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As it happened: Breakaway claims Tour de France stage 10

167.2km from Vulcania to Issoire promises hilly terrain to help a breakaway stay clear

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of stage 10 of the 2023 Tour de France!

With the first rest day behind us and 12 stages left to race, we head into the second week with three hillier stages before venturing back into the high mountains at the weekend. Today's stage is a 167.2km test from Vulcania, a volcano-themed amusement park, to Issoire. The riders will have five categorised climbs to deal with in the sweltering heat of central France, and the parcours should suit the breakaway specialists. 

Here's a look at the jagged profile of stage 10 which shows how we'll be climbing straight from the flag being waved. There should be an almighty fight for the break once we get started and any team who missed out on the spoils of an electric first week will want to get something out of today. Neutralised start: 13:05 CEST Official start: 13:20 CEST

The riders are completing sign-ons and the team presentation in Vulcania with cooling vests a very common choice for the riders on such a hot day. Here's Tony Gallopin (Lidl-Trek) receiving a great reception on stage the day after announcing his retirement. 

🫶 We wish @tonygallopin all the best as he announces his retirement from cycling after a fantastic 16-year career ! 🫶 Nous souhaitons le meilleur à @tonygallopin qui annonce sa retraite cycliste après une carrière fantastique de 16 ans ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/uzXCMBSX3Z July 11, 2023

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Here's the key moments to look out for on the route for stage 10: 160.2km to go - Climb: Col de la Moréno (4.8km at 4.7%) 139.9km to go - Climb: Col de Guéry (7.8km at 5%) 107.3km to go - Intermediate sprint: Le Mont-Dore 100.6km to go - Climb: Col de la Croix Saint-Robert (6km at 6.3%) 82.9km to go - Climb: Côte de Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (3km at 5.9%) 28.6km to go - Climb: Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (6.5km at 5.6%) Stage finish: Issoire

There are a maximum of 13 king of the mountains points on offer today, so expect Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) to be in the fight for the break and trying to extend his lead over Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën). His teammate Magnus Cort is also one of the favourites for the day and Alberto Bettiol could be another option for the American team. This would've been one of the stages they highlighted as a great opportunity before the race, so look out for pink jerseys. 

We're underway from the neutralised start in Vulcania. Issoire here we come. We'll be climbing almost straight away in the heat with a spicy first few kilometres incoming. It's a long neutralised section in the départ fictif with 7.5km of steady riding before the race explodes into life. 

All teams and riders were warming up on the rollers and turbo trainers before the day to get the legs moving before it all kicks off. It's going to be hot, it's going to be hard. Don't miss out on what should be an almighty fight to get into the break of the day. 

You know it's going to be a 🌶️ start when the guys are on the rollers before neutral ⚡️#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/xW1sPJfv84 July 11, 2023

All smiles for yellow jersey wearer, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), on the start line today. 

The bunch looks nervous on what is set to be a brutal re-introduction to racing at the  110th Tour de France. The Massif Central will be our arena for battle in the heat. 

There's been some early mechanical issues for Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ). 

167.2KM TO GO

Stage 10 of the 2023 Tour de France in officially underway! We'll be climbing straight away on a day without much respite. Christian Prudhomme has waved his flag perfectly on km0 and everyone is looking around for now. 

The Col de la Moréno (4.8km at 4.7%) is first up with most teams obviously interested. Still cagey for now though, with no big attack launched yet. 

Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) has gone off the front with Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) for company. There's a bigger group of around eight riders chasing onto them. 

Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) is the next to try his luck off the front but he is quickly joined by Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who was one of the big favourites for the day. 

Israel-Premier Tech are clearly keen to make it back-to-back stage wins after Michael Woods triumphed on stage 9 up the Puy de Dôme. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) is also well towards the front and could be a good pick for the day. 

Van Aert obviously wants to make this move. Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) has been caught up in a slowing at the back of the bunch on today, his birthday. 

Local lad, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), will be delighted to have made this early move for now. Of course, the fight for the break is far from over. He's joined by Michał Kwiatkowski, Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Anthon Charmig (Uno-X) and the Israel duo of Krists Neilands and Corbin Strong. 

160KM TO GO

Charmig crests out first climb at the head of the race and takes the two KOM points with it. We're lined out in the groups behind after such a difficult start. Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-QuickStep) is already struggling towards the back of the peloton. This will be a horrible day for the sprinters. 

We've got an incredibly strong and limited group of our GC favourites in the second group on the road. This race is split up all over the road. We're going to have the top two favourites for the overall at the head of the day with over 150km left to ride. 

We're over the first climbing test of the day, but it's far from the last. We'll have a small descending section before we get back to work on the Col de Guéry. That rest day is going to feel like it was an age ago with such a brutal stinging of the legs straight from the flag. 

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) seems to have missed this move with some of his teammates working to reduce a 45 second gap from the third group on the road to the group of favourites. Vingegaard only has Sepp Kuss for company, while Pogačar has Adam Yates and Rafał Majka close behind. What a start. 

Pogačar made a huge effort to bridge the final few metres to the leading group which was curious, as it seems to have put Majka and Yates in difficulty. Behind, Ineos Grenadiers have had a nightmare and missed the move with their big GC favourites. Kwiatkowski is there, but Tom Pidcock (7th overall) and Carlos Rodríguez (4th overall) haven't made it. Panic stations in the group behind for those who've missed it. 

We've split up again in the front with the two GC principals now not at the very front of the race and actually sat 20 seconds behind. Things should all come back together and calm down. 

150KM TO GO

Panic will be over soon as Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) reels back in the yellow jersey group after they knocked off their effort. The break now have a 30 second advantage. 

Van Aert has shot our of the peloton with Victor Campenaerts and the Lidl-Trek duo of Jasper Stuyven and Giulio Ciccone. Stuyven actually got dropped as I typed that, but the other three have made it into the break. No one will want to see that red-bull helmet in their with them. 

Mohorič is the next rider to realise he has to make this move. The Ineos Grenadiers being forced to bring their GC leaders back has given riders in the peloton a second launch pad to bridge the gap. 

The peloton is actually about to bring the break back now. We're all back together and we should have round two any second in this big fight for the break. 

Here's a look at the Puy de Dôme in all its glory as the peloton passes, rather than ascends it on today's stage. Beautiful views throughout central France on show all day today. 

Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich) is starting to suffer under the unrelenting pressure of the day's opening 20km. 

Neilands goes again. The Latvian is clearly in fine form today as he's been active from the very start. The peloton are still riding extremely hard behind though, with the GC favourites right toward the fore. Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) is giving a lot on the front as one of Vingegaard's few remaining teammates trying to establish some sort of control. 

