A total of five classified climbs and countless unclassified hills await the rider on the more than 192-kilometer track. And as the experts remind, today’s stage is not one of those where the Tour is won, but you can create serious problems here. It is therefore possible that the owner of the yellow jersey, Jonas Vingegaard, will have to fend off the attacks of the closest pursuers.
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The four premiums are classified by the number three and a solid portion of work awaits the competitors on the last hill of the second category, which will lead the peloton to the finish on the Mende airport runway. Cyclists on the climb with an average gradient of over ten percent on the Cote de la Croix Neuve, also nicknamed Montée Jalabert in memory of Laurent Jalabert’s solo triumph in 1995, climb 303 meters in height over three kilometers.
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Profile 14. etapy Tour de France.Photo: letour.com
It is expected that Saturday may bring two races. One for the stage laurel, for which a group of refugees can fight, and the other for valuable seconds in the running order. Will Pogačar catch his Danish juice after a day of relative rest on the plain between the Alps and Saint-Étienne?
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