In the present day’s stage end in Le Lioran brings again reminiscences of Greg Van Avermaet’s terrific breakaway win on stage 5 of the 2016 Tour de France, when he soloed to the road within the Massif Central to take his second Tour stage win and moved into the yellow jersey.
The ultimate 50 kilometres are equivalent to that 2016 day, with the identical climbs set to resolve the day. Can Remco Evenepoel repeat the Belgian success of ‘Golden Greg’ eight years on from the GC group or will the likes of Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) step up as Belgium’s star in central France?
Greg Van Avermaet wins stage 5 of the 2016 Tour de France in Le Lioran (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Lidl-Trek will begin the day a person down, or two if you concentrate on all of the work he does, with Tim ‘El Tractor’ Declercq unable to take the beginning in Évaux-les-Bains as a consequence of sickness.
🚨 Sadly @Tim_Declercq won’t begin @LeTour Stage 11 as a consequence of sickness.Tim has been feeling unwell for a few days and after yesterday’s stage it was determined that it was in his greatest pursuits to go house to get well. Get effectively quickly, Tim 🫶#TDF2024 📸 Zac Williams pic.twitter.com/7jZIFyYhe8July 10, 2024
Be certain that to learn Alasdair Fotheringham’s preview of stage 11, with feedback from EF Training-EasyPost’s head DS Charly Wegelius and UAE Group Emirates sports activities supervisor Joxean Fernández Matxin. Additionally, check out the profile beneath with Wegelius predicting it’s going to permit a robust break to rise up the street and struggle for victory.
Tour de France 2024 stage 11 preview – Severely hilly trek via Massif Central ‘like two phases in a single’
Tour de France 2024 stage 11 profile (Picture credit score: ASO)
It is an earlier begin on at the moment’s stage, with a brutally robust and lengthy mountain stage on the menu for the 171 remaining riders. 211km, over 4000 metres of elevation achieve and 6 categorised climbs line at the moment’s testing route via the Massif Central.
It is the primary large uphill day since stage 4 which completed in Valloire after race chief Tadej Pogačar stormed up the Col Du Galibier to experience solo for victory and take yellow. Will the Slovenian repeat his fortunes within the mountains or will one other one of many ‘large 4’ – Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) – take over and drop him?
Pogačar drops Vingegaard on the higher slopes of the Galibier (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ dwell protection of stage 11 of the 2024 Tour de France!