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) has been dropped out the back and is believed to be at 1:28 seconds from the race lead. Absolute disaster of a start for the Frenchman. 

There are riders scattered everywhere across the roads. This start has put almost two thirds of the peloton into supreme suffering. Neilands looks in contrast, fantastic at the front. 

Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) is making his way across to Neilands. We've seen the Dutchman be tremendous at the Tour in his career so he'll be a good companion for Neilands. Poels took the KOM points atop the second classified climb of the day. 

We're onto our second descent of the day and what a sight it is before us. Alaphilippe in full descending flow, panache personified and giving it everything at the head of the race. Loulou putting on a show. He's got Mohorič on his wheel as clearly the only man able to follow him. These two are the absolute finest on the downhills in cycling. 

Is Mohorič using his dropper seat post that he used to aid him win Milan-Sanremo in 2022? 

130KM TO GO

It's still full on in the peloton who sit 12 seconds behind our two leaders. The group containing Gaudu is now posted at close to two minutes. It also contains Bardet and Van Aert, despite them both being two of the instigators of early moves today. 

There are four hopeful chasers trying to bridge across to Mohorič and Alaphilippe on this uncategorised section of climbing: Lilian Calmejane and Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Oliveira and Neilands. 

Scratch that, we're coming back together again. There's still teams unhappy with the composition and unhappy to let it go. Non-stop racing for nearly 40km now. Kuss is doing a tremendous amount of work for Jumbo in the group which is strange. 

Groupama-FDJ have a full training going to try and bring Gaudu's GC hopes out of the fire in the chasing group. Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) has been riding nicely today, always towards the front and looking strong.

Our next group to try contains Skjelmose and Asgreen. There's some snaking on the road and looking around behind in the peloton (or what's left of it) and this group at the front is now working well to build an advantage. 

Philipsen has gestured a revving of a motorcycle in the third group on the road to show just how difficult this start has been. It's still not over as well. 

Here's our leading group of seven for now: - Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) - Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) - Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) - Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) - Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) - Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) - Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic)

Pogačar is glued to Vingegaard's wheel in this second group on the road. 

120KM TO GO

Ben O'Connor (AG2R-Citroën) is on the attack and looking good as he tries to reach out front group of seven. The Australian is currently 18th on GC. He's got Tejada, Pedrero and Perez for company as they pursue the leaders on the road. 

Alaphilippe is shaking his head and huffing and puffing as he tries to muster up more strength in the group of pursuers. Here's a look at him from his earlier attack with Mohorič. 

DSM-Firmenich and Groupama-FDJ have their near full contingents of riders working on the front in the third group to try and save their GC leaders. They aren't, however, making much of a dent into the leading group and are set to still lose around two minutes as it stands. 

CURRENT SITUATION AT 111KM TO GO

Head of the race: Break containing Chaves, Asgreen, Bilbao, Skjelmose etc. +0:32: Group containing O'Connor and Alaphilippe +1:03: Yellow jersey group with Vingegaard and Pogačar +2:26: Group containing Gaudu and Bardet

Gaudu and Bardet will be delighted that there disadvantage is now only 1:00 with the remnants of the peloton finally somewhat calming. Jumbo have assumed their place at the front and are riding a much more reasonable tempo. The two French GC men should make it back in thanks to their respective teams.

Asgreen takes the intermediate sprint point ahead of Barguil, but Soudal-QuickStep will be much happier to almost have two riders in this front group as the Alaphilippe group closes in on the head of the race. Philipsen shows just how versatile he is to hang onto an absolutely obliterated peloton to take the solitary green jersey point still available. Most of the other sprinters are well out the back by now and will just be hoping to meet the time cut today. 

As we start the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert (6km at 6.3%), Guillame Martin (Cofidis) shoots off the front of the peloton in pursuit of the break. He's done it before and gained lots of time on GC in his history, but a 1:48 gap is quite significant to close on just one climb. 

As we finally calm down at the front, here's a look at how closely our two GC favourites were forced to watch each other in today's electric start. 

O'Connor has attacked away from his chasing group companions to try and ensure he makes the day's break. At the front of the road, Barguil has attacked the break on the climb. Chaves is first to follow as Bilbao paces the group and the rest siphon into his wheel. Asgreen is at the back likely waiting for Alaphilippe. 

104KM TO GO

Asgreen is dropping from the front group. Has he been ordered to go and get his team leader? Or is he simply struggling? He's got the jersey unzipped and this isn't exactly his terrain so perhaps Bilbao has just put him into the red for too long. 

O'Connor has flew across the gap and made it to the front. He looks very very strong. Could this be a return of the legs that saw him win into Tignes two years ago and that saw him podium to Dauphiné last month?

Jumbo-Visma seem to be drilling it on the front as multiple riders are being dropped again, namely Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) and Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ). They clearly aren't too happy with Bilbao's presence in the front as he is only 7:37 back on Vingegaard overall. 

Chavez moves off the front, but he's hunted down by a former king of the mountains winner, Barguil, before the top of the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert (6km at 6.3%). Our second group on the road struggled on the climb and now sit 44 seconds behind. Only O'Connor was strong enough, but look for Alaphilippe to descend full gas to try and close the gap. 

"Wout being Wout"

🇫🇷 #TDF2023Wout being Wout. He’s in the peloton now. 😉 We’re controlling the bunch with our whole team. Around two minutes behind a breakaway group. pic.twitter.com/vlM39bMatT July 11, 2023

Alalphilippe is closing the gap as expected on the descent. He's giving the legs a shake out with Asgreen also working for him on the front. Gap is now at just over 20 seconds. 

The second group on the road has the leaders in their sights and we are close to having a joining together of both our groups of seven. They've toiled away on one of the few bits of flat road today to reach them before the foot of the Côte de Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (3km at 5.9%). 

Chavez attacks almost instantaneously as the catch it made. The Colombian national champion clearly didn't want that big a group around him. On a side note, his jersey is absolutely beautiful. You can see it below in the middle of the group. Asgreen has dropped as a result of this pace increase. 

Chavez is looking great here and has 32 seconds of an advantage already. 

Chavez takes the maximum points atop the Côte de Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (3km at 5.9%). There's now a 50km portion without any categorised climbs, but the parcours is hardly flat and will jag up and down all the way till the foot of the Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (6.5km at 5.6%). 

Israel-Premier Tech have got onto the team radio to remind their riders to fuel. After the ridiculous two hours of non-stop racing we had to start stage 10 in the heat, it will be even more important and could be the difference between fighting for the win and blowing up.

