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Datum: 1 juli t/m 23 juli

De Tour de France 2023 is editie 110 van de ronde van Frankrijk.

De drieweekse wielerwedstrijd 'Tour de France' is van 1 juli tot en met 23 juli 2023.

heuvel 182 km

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heuvel 209 km

Vitoria-Gasteiz > Bilbao

vlak 185 km

Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne

vlak 182 km

Dax > Nogaro

hoge bergen 165 km

Pau > Laruns

hoge bergen 145 km

Tarbes > Cauterets

vlak 170 km

Mont-de-Marsan > Bordeaux

heuvel 201 km

Libourne > Limoges

hoge bergen 184 km

Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy de Dôme

heuvel 167 km

Saint-Ours-les-Roches > Issoire

vlak 180 km

Clermont-Ferrand > Moulins

heuvel 169 km

Roanne > Belleville-en-Beaujolais

hoge bergen 138 km

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne > Grand Colombier

hoge bergen 152 km

Annemasse > Morzine

hoge bergen 180 km

Les Gets > Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc

tijdrit 22 km

Passy > Combloux

hoge bergen 166 km

Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc > Courchevel

heuvel 186 km

Moûtiers > Bourg-en-Bresse

vlak 173 km

Moirans-en-Montagne > Poligny

hoge bergen 133 km

Belfort > Le Markstein

vlak 115 km

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines > Parijs

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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 9: Troyes - Troyes

Half of the dust roads are situated in the first 145 kilometres, which is the hilly part of the route. All in all, the riders face 32 kilometres on gravel, while the elevation gain adds up to roughly 2,000 metres.

The first dust road appears after 47 kilometres and it’s followed by the first climb, Côte de Bergères (1.7 kilometres at 5.2%). The second gravel sector also coincides with a hill, Côte de Baroville, 2.8 kilometres long and averaging 4.8%.

The riders enter the hardest part of the route after 95 kilometres in the saddle. Within 36 kilometres they face four sectors of gravel and three hills. The section opens with a 1.5 kilometres climb at 5.2% with a dust road in its wake. The two succeeding gravel roads both run uphill, respectively 2.2 kilometres at 5% and 3 kilometres at 4.3%. Another white road, which is not entirely flat either, rounds out this part of the race.

There are still some 70 kilometres remaining at this point. Via two gravel roads in 20 kilometres the riders continue onto five flat gravel sections within 18 kilometres. The last unpaved road then appears 10 kilometres before the line.

Troyes hosted the Tour de France sixteen times before. The last time was in 2017, when stage 6 finished and stage 7 started in the town on the banks of the river Seine. Marcel Kittel is the last stage winner in Troyes.

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De sprinters zijn hoogstwaarschijnlijk nog eens aan zet in de Dauphiné. De vijfde rit gaat over een glooiend parcours met een vlak slot. Remco Evenepoel draagt de gele leiderstrui, maar rekent zich allesbehalve al rijk. Zeker met het loodzware weekend in het verschiet. “Natuurlijk zullen we met de ploeg de trui verdedigen. Maar als ik kraak, wel, c’est la vie. ” Volg de rit op de voet via onderstaande liveblog.

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Nu de kwestie van Evenepoels tijdrijderskunsten van de baan is, is de volgende vraag of hij ook in staat is om met Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso en Carlos Rodriguez de bergen naar boven te rijden. Vandaag staan die cols nog niet op het programma, vanaf morgen wel. 

Evenepoel: “Ik weet echt niet hoe de vorm is met de opvolging van drie zware ritten. Ik heb nog veel werk te doen en ik heb niet heel veel getraind. Ik verbaas mezelf dat ik dit niveau haal. Maar het zegt niks over het weekend. Dat wordt helemaal anders. Dan gaan we elke dag drie of vier keer per dag een half uur klimmen. Dat is een ander verhaal.”

En dus weigert hij na zijn tijdritzege de favorietenrol op de eindzege te claimen. “Natuurlijk zullen we met de ploeg de gele trui verdedigen. Maar als ik kraak, wel, c’est la vie . Dan kijk ik naar de toekomst en de toekomst is de Tour de France.”

