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Gap > Alpe d’Huez 128km Stage 19 and the race returns to Alpe d’Huez. This is the first of two consecutive stages finishing at the top of the mountain, but this is the only one where the full climb is done. Just 128km in length, it’s bound to be a crazy stage from start to...

Voiron > Orcières-Merlette 185km Today was even crazier than expected, a stage where Captain Hindsight will come out to play. Why Pedersen decided to chase down the initial break is beyond me, a terrible decision made in the heat of the moment. He’s now only leading the points classification by just 7 points, so it’s...

Chambéry > Voiron 175km Stage 17 looks like D-Day in terms of the fight for the green jersey. Going into the day, Pedersen has a 31-point lead over Philipsen, with Girmay a further 25 points down. There’s 25 points for the intermediate sprint, which is just 28km from the finish and another 50 points for...

Évian-les-Bains > Thonon-les-Bains 26km ITT The 2nd rest day is over, and the final week is about to begin. Sunday had it all, both Vingegaard and Pogačar had a booty call from the drug testers, Vingegaard crashed out of the race at a roundabout, Evenepoel produced one of his best climbing performances and took a quite...

Champagnole > Plateau de Solaison 184km Another incredible day at the Tour de France. If you can’t enjoy Nils Politt keeping the break at 3 minutes, I think there’s something wrong with you. The big German was outstanding, the man of the match, Felix Großschartner wasn’t far behind. That’s the thing with this team, they...

Mulhouse > Le Markstein 156km Stage 13 went the way of Mauro Schmid, what a season he’s having. UAE made big strides in the team classification and Pidcock jumped all the way up 4th on GC, but I wonder if he’ll feel today’s efforts in his legs tomorrow. Stage 14 is a proper mountain stage; you...

Dole > Belfort 206km Stage 13 is the longest day of the tour, not that 206km is long by professional standards. It’s a bit of a weird one in terms of the profile. Pan flat start which is good for the big engines, but the final climb ensures that you need to be a decent...

Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours > Chalon-sur-Saône 179km Come on attackers, do your thing. It might be the final bunch sprint of the race, but the break could sense an upset on the cards.

Vichy > Nevers 161km Given how hard it was to catch a weak break in the last sprint stage, I have a feeling that one of the next two stages will end up going the way of the attackers. The domestiques chasing on the front already look tired, and with most teams sitting back and...

Aurillac > Le Lioran 167km Stage 9 turned out to be a cracking day, most are still wondering what UAE were doing chasing the break. Some said they wanted to go for the stage with Del Toro, others were saying it was for Pogačar, but I don’t think either of those explanations are true, it...