The front of the race has all come back together after Chavez realised his solo move wasn't the best option. Asgreen has come back and is still setting tempo for Alaphilippe. 

The peloton are passing through the lovely looking, Besse en Chandesse with a band playing them on. They have maintained the gap to the break at just over 3:00. Bilbao would move up to seventh from 11th if the race was to end right now. 

Alpecin-Deceuninck have moved to the front of the peloton with Silvain Dillier. Are they working to chase the break down to let Van der Poel challenge for the win?

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) is having some minor mechanical issues at the back of the peloton, but managed to kick his rear mech and pulley-wheel gently and is back on his way to the bunch. 

Full composition of the breakaway: - Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) - Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) - Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) - Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) - Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) - Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) - Ben O'Connor (AG2R-Citroën) - Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) - Anthony Perez (Cofidis) - Antonio Pedrero (Movistar) - Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) - Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) - Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) - Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan)

The leaders are currently on the uncategorised Col de la Chamoune. In around 13km, they will start a big descent en route to the foot of our final categorised climb of the stage, the Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (6.5km at 5.6%), before descending down into Issoire. 

Jayco-AlUla have now committed a rider on the front of the peloton to help control the gap to the leaders. Simon Yates started the 2:53 ahead of Pello Bilbao, so they won't want to get leapfrogged. The gap to the break is slightly coming down and is now at 2:46. 

Jayco are joined by Alpecin taking up the mantle of working on the stage, one team to protect their GC ambitions and one to try and possibly get the stage win. 

#TDF2023 As the stage moves into the final 60km we've put @luke_durbridge1 to work on the front to help keep the gap to the breakaway in check 👊The gap is 2'35" ⏱ pic.twitter.com/UtkzGB0TZr July 11, 2023

It's actually Van der Poel himself who has been put to work, can Philipsen survive all these climbs and sprint for the win?

It's absolutely roasting at the finish line with temperatures around 40 degrees. There is a chance of some thunderstorms and rain also, however. 

How many times has this man attacked today? Neilands moves off the front again with a bold move just before this long descent. 

Van der Poel is chipping away at the advantage with Durbridge and Van Aert also swapping turns on the front. With so much descending left in the stage, the advantage should be in the break's favour. 

Alaphilippe is the next to show his hand before the descent which will be his time to shine. Kwiatkowski isn't far behind. 

Neilands is going to be caught just as the descent starts. Bilbao is an incredible descender and has come to the front to maximise his skill advantage. 

Asgreen and Tejada are struggling to stay in touch on the start to this long descent. 

Van der Poel and Van Aert have actually gapped the peloton and are now riding in tandem 2:22 behind the breakaway. It's slightly confusing given the size of the advantage. 

They've both been the radio, but are pulling through and helping each other for now.  It's like watching the spring Classics all over again. 

Here's a look back at Neilands on the attack almost 100km ago when the stage kicked into life. He's still in the breakaway of the day and alongside teammate Nick Schultz, they have a great chance to win back-to-back stage after Michael Woods' triumph on the Puy de Dôme on Sunday. 

Our superstar duo of Van Aert and Van der Poel have made around 30 seconds of a gap to the peloton, but haven't made much progress on the 2:17 advantage of the now 12-man breakaway. 

We're nearing the final climb of the day, the Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (6.5km at 5.6%), on which there is a kilometre which averages over 7%. The best climbers in the group will want to target this sector if they are to drop the punchers riders with them. 

Perez has dropped under the brutal pressure. Skjelmose is struggling at the back of the break now which is surprising. 

Skjlemose hasn't given up and has left Kwiatkowski behind as he tries to rejoin the head of the race. 

Schultz is setting quite the tempo in the break with Neilands in his wheel, when will the Latvian launch? 

Schultz is done and Neilands goes! He's been flying all day long as the group behind him look at each other to decide who's going to chase. He's got a big gap already. 

It's very windy on this section of the climb, so the chasers are all looking for the best position to get some respite. 14 seconds is the gap now to Neilands. Behind, Ineos Grenadiers are taking up the mantle of chasing - Kwiatkowski has been dropped so the stage win is gone, forcing them to want to catch Bilbao and protect Pidcock's seventh place on GC. 

Chavez sets off in pursuit of our lone leader with Bilbao in his wheel, Pedrero, Zimmermann and Alaphilippe are also close. Van der Poel has knocked off his effort with Van Aert riding solo. 

Alaphilippe, Barguil and O'Connor are now all struggling. The former World Champion will try on the descent, but how much time can he make up on Neilands?

The gap to Ineos is out at 3:45 now to Neilands and 3:15 to Bilbao. Lots of work to do all the way to the line if they want to protect Pidcock's seventh place overall and Rodríguez' fourth place. 

Neilands has crossed the Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (6.5km at 5.6%) KOM point with an advantage of just under 40 seconds. Bilbao is probably the only man who can descend well enough to have any chance of catching him. 

On the final few hundred metres of the climb that aren't part of the KOM, Neilands has lost around 10 seconds. O'Connor has gone to the front in the chasing group. Will 30 seconds be enough of an advantage on the descent for the Latvian?

Here comes the biggest 22km of Neilands' career as he tries to find glory at the Tour de France. It's not a super technical descent, but more one where power out of the corners and consistency will be very important. He's got five riders trying to chase him down. 

The five chasers have already took eight seconds out of our leaders advantage. He'll have to find something extra if he is to hold them off. It will flatten out in the final few kilometres so he'll need to save something for then. 

Bilbao is leading the group behind, but they are turning off and pulling through in the Spaniard's wheel. Gap at 20 seconds now. 

Speeds are up to 80km/h in the chasing group. They are eating away at his advantage very, very quickly. Alaphilippe's group is at 44 seconds for now with a very strong group of descenders.

We're about to reach our last kicker on the parcours before the final descent and flat run into Issoire. Neilands has 15 seconds on Bilbao and co. with Alaphilippe's group a further 20 seconds back. 

Bilbao is definitely going to gain time on GC, but the big question will be how much? IPT's team car are giving Neilands all the encouragement in the world that he can and will make this move stick to the line. 

Pedrero has been gapped by his four fellow chasers. There are reports of a sprint group around 27 minutes down on the road for now. They'll be doing the calculations behind to ensure they survive the time cut on the line, with tomorrow providing the only chance for the fast men in the second week. 

Neilands fought back strongly on that uphill sector to revive his slimming advantage. His main worry will be once they got onto the flat section and the break can see him. This is going to be touch and go all the way to the line. 

