La Boucle restarts on Tuesday with arrival in Megeve, then the two stages. Uae-Emirates, Jumbo Visma, Bahrain-Victorious and Ineos-Grenadiers pass the test lap without positive results at Covid
A fast Tour, very fast up to now (after nine stages the average of Pogacar, in the yellow jersey, is 44.413) lives on Monday the second of the 3 days of rest: due to the extra one for the big start in Denmark, there is some it is one more than usual. The yellow caravan is based in Morzine and is preparing to bring the real Alps into the scene. Already on Tuesday the 148.1 km from Morzine to Megeve are demanding: there are four Gpm and the final climb is very long (19.2 km) although not too pending (average 4.1%). Wednesday and Thursday, then, it will be time for stages: stage 11 starts from Albertville and arrives after 151.7 km at the 2,360 meters of Col du Granon (2nd arrival ever after that in 1986 when Chozas won on the last day in yellow by Bernard Hinault) and climb Lacets de Montvernier, Telegraphe and the legendary Galibier (2,642 meters, roof of the Tour). The next day, on the day of the French national holiday, here is the Briancon-Alpe d’Huez: Galibier is back from a less hard side, then Croix de Fer and the legendary final ascent of the 21 back, 13.8 km at 8, 1%.
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Meanwhile, in the group, the Covid topic, with the relative buffers, holds the ground since 3 athletes have already had to go home for this reason: the French Bouchard, the Norwegian Laengen (partner of Pogacar) and the other French Martin. Sunday after the stage antigenic pads for everyone organized by the Tour: and already in the evening Uae-Emirates (Pogacar), Jumbo-Visma (Van Aert, Vingegaard, Roglic), Ineos-Grenadiers (Thomas, Yates, Ganna), Bahrain-Victorious (Caruso) and Trek-Segafredo had confirmed to the Gazzetta that they had received the results: no positivity. This is the current general classification: Pogacar leads with 39 “over Vingegaard, 1’17” over Thomas and 1’25 “over Adam Yates (duo Ineos), 1’38” over Gaudu, a Frenchman in Groupama. First Italian Damiano Caruso (Bahrain) 14th at 3’40 ”.
July 11, 2022 (change July 11, 2022 | 08:50 am)
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