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La Vache qui rit® returns as official supplier of the Tour de France

Over nine decades after its first participation, La Vache qui rit®, one of the Bel Group's iconic brands, will once again spread positive vibes in the next three editions of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

The three-year sponsorship agreement will put La Vache qui rit® in the heart of the caravan in each stage held in France, with one goal in mind: celebrating laughter in France!

The Tour de France and La Vache qui rit® share timeless fundamental values such as a positive outlook and a community focus. For over a century, they have both charmed generations of people in France with their storied heritage and unique amalgam of fervour, fun and flavour. They are also popular, charismatic brands that expanded beyond their borders to conquer the international scene: the Tour de France is broadcast in 190 countries, while people around the world eat 125 wedges of La Vache qui rit® —a brand present in 120 countries— every second. These two monuments were a natural fit.  

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A regular fixture on the tables of families around the globe, La Vache qui rit® will engage with people from all generations on the roads of France this summer. Its caravan, titled La France qui rit ('Laughing France'), will spread positive vibes throughout the route with collaborative activities, sampling opportunities and, most importantly, a tidal wave of laughter and smiles for spectators and TV viewers of all ages of the biggest cycling race on Earth.    

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5 years after the crash: chris froome holding out for a tour de france return, a half decade after the crash that forever marked froome's career, the desire to return to the tour de france pushes him on: 'i am doing everything i can to get myself ready.'.

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SAINT POURCAIN-SUR-SIOULE, France (Velo) — Chris Froome steps out of the Israel-Premier Tech bus to a gaggle of autograph-seekers and a few journalists hanging around for a quote at the opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné .

His lithe, sinewy physique at first glance looks eerily similar to his Tour-crushing profile when it was the blunt instrument at the sharp end of the “Sky Train” that ruthlessly dominated the Tour de France for nearly a decade.

Now 39, Froome is no longer the Tour king.

Instead, he’s like a lot of other mid-pack riders at this Dauphiné who are chasing a starting spot for July.

For Froome, he knows a strong ride this week at the Dauphiné is his only hope of earning a spot on Israel-Premier Tech’s “Tour 8” in what could be his last chance to return to the race that he once dominated.

“We’ll see what my chances are of going to the Tour de France or not,” Froome tells Velo . “I will get a pretty clear indication of that after this week of racing.”

The Dauphiné is the race where everything changed for Froome, and he admits it’s a bit strange returning to this early June Tour primer that forever altered his career trajectory.

Going into Wednesday’s individual time trial, it is nearly five years to the stage that Froome was left a crumpled mass of broken and twisted bones, and he’s never been the same racer since.

Speaking exclusively to Velo , Froome refuses to look back at that career-changing crash in June 2019 with bitterness.

“I stop myself from getting disappointed or having a negative mindset from not being able to find my previous condition, because I can remind myself how lucky I am,” Froome told Velo . “Basically I can still do what I love doing.”

Despite a pessimistic post-crash prognosis five years ago, Froome refused to quit, and he pushed through months of painful rehabilitation to return to racing. In 2020, he competed 44 days, and even completed the Vuelta a España.

There was a glimmer of hope.

And if you ask Froome this week during this key Tour de France warmup race, there still is.

Froome remains very much the down-to-earth yet ambitious bulldozer who once was the peloton’s most feared grand-tour crusher, and nearly five years to the day of his career-altering crash, Froome refuses to give up on his racing dreams.

The stakes couldn’t be higher for Froome during this Dauphiné, and his obsession to return to the Tour to have perhaps one more fleeting moment of glory hangs in the balance .

If he’s left off the squad, it would be just one more frustrating chapter in the closing pages of his once-spectacular racing career.

‘That crash could have been career-ending’

Froome remains a draw with autograph-seekers and fans who pile into the start and finish towns of rural central France.

He still receives big cheers on the morning sign-on protocols, and his legacy speaks for itself.

With seven grand tour victories, including four yellow jerseys, two Vuelta’s, and one Giro, Froome is the most successful grand tour rider still active in the peloton.

Froome once seemed unstoppable, then everything changed for Froome during the 2019 Dauphiné in one horrific moment.

It was a cloudy morning in early June that Chris Froome found out he was once again going as the team leader at Le Tour. #TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/Zsb2mNfHe5 — Anna Mac (@AnnamacB) June 3, 2024

On a late-morning recon ride on June 12, 2019, just hours ahead of the Dauphiné’s time trial stage, a gust of wind caught Froome off-guard. The high-impact crash left him broken in pieces and the crash might have left him disabled or perhaps even killed him.