The Latvian is leaving everything out on the road, but the group of five should see him soon and start working better in unison. Will the chasers hesitate and look at each other or work together to get a chance for the victory?

CURRENT SITUATION AT 7KM TO GO

Head of the race - Neilands +0:15 - Chavez, Bilbao, O'Connor, Zimmermann, Pedrero +0:32 - Alaphilippe, Kwiatkowski, Skjelmose, Barguil, 

Neilands is holding more than a 12 second advantage for now, but he has to keep his effort going. It's flatter as we get toward the end of the stage which doesn't work in his favour. 29 years without a Latvian winner at the Tour de France- this would be incredible if he could pull it off. 

It's down to eight seconds now with the group cooperating nicely. Each few hundred metres seems to equal a loss of time for the man out in front. 

Our lone leader seems to be running out of steam with the chasers closing in on his back wheel, what a dramatic finish we have in store. The Alaphilippe group also isn't too far behind. 

Catch made to Neilands, but the dream isn't dead yet. He'll be allowed to sit in and try and muster up one final sprint, but he may be completely empty. 

O'Connor attacks as he knows the sprint doesn't suit him. Bilbao is straight on him with Pedrero close behind. 

Zimmermann closes on his own as Chavez struggles to hold on. There's a brief slowing under the flamme rouge and here we go!

Bilbao looks incredibly strong and its only him and the big German at the front. 

They hesitate, they look around and it's coming back together with 400 metres left. 

Four hours of full gas racing comes down to this. 

STAGE FINISH

Pello Bilbao wins stage 10 of the 2023 Tour de France. What a ride, what a day of racing and it's all for Gino. Chapeau Bilbao. The Spaniard will also leapfrog significant spots in the overall race. There will be quite a few trees planted because of that very ride. 

Bilbao launched his sprint out of Zimmermann's wheel and the German had no response. His legs were brilliant and he couldn't have played it any better. O'Connor was third on a much better day out for the Australian. We started in his home town of Bilbao and he tried to attack the finish on stage 2, but it wasn't to be. Stage 10 was his day, however, his first-ever stage win at the Tour de France. 

Bilbao is sharing a friendly chat with Pogačar and Vingegaard after one of the hardest day of the 2023 Tour de France so far in the sweltering heat of central France.

Here's what an emotional Bilbao said after winning stage 10: "We started the day full focus. Yesterday we checked the first 40 kilometres and we were expecting a hard race day after the rest day and in a critical moment I checked and we were in with five teammates in the first 20 riders so I just wanted to make the right group if it was possible with two riders. Matej [Mohorič] was attacking all the time, also Fred [Wright], Mikel [Landa], Wout [Poels], Jack [Haig]. "Everybody was trying to go, we were not just thinking in anything, just go full, full, full and at one point I saw the guys in Jumbo [Visma] needed to let one group and that was my opportunity, my chance to go. I knew that was going to be difficult before, but I just went for the right moment when everybody was on their limit and then at one point the time gap started to go down so we needed to go full in the front." "Everybody was on the limit, Neilands did an impressive attack. I think he was the strongest one, but he spent a lot of energy with the hot wind in the face. In the back group, we just collaborated in the right way and then in the last 3 kilometres, I knew that [I] was the fastest man in the group, so I just took he control, the responsibility." "I closed the gap with O'Connor first and then, with cold blood, let Zimmermann make his sprint, go on the wheel and just full the last 200 metres without thinking of nothing. And then I crossed the line and I just put out all the energy that I had inside and remembering the reason of this victory." "A special one, for Gino."

A disappointed Krists Neilands won the consolation prize of the combativity award, but it wasn't the stage win he fought so hard for over the final climb and descent. Here's what he said after the stage: "It was a really tough stage. It was hard, it was hot, but it was great to be there on the road and we did a really good race as a team and we were always there in the moves and I think we raced really good and did the maximum we could do today. It just didn't work out." "All eight riders from our team here are able to fight for the stage win from breakaways and that is how we manage it. Also, with Mike Woods' win two days ago this gave us more confidence and motivation."

If you weren't aware, Bilbao also announced pre-Tour that he would be following in the actions of his recently lost teammate Gino Mäder, by donating one Euro for every rider he beats on each stage towards efforts that replant trees in areas of deforestation. This is what Mäder did in previous Grand Tour appearances before his tragic passing at the Tour de Suisse earlier this year. A wonderful gesture that highlights the reason Bilbao was so emotional in taking this special victory. A victory for his former teammate and friend. 

We had some changes in the GC today, mainly due to Bilbao's big time gain, with the Bahrain Victorious rider leapfrogging six places past both the Yates twins, Pidcock, Gaudu, Kuss and Bardet into fifth overall thanks to a 3:03 gain. They've hit the ground running after the rest day and this was the best day of the 2023 Tour de France for Bahrain after not getting much out of the first week. 

The last group of our remaining 169 riders in the race have just crossed the line, seven minutes inside the 41-minute time cut on what was a brutal day from flag to flag from Vulcania to Issoire. It contained Jakobsen, Ewan and riders from their respective lead-out trains. Tomorrow should be their only chance for a while, so recovery will be key tonight. 

Respect for these guys who fought hard to finish this brutal #TDF2023 stage inside the time limit 👏Photo: @BeelWout pic.twitter.com/jWwnr3E8ql July 11, 2023

Make sure you read Laura Weislo's full report from all of the day's racing and check out our growing gallery from stage 10. Tour de France: Pello Bilbao scorches sprint from breakaway to win stage 10

Tomorrow's stage is one of the final chances for the sprinters before the final stage on the Champs Élysées and runs 179.8km from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins. There are three category four climbs on the route, but the profile is far from flat and after such a brutal day in the heat today, will the sprinters teams be able to assume control and stop another break battling it out for the win? 

That wraps things up for today's live coverage of stage 10 of the Tour de France. Check back tomorrow for Cyclingnews' live report of stage 11, and in the meantime make sure you read all the great Tour de France content as more news comes out from the day's racing. 

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The first rest day has passed and the Tour de France is back. After Sunday's brutal finale on the Puy de Dôme , the race stays in Auvergne for stage 10, set to the backdrop of the region's volcanoes. 

I, Tom Davidson , will be bringing you updates of the racing throughout the day. I spent the last two weeks on the road, following the Tour from Bilbao to the Puy de Dôme. I was lucky to experience one of the best opening week GC slugfests ever from the roadside, but I'm calling a day for the breakaway today. 

