of almost 70 kilometers with a victory that also gave him the polka dot mountain jersey, while Ronan Pensec dispossessed Steve Bauer of the leader’s yellow jersey. Twenty-six years later, another Frenchman rose to the top of the ascent of Bettexand in addition to taking his second stage victory on the Tour Romain Bardet rose from fifth place to second place in a general led by Chris Froome. Now, who defends the position of leadership is Jonas Vingeggard. He has a 10 second margin Tadej Pogacarat the gates of the second rest day, an event that will still encourage the main players of the Tour to give 110%
Source: La Verdad
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