Despite the setbacks and the loss of his Tour dominance, Froome feels like a reborn man.

“Every time I am reminded of that, I am still grateful to be here racing, doing what I love,” Froome tells Velo . “That crash could have been career-ending for a lot of people.

“I am really glad to still be doing what I love, and I feel fortunate that I can do that pain-free.”

Instead of chasing a record-tying fifth yellow jersey in the summer of 2019, Froome was instead looking down the gauntlet of retirement by injury, the nightmare finale for any elite athlete.

Froome doggedly refused to give in, and it’s a testament to his willpower, his natural-born abilities, and his work ethic that he’s been able to continue racing professionally.

Yet the years are ticking by — his last pro win was the overall title in the 2018 Giro — and there are plenty of loud mouths on social media or sometimes alongside the road who say Froome should save his legacy and pack it in.

Froome blissfully and perhaps blindly pushes on, insisting that he’s enjoying racing now nearly as much as when he was the undisputed king of the grand tour universe.

“Sure, I certainly haven’t reached my previous level where I left off at,” Froome told Velo . “But I am incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity.

“I think if I was still continuing having medical problems and still in pain, then I think it would be a very different story,” he said. “I am pain-free, I am able to work hard, and do my job. That’s motivating for me.”

Chasing one last Tour dance

The 2019 Dauphiné forever marked Froome, representing a clear separation from his glorious past to a frustrating present and an unfulfilled future.

There’s no hiding in the peloton and no gifts for anyone, especially for legends on the mend. The brutal truth is that the results are not there. And they haven’t been since his crash.

He’s never quite pinpointed why he’s not be able to recover his winning edge, but has admitted he won’t be winning the Tour again . A devastating injury for a rider in his mid-30s is atrociously different than an athlete in their early 20s.

Remco Evenepoel fell into a ravine at the 2020 Il Lombardia at age 20, and he’s been able to fully recover and emerge as one of the “Big 4” in today’s hierarchy.

In contrast for Froome, who crashed at 35, there’s been an endless string of frustrating setbacks. Other peers, such as Geraint Thomas and Mark Cavendish, remain competitive, but unfortunately for Froome, he’s never been able to claw back to the top of the ever-evolving tip of the peloton.

It’s been a string of one-step-forward-two-steps-back as he chases the elusive and magical “form” that delivered him seven grand tour victories in a eight-year span from 2011 to 2018.

Back on the road with the broken scaphoid in a splint. Not ideal but I’m able to get the job done #onward #cycling pic.twitter.com/VJ2jqpOanA — Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) March 18, 2024

Over the ensuing years, Froome’s searched out experts, trainers, and leading specialists, and he’s also occasionally looked for excuses of why his performance isn’t there.

The latest speed bump was a broken wrist suffered in a spill in the opening stage at Tirreno-Adriatico in March. Froome was forced to abandon, and wore a brace for nearly two months.

He returns to action this week at the Dauphiné hunting for race-speed in his legs and the outside chance to return to the Tour.

“The scaphoid took a lot longer to heal than I expected,” Froome told Velo outside the team bus. “That was frustrating because it was during that spring period when you wanted to be doing as much racing as possible and doing that intensity in the legs.

“So I feel very light on racing this year,” Froome said. “I’ve come off a block of altitude and it is nice to blow out the cobwebs hopefully this week. I am looking to get as much racing as possible into the legs, and see where that leads me by the end of this week.”

‘I am doing everything I can to get myself ready’

Oddly enough, Froome was back in the headlines Monday when L’Equip e reported that he was left off the 2023 Tour selection at Israel-Premier Tech in what the French sports daily said was due to an internal power struggle with Michael Woods.

Woods — won a Tour stage last year but won’t be returning to the race this year — and Froome were quick to deny the report, as did team management.

Israel-Premier Tech boss Rik Verbrugghe said Froome’s exclusion in 2023 was strictly business.

The Belgian ex-pro said there are no guarantees for any rider  on the team’s long list that for 2024 also includes Dylan Teuns, Tuesday’s stage-winner Derek Gee, George Bennett, Hugo Houle, Jakob Fuglsang, Stephen Williams, and others.