Stage 10: Vulcania > Issoire (167.2km) 

Before the stage gets underway at 12:20 BST (13:20 CET), let's take a look at what's in store for the riders. 

Stage 10 offers a lumpy profile, with four category three climbs, and one category two. The peloton will be climbing from the flag drop, and will be spinning up and down throughout the day, with a downhill run-in to the line. 

Expect the GC contenders to bed in for a relaxed one after the first rest day. If a stage was ever scripted for the breakaway, it's this one. 

Here's how the general classification stands going into today's stage: 

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 38-37-46 2. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), at 17s 3. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), at 2-40 4. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers), at 4-22 5. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) at 4-39 6. Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla), at 4-44 7. Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), at 5-26 8. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), at 6-01 9. Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) at 6-45 10. Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich) at 6-58

Barring disaster for any of the 10 riders, I suspect this will look the same come the end of the day. 

To find out who's leading the other competitions at the race, visit our up-to-date classifications tracker . 

Tour de France Femmes unveils Rotterdam Grand Départ for 2024

In case you missed it yesterday, next year's Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will start in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 

The event will begin on 12 August 2024 - so as to not clash with the Paris Olympics - and the first three of the eight stages will take place in the Netherlands. 

"The last few seasons have been a tale of Dutch ascendancy," said race director Marion Rousse in a press statement. "Starting from the home of these champions will kindle a great popular celebration. Expect their supporters to turn our in force."

It will be the first time the race has left France since it was added to the calendar last summer. It will also be the first edition that won't include Annemiek van Vleuten , winner of the recent Giro d'Italia Donne, who is scheduled to retire at the end of the season.

Full details of the route will be revealed on 25 October. 

A slow start? 

Here's an interesting stat for you. This year's Tour de France has set off slower than last year's edition. 

The average speed of the yellow jersey wearer Jonas Vingegaard is 42.1km/h over the first nine stages. After the same time last year, the race leader Tadej Pogačar averaged 44.5km/h.

This is no doubt a symptom of the tough Grand Départ held in the Basque Country, where the first two stages clocked around 3,000m of climbing each. 

Stage four to Nogaro - "the most boring Tour de France stage for a long time," according to Jasper Philipsen - also kept the average speed down. 

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Sign-on has started in Vulcania ahead of stage 10. 

"What's Vulcania?" I hear you call. "That's not a place in France." 

Well, you're right. Vulcania is an amusement park, or as the tourist signs say, the European Park of Volcanism . It opened in 2001 and is jam-packed with volcano-themed educational fun. 

Of course, the WorldTour peloton is no stranger to amusement parks. In February this year, stage six of the UAE Tour began at Abu Dhabi's Warner Bros World - the world's largest indoor theme park, which cost $1 billion to develop. 

3D model of the Vulcania amusement park. 

10 minutes to go until kilometre zero. 

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Stage 10 gets underway

We're off! Christian Prudhomme waves his yellow flag and the race start is given. 

It is a hot day in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where ground temperatures are set to exceed 40 degrees celsius. Spare a thought for the riders, and my colleagues at the roadside. 

166km to go: The battle for the break has begun. There's a lot of movement at the front of the pack, but no move has stuck yet. 

161.5km to go: Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Krists Neilands (Isreal-Premier Tech) have kick-started an attack on the opening category-three climb. Three others have joined them, including Ineos Grenadiers rider Michal Kwiatkowski. 

159km to go: The gruppetto is forming. Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step), victim of some nasty road rash on stage four, is one of those out the back. As is birthday boy Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny). It's going to be a long day for the sprinters. 

152km to go: The GC men, for some reason, have bridged across to the breakaway. The gap to the peloton is 47 seconds. Ineos Grenadiers have missed the split. 

148km to go: We're about to reach the foot of the category-three Col de Guéry. Here's the climb details, courtesy of Strava, and the KOM time to beat, held by Valentin. 

The hilliest of the #TourdeFrance, Stage 10 appropriately starts in a volcano-themed park. Peep below ⬇️ for the Strava Segments that’ll test the riders today, kicking off with Col-de-Guéry: https://t.co/PQOdgw5q0G pic.twitter.com/BmN1c78ju5 July 11, 2023

146km to go: There's clearly some fresh legs in the peloton, because the racing is relentless. Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar have now left the front group on the road and dropped back. We're still waiting on a clear breakaway to form. 

143km to go: You'd think you were watching a criterium at Crystal Palace here. Moves are flying out of the peloton, but they're all being kept on a tight leash at the moment. 

137.5km to go: Some of the top-10 contenders are struggling to keep up with the frantic start. Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) are both out the back. 

🇫🇷After Romain Bardet, it's now @GauduDavid exiting at the back of the peloton. Tough day for the French riders. 🇫🇷Après Romain Bardet, c'est maintenant @GauduDavid qui sort à l'arrière de peloton. Journée difficile pour les coureurs français. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/CsypyF1mpt July 11, 2023

131km to go: There's now two men off the front - Julian Alaphilippe and Matej Mohorič. 

126km to go: The Gaudu-Bardet group is now two minutes behind the yellow jersey. This could end up being a disaster for the Frenchmen.  

Krists Neilands was one of those who animated this stage early on. Here he is in action, stringing out the peloton. 

121km to go: The average speed so far is 41.2km/h. So much for a calm one after the rest day. 

117km to go: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), one of the pre-race favourites for the stage win, is also in the trailing group with Gaudu and Bardet. 

There's a rumour circulating around the peloton that this is the Belgian's final day at the Tour de France. He and his partner are expecting their second child, and the birth is due any day now. 

112km to go: There's a seven-man front group with around a one-minute advantage over the peloton. 

They are: Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech)  and Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic). 

110km to go: The frantic start is yet to settle down. We're about to head onto the third categorised climb of the day, the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert. 

Col de la Croix Saint Robert is another monster KOM - we'll see who maximized their recovery day: https://t.co/AQXIWcYoYz pic.twitter.com/ecQXph1Fn2 July 11, 2023

108km to go: Hats off to Stefan Küng. The Groupama-FDJ rider has given a monster tow to carry his leader David Gaudu back into the peloton. Romain Bardet has also rejoined the group. Panic over, les français. 

107.4km to go: Kasper Asgreen wins the day's only intermediate sprint. He won't care for the green jersey points, but there will be a nice prime heading to the Dane's bank account. 

105km to go: There's a second group on the road, 25 seconds behind the breakaway. In it are Julian Alaphilippe and Ben O'Connor, who is determined to bridge across. 

100km to go: The breakaway crests the stage's highest point - 1451m - and tucks in for the descent into the valley. Things are starting to settle down. 