“We won’t make any decisions until after the Tour de Suisse,” Verbrugghe told Velo . “Chris is like any of the other riders on the Tour list. We will take the riders we think are the fittest and who can contribute most to our goals.”

Froome saddled up to the line in Monday’s second stage only to get popped in the intense finale, and crossed more than 14 minutes behind the leaders. He lost more time Tuesday.

Happy Birthday Chris Froome 4 x TDF 2 x Vuelta ❤️❤️ 1 x Giro pic.twitter.com/xpxQ6UWaLi — Pro Cycling Trumps (@procycletrumps) May 20, 2024

Going into this Tour de France, everyone is buzzing about the prospect of Tadej Pogačar chasing the Giro-Tour double, and facing off against the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, and Primož Roglič.

There have been a glimpses of his former self, including a third place out of a breakaway on the road to Alpe d’Huez in the 2022 Tour won by the UK’s new cycling superstar Tom Pidcock.

It’s that buzz and that love for the game that pushes him on.

Froome knows he is no longer the front of the peloton uncorking elastic-snapping attacks, and today he’s far away from the center of the conversation about the yellow jersey.

Yet despite the long odds, Froome keeps digging in and vows he’s doing the work.

“I am doing everything I can to get myself ready,” he told Velo . “I’ve spent a lot of time at altitude, so hopefully that’s put me in good stead. We’ll find out at the end of this week.”

Froome won’t give up, at least not yet.

Froome insists he’s racing for the love of the sport, the joy of racing, and the process of training that keeps him going. He wants to keep pushing so long as he’s able to, even if that means he’s no longer the Tour-killer he was a half-decade ago.

Perhaps his close call five years ago might have ended his Tour-winning days, but it ironically might have extended his racing career, even if it means riding mostly anonymously in the middle of the pack.

For Froome — who joined Israel Premier Tech on a long-term contract that carries into 2025 — that’s enough for right now .

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With Tour de France Aspirations, How Will Tadej Pogačar Approach the Final Week of the Giro?

No rider has won the men’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same season since 1998.

Here’s a rundown of how he got there, what’s left to race for, and everything you need to know about the Giro’s third and final week:

Who’s Winning the 2024 Giro d’Italia?

As long as he stays healthy and avoids crashes, Pogačar will win the 2024 Giro d’Italia–possibly by one of the largest margins in recent Giro history. With just six stages left to race, the Slovenian currently sits 6:41 ahead of Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) and 6:56 ahead of Colombia’s Daniel Martínez (BORA-hansgrohe). The two-time Tour de France champion is now just six days away from completing the first half of his bid to win the Giro and Tour in the same season, something that hasn’t been accomplished since Italy’s Marco Pantani won both grand tours in 1998.

In addition to the maglia rosa that goes to Giro’s overall winner, Pogačar might also take home the maglia azzurra (“blue jersey”) as the Giro’s King of the Mountains. After winning three summit finishes (so far) he leads the competition by a whopping 94 points. But since he can’t wear two jerseys at once, Germany’s Simon Geschke (Cofidis)–who’s second in the classification–wears the maglia azzurra instead. There’s a lot of climbing left in the Giro, so someone could steal the jersey from Pogačar. But given the way he’s been riding, that’s not a bet we’re willing to take.

Italy’s Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)–who last year won the maglia ciclamino (“cyclamen jersey”) as the winner of the Giro’s Points Classification–looks all but guaranteed to defend his title with a 109-point lead in the competition; and Italy’s Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) wears the maglia bianca (“white jersey”) as the Giro’s Best Young Rider–but by just 19 seconds.

What Happened

The second week of the 107th Giro d’Italia opened on Tuesday with Stage 10, a short road stage ending with a summit on a new climb, the Category 1 climb to Bocca della Selva. The Giro’s heads of state were happy to let a 27-rider breakaway head up the road and settle the stage themselves.

In the end, two Frenchman proved to be the strongest, with Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon-AG2R) dropping Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) about 3 km from the finish line to take the first grand tour stage victory–a little more than a year after his brother, Aurélien (who was also in the break and finished fifth on the day) won a Giro stage of his own. The overall contenders crossed the line together a few minutes later, with no major changes on the General Classification.

Milan took his second stage win of the Giro in Francavilla al Mare on Stage 11. The Italian outsprinted Belgium’s Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step)–who was later relegated for sprinting dangerously–and Australia’s Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in Francavilla al Mare.

But the day’s biggest news came before the stage when it was announced that Belgium’s Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike)–who entered the day as the Giro’s Best Young Rider–would not be starting the stage due to a sickness that had already forced his teammate and Stage 10-winner, Dutchman Olav Kooij, to abandon the Giro the day before.

Stage 12 was one of the more exciting stages of the second week. The stage started along the Adriatic coast, but soon turned inland for a series of short, steep climbs through the Marche region. A large breakaway escaped as soon as the climbing began, and from this group–with about 130km left to race–came France’s Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) and Italy’s Mirco Maestri (Team Polti Kometa). Alaphilippe finished second on Stage 6, but one week later, he was not to be denied.

The Frenchman and the Italian worked together like perfect teammates until the steep final climb about 11 km from the finish line (in a town called Fano)–at which point Alaphilippe rode away to take the first Giro stage victory of his career. Behind the break, the GC favorites seemed happy to stay together to the finish line, with no major changes to the General Classification.

With only 15 meters of elevation gain, Friday’s Stage 13 (which finished in Cento) was the flattest in this year’s race, and despite efforts to break the race into echelons in some late-race crosswinds, there was little anyone could do to deny Lidl-Trek from launching Milan to his third stage win of the Giro, all but assuring him his second victory in the Giro’s points competition.

Then came the weekend, and a pair of stages that everyone expected to reignite the GC battle. The action began with Stage 14–the Giro’s second individual time trial–a 31.2-kilometer ride from Castiglione delle Stiviere to Desenzano del Garda that was expected to favor the race’s time trial specialists. And it did, with Italy’s Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) avenging his loss to Pogačar on Stage 7 to take his first Giro stage victory since 2021. But Pogačar finished second, adding more time to his already sizable advantage. Thomas was faster than Martínez–the Briton jumped ahead of the Colombian into second overall–leaving the same three riders at the top of the General Classification heading into Sunday’s mountain-filled “queen” stage.

And what a stage it was with 222 km, five categorized climbs, and 5,400m of elevation gain–which, for those of you keeping score at home, is about half of what it would take to climb Mt. Everest. If there were any questions heading into the day about how soon Pogačar would put the race to bed, those questions were answered by the top of the steep final climb to the Mottolino ski station, more than 2,000m above sea level.

The Slovenian won the stage after an attack on the penultimate climb–the Category 1 Passo di Foscagno–about 14 km from the finish line. He effortlessly rode away from the GC group, his lead quickly going from seconds to minutes as he gobbled up the survivors from the day’s early breakaway, who were scattered up the road in front of him.

He crossed the finish line 29 seconds ahead of Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (Movistar), winner of the Giro 2014. Thomas and Martínez crossed the line together, 2:50 behind the Slovenian, maintaining their places as the two best riders in this year’s Giro not named “Tadej Pogačar.”

What It Means

After entering the week with a lead approaching three minutes on Martínez and Thomas–who started the second week in second and third overall, respectively–Pogačar chose to bide his time, letting his team control the front of the race while other riders and teams battled for stage wins. But on the weekend, he went back to work and blew the doors off his closest competitors, first by finishing second in the Giro’s second individual time trial (Stage 14) and then by winning the Giro’s hardest mountain stage.

Sunday’s win was perhaps the most dominant performance of the Slovenian’s career –which says a lot considering how many races he’s dominated over the past few years. Attacking on the Passo di Foscagno, Pogačar easily rode away from the group containing the men closest to him on GC. In taking his fourth stage win of the race, Pog added another three minutes to his lead. In one weekend, he doubled his advantage, putting the Giro out of reach.

So it’s now a battle for second, with Thomas and Martínez currently leading the race to join Pogačar on the final podium in Rome this Sunday. Australia’s Ben O’Connor sits fourth overall–just 47 seconds behind Martínez–and, with no more time trials, could climb onto the podium with a strong third week. Look for this to be one of the more intriguing battles of the third week and a race within the race that could last through Stage 20, the Giro’s final mountain stage.