94km to go: I've had word from my colleague, Adam Becket , who is on the ground in France. 

"I cannot stress how hot it is," he says of the near 40C temperatures. "If there was an extreme weather protocol for journalists, I would ask for it to be invoked." 

90km to go: The gap to the peloton is now at 2-43. I think it's fair to say the breakaway has been established. 

86km to go: Another one of my colleagues, Chris Marshall-Bell , would like to weigh in on the heat. 

"I would just like to say that it is unseasonably warm here in France," he says. "If I had the option of jumping head first into a freezing pool of water or sitting for the next six hours in this climbing gym-cum-press room, I would choose the former." 

85km to go: Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) is on the attack. The Colombian champion leads solo up the Côte de Saint-Victor-la-Rivière, with a 30-second gap to the breakaway. 

79km to go: We're into the last 80km, so here's a reminder of the situation on the road. 

Esteban Chaves has shot out of a 14-man breakaway and is leading solo. The peloton is 3-20 in arrears. 

77.5km to go: Scrap that, Chaves is caught. Suddenly a day alone under the sun doesn't seem so attractive to the Colombian. 

72km to go: The breakaway continues to work well together, with the gap to the peloton stable, now at 3.13.

70.8km to go: Some sort of shoe / pedal issue going on for Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), who is hanging on to the team car while trying to put a shoe on with one hand. Problem apparently sorted, he's back and chasing back on to the bunch.

66.2km to go: If you're just joining us, allow us just to reiterate how strong this breakaway is looking. It's 14 riders strong, and includes Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Julian Alaphilippe and Kasper Asgreen (both Soudal-Quick Step), Ben O'Connor (Ag2r-Citroën) and Matthias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek). They're working well together too – the peloton is going to have a job to catch them.

62km to go: The Israel-PremierTech team car comes over the radio, addressing breakaway riders Krists Neilands and Nick Schultz: "Today we can win a second stage, you know that guys. Heads up and good luck."

58km to go: The gap to the breakaway has slowly been coming down. It's now 2.42 and the break may need to think about stepping up the pace if its going to survive.

54km to go: Perhaps Neilands (Israel-PremierTech) was inspired by his DS's words – he's attacked out of the breakaway, gaining a small gap. But the break looks motivated behind.

53km to go: 9 seconds for Neilands from the break, whose gap over the bunch is down to 2.15, with no less than Mathieu Van Der Poel plugging away on the front in pursuit.

51km to go: Julian Alaphilippe has a go! He's followed by Kwiatkowski, and the rest... Neilands is coming back fast.

46km to go: The riders are now on a long, long descent. It's followed by the climb of the cat-three climb of the Côte de Chapelle-Marcousse. That's six kilometres long at 5.6%, and then comes 25km of mainly downhill to the finish at Issoire.

45km to go: Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) have slipped off the front of the peloton as it heads downhill.

41km to go: MVDP and WVA have 11 seconds on the peloton, and are 2.18 behind the break, which is enjoying renewed impetus after the attacks of Neilands and Alaphilippe. The kilometres are ticking by fast now.

The pair aren't making much headway on the breakaway, still at 2.18 as they approach the bottom of the Chapelle-Marcousse. They'll hope to deliver the killer blow when the road points uphill though.

32km to go: The break, and the chasing pair of Wout Van Aert and Mathieu Van Der Poel, are on the climb now. These two are 50sec ahead of the bunch and still 2.16 behind the break.

30km to go: Israel-Premier Tech's Neilands is leading solo, with a 26-second advantage. Van der Poel has been reeled in by the peloton. 

29.5km to go:  Let's not forget that this stage finishes with a downhill run-in to the line. It's prime Alaphilippe territory, provided the Frenchman doesn't give Neilands too big of a gap. 

28km to go: Neilands's advantage is stretching out. It now stands at 40 seconds. Can he hold on? 

22km to go: Neilands crests the final climb with a 25-second gap. Behind him, Chaves, Bilbao, O'Connor, Zimmermann and Pedrero chase. 

There has been no movement in the yellow jersey group for a while. 

18km to go: This is going to be a fast finale. Neilands's advantage has been slashed to 16 seconds, with Zimmermann leading the descent in the chasing group. 

12km to go:  14 seconds for Neilands now. The chasing group is hitting speeds of 75km/h on the descent to Issoire. 

10km to go: No surprise here, but Neilands has been awarded the prize for the day's most combative rider. He was one of the original animators of the breakaway from the flag drop, and is now 10km away from a momentous stage win. 

6.5km to go: Neilands is pedalling like there's no tomorrow. His speed is 60km/h as the road starts to flatten out. 12 seconds to the chasers.  

3km to go: Heartbreak for Neilands. He's caught by the Bilbao group.

There's more drama too, with a four-man group containing Alaphilippe just 22 seconds behind. 

1.7km to go: Ben O'Connor attacks! Bilbao follows closely on his wheel. Pedrero the only other who can hold on. 

1.1km to go: Zimmerman now goes over the top. Again Bilbao latches onto the attacker's wheel. 

Bilbao wins! 

He launches his sprint with 200m to go and holds his position to the line. Zimmerman second, while O'Connor finishes third. 

Hold tight, I'll have a full race report up soon. 

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Tour de France 2021: Cavendish wins stage 10 as Pogacar stays in yellow – as it happened

Mark Cavendish made it 33 stage wins in his career, and the third of this year’s race, after winning the sprint in Valence

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Cavendish closes in on Merckx record

Stage 10 report from Valence: Mark Cavendish took advantage of a perfect lead-out to win the 33rd stage of his Tour de France career and move within one of Eddy Merckx’s record.

Stage 10 top five

• 1. Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck Quick-Step) 4hr 14min 07sec
• 2. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• 3. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix)
• 4. Nacer Bouhanni (Team Arkéa-Samsic)
• 5. Michael Matthews (Team Bike Exchange)

Mark Cavendish speaks ...

“It was old-shool, run-of-the-mill, like you read in a cycling magazine lead-out,” he tells a Tour reporter when asked how he won today’s stage. “You just get the lads on the front to pull as fast as they can so nobody can come up and try to come past you and then do the finish.

“We knew this finish because ... I didn’t make it last time we did this finish because I got dropped. It was in 2015 the year Greipel won it. We studied it and knew that if we took the last corner wide we could keep the speed. We wwere confident we had the team for the sprint despite the split.