It will be interesting to see how Pogačar approaches the third week. Will he sit back and let his team control things while others fight for stage wins? Or will he try to add to his tally with another stage win or two of his own? His coach and sport directors will likely spend much of the Rest Day (if they haven’t done so already) charting a course to the Tour de France that gets their champion to Florence (which hosts this year’s Grand Depart) as fit and as fresh as possible, a plan that can begin immediately given the size of Pog’s lead. So, it might be a good idea for Pog to take his foot off the gas. First and foremost, any energy he doesn’t have to spend between now and the end of the Giro is energy he can save to try and win the Tour. There’s no need to go any deeper into his reserves than he has to win a race he’s already won.

And perhaps more importantly, there are political considerations that the Slovenian can’t overlook. After winning two stages–and nearly a third–during the Giro’s first week, there were rumblings throughout the peloton that the Slovenian was being a bit greedy to the point that there was little room for others to reap some of the Giro’s rewards.

That’s perhaps why it seemed as if Pogačar and Team UAE Emirates were riding their brakes during the beginning of the second week and letting a few breakaways stay away to fight for stage wins. For example, Tuesday’s Stage 10 ended with a summit finish, but UAE let the breakaway go the distance. Thursday’s punchy Stage 12 was another day in which Pog could have tried to extend his lead, but he had his team ride tempo at the front of the GC group, choosing to save himself for what proved to be a decisive weekend.

Now, with several stages that suit him left in the race, Pog runs the risk of making more enemies than friends in the Giro’s final week–enemies that could come back to bite him at the Tour, where he might need a helping hand from a team or a rider from time to time.

The Slovenian will face a three-fold task in the final week: first, he must stay safe; second, he needs to conserve as much energy as possible; and lastly, he needs to balance the fact that he’s paid to win bike races with the fact that leading a grand tour by such a huge margin also means racing diplomatically. That won't be as fun to see as a tighter race at the top of the General Classification would have been, but it’s worth keeping an eye on nonetheless.

There are still two other competitions to be determined. Tiberi holds a slender 19-second lead over the Netherlands’ Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers) in the Giro’s Best Young Rider competition. The Italian would love nothing more than to take home the white jersey in his home grand tour, but after losing time to the Dutchmen on Sunday, he’s trending in the wrong direction.

That said, Tiberi’s been one of the more aggressive GC riders in the Giro so far–earlier last week, Pogačar called him one of the only riders to have “[shown] some balls” by attacking to try and gain time on the other favorites–and the Italian won’t go down without a fight. Arensman has been improving steadily after losing time on the Giro’s opening stage, but also has to juggle his own aspirations with helping Thomas stay near the top of the General Classification. This fight could also go all the way to the finish line on Stage 20, with Tiberi–who’s just 22 years old–trying to become a national hero by defending his white jersey.

What’s Next

After Monday’s Rest Day, the Giro’s final week begins with Tuesday’s Stage 16, a 206-kilometer Alpine ride from Livigno to Santa Cristina Valgardena that includes a ride over the Umbrail Pass, which at 2489 m is the highest climb in this year’s Giro (so the first rider to the summit wins the Cima Coppi prize). The stage was supposed to take the riders over the 2,700m Passo dello Stelvio , but the threat of avalanches meant the stage needed to be re-routed–so they’re getting the Umbrail Pass instead, a high-altitude summit that marks the border between Italy and Switzerland.

That said, we don’t expect this climb to be too decisive; a long descent brings the race back into the valley with more than 120 km from the top of the pass to the base of the next climb: the Category 1 Passo Pinei. This should mark the beginning of the finale, and attacks to win the stage–or continue the podium battle–could come on the final 6km of the climb–where the steepest pitches reside.

From the top of the Pinei, a short descent takes the riders down to the base of the final climb, the Category 2 ascent of the Monte Pana. This 6.5-kilometer climb starts gradually, but gets really steep about 3 km from the summit. This should be a day in which a breakaway filled with out-of-contention climbers is allowed to establish a big lead and ride all the way to the finish. There could be some attacks from the men fighting for the podium–or the white jersey–on the final climb, but they’ll likely come after the stage winner has been decided.

Starting in Selva di Val Gardena, Wednesday’s Stage 17 is perhaps the most intense stage of the final week. It has five categorized climbs jammed into just 159 km and a summit finish on the Category 1 Passo Brocon, which the riders will climb twice, from two different directions. This stage features the Dolomites, a range of geologically distinct peaks in the heart of the Alps known for their jagged, limestone ridges.

Given Pog’s lead, this is another day in which we could see Team UAE Emirates ride tempo at the front of the race while a breakaway goes up the road to fight for the stage win. The finale will still be hard, though, with attacks likely coming from Thomas, Martínez, and O’Connor–and Tiberi and Arensman–on the final ascent of the Brocon. Pogačar just needs to follow wheels in defense of his jersey. And if the race comes back together–and the other GC riders fail to escape–Pog could win this stage without having to do too much work.

On Thursday, the sprinters’ teams will head back to work on Stage 18 , a 178-kilometer ride from Fiera di Primiero to Padova that ends with about 100km of downhill or flat roads. Look for Milan to go for his fourth stage win of the Giro, with Australia’s Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck) doing everything he can just to win his first.

Friday’s Stage 19 looks perfect for a breakaway , with a 157-kilometer ride from Mortegliano to Sappada with three climbs in the final 60 km, although none are likely to cause any GC shake-ups (of course, by writing this, we’re all but guaranteeing there will be). The last climb of the day is the Category 2 Cima Sappada, which essentially takes the riders up to a village in the Dolomites that hosts the finish. The final 3 km of the climb are pretty steep, with one ramp that hits 15 percent. From the top there’s just 6km of rolling roads to the finish line, with one final ramp inside 2 km offering a final launchpad for anyone hoping to win the stage or gain a little bit of time.

With a big mountain stage on Saturday, this stage won’t be pivotal in terms of the Giro’s final outcome; it could be one of the most exciting stages–from a pure racing standpoint–of the final week.

This brings us to Stage 20, the penultimate stage of the Giro and the final chance to tie up any loose GC threads before the final stage into Rome. The Giro’s organizers usually save something special for Stage 20, and this year, they’re taking the riders on an 184-kilometer ride from Alpago to Bassano del Grappa that climbs the famous Monte Grappa– twice .

A climb in the Venetian Prealps, the Monte Grappa was the setting of a series of battles between Austro-Hungarian and Italian forces during World War I. Ernest Hemingway witnessed much of the fighting here while volunteering with the American Red Cross and was even wounded by mortar fire while transporting supplies to the Italian troops.

The climb itself is a beast, with a steep, unrelenting gradient that averages 8.1 percent, with a ramp about 2 km from the summit that hits 17 percent–which makes it the perfect spot for attacks. After crossing the summit (first with 78 km to go and then again with 30 km to go), there’s a 30 km descent down to Bassano del Grappa that’s interrupted halfway through by the short but steep climb il Pianaro, a short climb in the middle of the descent that averages 9-percent with a pitch near the top that hits 15-percent. This will certainly upset the rhythm of those trying to descend their way to victory, while possibly allowing any weaker descenders a chance to get back into contention.

So even though the stage finishes in the valley, there should still be plenty of excitement. First, there’s the battle for the stage victory, which could go to a rider from an early breakaway. By the end of the day, we’ll know the riders who will stand beside Pogačar on the final podium in Rome 24 hours later.

Speaking of Rome, the Eternal City hosts the Giro’s final stage for the second year in a row, with a 125-kilometer stage featuring 8 laps of a 9.5-kilometer circuit through the heart of the Italian capital and a finish line in sight of the Coliseum. The stage will certainly go to a sprinter, with Milan–depending on how he does on Stage 18–possibly ending his race with five stage wins, a tally that could make it hard for Lidl-Trek to keep him out of this summer’s Tour de France.

But in the end, Stage 21 will belong to Pogačar, who will ride into Rome having conquered his first Giro d’Italia. But don’t expect much celebration from the Slovenian and Team UAE Emirates; with the 2024 Tour de France starting in Italy about five weeks later, there’s still more work to be done.

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Remco Evenepoel start zonder ambitie in de Dauphiné, of dat beweert hij toch

Zonder ambitie is Remco Evenepoel gestart in het Critérium du Dauphiné. Geen resultaat, geen ritwinst, hij verwacht niets. Dat zegt Evenepoel in zijn eerste interview sinds zijn val begin april in de Ronde van het Baskenland. Evenepoel heeft acht weken niet gekoerst.