“Again, I’m just humbled, man. You’ve got the winner of the Tour of Flanders, you’ve got the World Champion who’s also had the yellow jersey here, you’ve got Michael Morkov who’s going for the Olymnpics ... they’re all just leaving everything on the road for me. I haver to finish it off, y’know. I didn’t really do anything apart from the last 150 metres.”

Cavendish is beside himself with delight. One by one, he hugs each and every one of his Deceuninck Quick-Step teammates, who are unquestionably the best lead-out team in the business. This is an astonishing sporting comeback we’re seeing from the Manx Missile.

Cavendish gets a perfect lead-out. He kicked clear, turned on the after-burners and was able to hold off the challenge of Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen by about half a wheel width. He is now just one stage win shy of Eddy Merckx’s all time record.

Cavendish wins the stage!!!

Mark Cavendish makes it 33 stage wins in the Tour de France!

500m to go: Bouhanni, Sagan, Cavendish, Matthews and Wout van Aert are all in contention.

1km to go: Cavendish’s three-man train remains intact, towing their man along. Michael Matthews is on his wheel.

2km to go: Cees Bol is back near the front, as is Peter Sagan.

3.5km to go: Cavendish is four riders back at the front, with three members of his lead-out train in front of him. Can they keep that pace going or have they shoveled too much coal into the furnace too early?

6km to go: Having been caught in the split, Andre Greipel, formerly a bunch sprint winner in Valence, is back in the front bunch.

8 min: DSM have been caught out by the wind and will do well to get their sprinter Cess Bol back into contention for the finish. Mark Cavendish remains in the front bunch about 20 riders back. “It’s a great talent to have to be able to float around in that position like that,” says Sean Kelly.

10km to go: The peloton has split into three distinctive groups. Richard Carapaz from Ineos Grenadiers is near the front of the first one, trying to put some pressure on Pogacar.

13km to go: Jumbo-Visma, Deceuninck Quick-Step and Movistar are all trying to force the issue at the front of the bunch, while crosswinds are causing cracks further back in the bunch. There is some serious sprinting and GC talent at the front of the peloton, going at a ridiculous speed trying to avoid getting left behind. Cavendish remains in a good position and Sonny Colbrelli is on his wheel.

16km to go: There’s a split in the bunch. Sagan, Cavendish and Wout van Aert are in the front group, which has opened a small gap on the yellow jersey group. It’s soon closed but they are going at a ferocious speed being dictated by Wout van Aert’s Jumbo-Visma team.

18km to go: The road is wide with the peloton hogging the left-hand side. First and second on GC, Tadej Pogacar and Ben O’Connor are up near the front with their teams.

21km to go: It seems the Italian for hat is “capello”.

22km to go: Chapeau – or whatever the Italian for ‘hat” is – to Sonny Cobrelli, who has already rejoined the peloton following that mechanical.

25km to go: Disaster for Sonny Colbrelli, whose rear wheel punctures. He drops out of the bunch, picks up a spare bike and will have a major job on his hands to get back in anything resembling contention for the sprint finish. He’ll almost certainly get back into the bunch, but how much petrol will he use up doing so?

29km to go: The teams of Nacer Bouhanni and Wout van Aert are both getting their sprinters up towards the front of the bunch, where Mark Cavendish is also nicely placed. His Deceuninck Quick-Step teammates are towing the bunch along.

More pedantry to counter Tony Hodgetts’ pedantry: “Geologically Mont Ventoux is part of the Alps,” writes Martin Gilbert. “And the forecast for tomorrow is for a storm with lightning and everything. A geographer would call that ‘a storm in the Alps’. I’ve taken the day off tomorrow so I can watch the whole thing. I hope it doesn’t get cut short.”

🔚 🇨🇦 @HugoHoule is caught by the peloton. End of the breakaway! 🔚 🇨🇦 Hugo Houle est repris par le peloton. Fin de l'échappée ! #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/nkhceWWBcE — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2021

36km to go: Michael Matthews’ Team Bike Exchange colleagues put the hammer down at the front of the bunch, hoping to make life difficult for some of the more thoroughbred sprinters. As they do so, assorted riders start getting shelled out the back. “The kettle is boiling and it’s getting hotter and hotter,” says Sean Kelly on Eurosport. Mark Cavendish is nicely placed about 25 places back from the front. The breakaway has been caught.

An email: “Vaucluse happens to be in Provence,” writes Ian Davis.

An email: Ben Tuff has responded to Tony Hodgetts’ pedantry with some of his own. And I for one am inclined to agree with him. “Mount Ventoux is part of The Alps,” he says. “Because it doesn’t have other mountains around it, people make this mistake. MV is actually part of the sub alpine chains and because these are not morphologically distinct from the Western Alp arch, these sub alpine chains are counted as part of the alps proper, including MV. It’s also in Vaucluse. Family holidays were always an education.” We could have done with this debate to pass the time earlier in the stage before things started getting a little interesting.

An email: “That tunnel photo is tremendously evocative to me, and to anyone who has cycled south from Grenoble,” writes Alistair Connor. “You coast over the top of the Vercors and as you exit the tunnel, the light, the air, everything is different, and you’re in Provence.”

46km to go: Tosh van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal) and Hugo Houle (Astana-Premier Tech) are being reeled in and currently have an advantage of just 19 seconds over the chasing pack.

50km to go: On Eurosport, Rob Hatch has revealed that the news from the finish line is that the wind has picked up. The riders might be facing a headwind for the finish. It’s around now that the riders will be starting to get a little nervy.

51km to go: The gap is hovering around the one-minute mark with the leaders heading towards the final uphill of the day. It’s a steep enough climb, uncategorised mind ... and unlikely to cause any of the sprinters any problems.

58km to go: It looks like Geraint Thomas might have gone down in that crash I mentioned a few moments ago, as his shorts are ripped. “If he didn’t have bad luck he’d have no luck at all,” says Carlton Kirby on Eurosport’s commentary.

62km to go: An email: “Thomas Voeckler on French TV has been talking about windy conditions and exposed roads towards the end of the stage, with potential fireworks in prospect,” writes Matt Cast. Here’s hoping Tommy is correct because even by the snake-belly low standards of “transition” stages, today’s has been an absolute snoozefest. The gap is at 1min 20sec.

65km to go: All involved in the crash get back on their bikes and set off on in pursuit of the peloton, with Richie Porte shouting angrily at the driver of a race motorbike who pulls alongside him to take a lingering look at his bloodied left elbow.

66km to go: There’s been a minor crash in the bunch, with Luke Rowe and Richie Porte from Ineos Grenadiers hitting the deck. Wout van Aert was among the other riders who were held up. Jumbo-Visma’s Mike Teunissen also comes off his bike.