Alleen: de voorbije acht weken zijn niet echt vakantie geweest. Evenepoel herstelde, hij nam daar ruim de tijd voor. Eindelijk een renner die niet doet alsof een gebroken sleutelbeen en schouderblad niets voorstellen. Hij ging opnieuw trainen en trok vervolgens op hoogtestage naar de Spaanse Sierra Nevada. En nu koerst hij weer.

Evenepoel werd zondag 98ste in rit één van de Dauphiné, een rit voor de sprinters. Het was wat hem betreft een rit zonder verhaal. Of alleen dit: dat hij minder dan 45 kilometer voor de streep even moest achtervolgen omdat hij aan de volgwagen zijn regenjas had afgegeven.

Vandaag gaat het alvast bergop, een lange klim naar de finish op de Col de la Loge, over de Côte de Saint-Georges-en-Couzan (tweede categorie) en de Col de la Croix Ladret (derde) in het departement Loire. Daarna gaat het elke dag hoger, met als hoogtepunt de slotrit zondag met aankomst op Col de Glières (1447 meter). En sneller, met op woensdag een tijdrit over ruim 34 kilometer. Alleen donderdag is er nog een kans voor de sprinters.

In die tijdrit woensdag gaat Evenepoel alles geven. Dat zei hij zaterdag ook. Alle andere dagen zet hij zich in voor zijn ploegmaats Van Wilder en Landa die in tegenstelling tot hijzelf wel in vorm zijn.

Het discours van Evenepoel klinkt ongewoon. Je hoort het hem niet gauw zeggen dat hij een koers rijdt zonder ambitie. Rolf Alldag, ploegleider van Primoz Roglic die net als Evenepoel ten val kwam in de Ronde van het Baskenland, kan er hartelijk om lachen. “Daar staat Remco natuurlijk om bekend, dat hij zomaar een beetje komt meefietsen.”

Sepp Kuss, winnaar van de Vuelta en kopman van Visma in deze Dauphiné, meent te weten waarom Evenepoel zich dit keer laag houdt, geheel tegen de aard van het beestje in. “Het is bij hem zoals bij iedereen. Wanneer je uit een lange trainingsperiode komt weet je nooit hoe het zal voelen in de wedstrijd.” Om eraan toe te voegen: “Ik ben er zeker van dat hij in heel goede vorm is.” Sepp Kuss rijdt wel voor het klassement in de Dauphiné.

Tijden veranderen. Hebben we het al meegemaakt dat het belang van de Dauphiné vooral niet te hoog moet worden ingeschat? Dat de Dauphiné niet ook diende als de laatste test voor de Tour? Wat dit laatste betreft: Jonas Vingegaard won vorig jaar eerst de Dauphiné en dan de Tour de France. Idem voor Geraint Thomas (2018), Chris Froome (2013, 2015, 2016) en Bradley Wiggins (2012).

Ook voor Evenepoel geldt dat de Dauphiné dient als een grote vormtest. Hij weet, ondanks een hoogtestage waarvan hij zegt dat hij geen goed niveau heeft gehaald, wel waar hij staat. “Als ik niet het gevoel had dat ik klaar was om te koersen, was ik hier niet. Dan had ik een week extra getraind en had ik de Ronde van Zwitserland gereden.”

Remco Evenepoel heeft nog lang niet zijn topvorm voor zijn eerste Tour de France. Dat hoeft ook niet. De Tour begint over minder dan vier weken in Italië. Hij eindigt over zeven weken in Nice. Als hij volgende maand in de Tour maar goed is, dat is waar hij nu op mikt. En als hij morgen of overmorgen of ergens in het weekend toch een rit in de Dauphiné kan winnen, dan zal hij daar ook geen neen op zeggen.

Dat gaf zijn ploegleider Klaas Lodewyck na afloop van rit één in de Dauphiné ook nog mee. “Na de tijdrit weten we meer. En stellen we daarna misschien andere ambities. Nu is het atypisch voor Remco en ook wel een beetje voor ons. Mocht hij zich in het weekend plots super voelen, zullen we hem niet tegenhouden. We laten hem gewoon doen. Of hij de Dauphiné kan winnen? Dat is een vraagteken.”

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