76km to go: The post-lunch gap goes back out to 1min 50sec, with Tosh van der Sande and Hugo Houle ploughing their lonely furrow.

81km to go: As the riders pass through the feed zone, the gap closes to a minute.

An email: “Mont Ventoux is in Provence, not the Alps, so no Alpine storm tomorrow,” writes pedantry’s Tony Hodgetts. “A procession for Pogacer tomorrow though, in the big chain ring, accelerating away from the whole peloton at will.”

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Sprint | Le Mont-Dore (59.9 km)

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• Date: 11 July 2023
• Start time: 13:20
• Avg. speed winner: 43.136 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 167.2 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 118
• Vert. meters: 3151
• Departure: Vulcania
• Arrival: Issoire
• Race ranking: 1
• Startlist quality score: 1584
• Won how: Sprint of small group
• Avg. temperature: 30 °C

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The cyclists are back for stage 10 of the 2023 Tour de France   on July 11. The riders will set off for a 167.2-kilometer, or 103.89-mile route from Vulcania to Issoire. 

The Tour de France went for nine consecutive days until the first rest day. The first part of the race has been completed and teams likely spent their day off planning strategies on how to move forward. As the next phase of the race begins, the cyclist will need to push through extreme levels of fatigue. 

Michael Woods won stage 9 and became the first Canadian to win a stage this year. Woods beat Matteo Jorgenson to the finish line in one of the most challenging routes of the race so far . 

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Stage 10 will be physically demanding for both the climbers and the sprinters of the group. 

Unlike the routes seen in the race so far, there is no grand summit or sprint finale in this stage. The climbs will challenge the cyclist's endurance as they need to be aware of keeping their energy consistent while preparing for opportunities to attack. 

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Jonas Vingegaard wears the yellow jersey coming into stage 10. The defending Tour de France champion earned the jersey in stage 6 and has held on to it ever since. 

Here is what you need to know for stage 10 of the Tour de France

Tour De France Stage 10 Route

This stage is expected to be full of breakaways, the cyclists will have many chances to attack as they come in and out of the mountains. 

Stage 10 is five back-to-back climbs that aren't extremely challenging but will be difficult enough for the sprinters to struggle. 

The challenge here comes in the space between every climb. Breakaways are a chance for riders to establish huge leads between themselves and the chasing pack. 

Côte de La Chapelle-Marcousse is the final climb of the route appearing 138.6 kilometers, or 862 miles in. The longest climb of the route is the Col de Guery, which is 7.7 kilometers, or 4.78 miles. 

Tour de France Stage 10  

• Category 3, 5 km (3.1 miles)  at 4.8%
• Category 3,  7.7 km (4.78 miles) at 4.9%
• Category 3, 5.8 km (3.6 miles) at 6.2%
• Category 2, 2.6 km (1.62 miles)at 6%
• Category 3, 6.4 km (3.98 miles) at 5.8%

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The de France is a 21-stage race that ends on July 23. There are winners for every day of the race, including colored jerseys awarded based on different classification performances. 

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The Tour de France begins July 1 and finishes July 23 at the Champ-Elyees. The complete route is divided into 21 stages featuring different types of terrain and distance. Stages 1-3 are completed. 

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Results and Highlights from the 2024 Giro d’Italia

Check out stage-by-stage recaps and overall standings of the Italian Grand Tour.

Stage 4: Acqui Terme - Andora, 190 km

Stage 3: novara - fossano, 166 km, stage 2: san francesco al campo - santuario di oropa, 161 km, stage 1: venaria reale - torino, 140 km.

Check out stage-by-stage recaps of the action below.

Stage 5: Genova - Lucca, 178 km

A win for the breakaway as the peloton couldn’t get it together.

Stage Winner: Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis)

Race Leader: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

May 8, 2024—Another flat-ish day, another sprint finish. That was supposed to be the script for Wednesday’s fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia. But if there’s a theme emerging from the early stages of this year’s Giro, it’s to expect the unexpected.

Because in a move that seems ever-more-rare, the day’s breakaway stuck, the charging group of sprinters behind unable to catch up.

At the end of the 178-kilometer stage, Benjamin Thomas captured Cofidis’s first win this season. Behind him were EF Education-EasyPost’s Michael Valgren, Andrea Pietrobon of Polti Kometa, and Groupama-FDJ’s Enzo Paleni. The group spent about half of the day with a lead of around one minute over the peloton.

Eight seconds behind Paleni, Lidl-Trek’s Jonathan Milan—the current maglia ciclamino— led the rest of the peloton across the line.

With 5 kilometers to the finish, the four-man breakaway had a solid forty-second lead and it seemed as though the peloton couldn’t organize themselves enough to reel them back in. Ineos Grenadiers had the most notable attack, but pulled off after the 3-kilometer mark, ostensibly working to protect their lead man Geraint Thomas’s time.

From there, nothing much materialized and the breakaway was allowed to duke it out themselves for the win.

“I said maybe today’s my day,” said the French Thomas, who captured both his first WorldTour and Grand Tour victories with the win. “Everything is perfect today. I knew the final because I trained there sometimes. I knew the Montemagno in the final, and it helped me, knowing the cobbles and the corners. It's a nice thing to win in Italy. It means a lot to me.”

Thomas, who is a seasoned track racer, likened the four-man break to a “long, long team pursuit.”

Valgren added that the topography of the parcours aided the breakaway’s chances.

“It was actually only with three or four ks to go (that we thought we could win) because you always think the peloton will take 10-seconds-per-kilometer more or less,” Valgren said after the race. “We kept working well together and there was in our favor kind of downhill. Chapeau to the other guys for working well together. We didn't start to play the games, so it was nice.”

The one thing that was expected was that nothing much changed in the GC battle. UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogačar remains forty-six seconds clear of Geraint Thomas and forty-seven seconds ahead of BORA-hansgrohe’s lead man, Dani Martinez.

Jonathan Milan Wins Sprint Finish

Stage Winner: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)

May 7, 2024—For the second straight day, the Giro d’Italia ended with a flat sprint that was almost nabbed with a daring and unexpected last-minute attack.

The 190-kilometer route from Acqui Terme to Andora started with a gradual ride into the day’s only categorized climb, the category 3 Colle del Melogno, where the KOM points were taken by Intermarché-Wanty’s Lilian Calmejane. After that, it was an almost wholly downsloping back half of the stage, ending with a straight, flat shot into the seaside town of Andora.

If the peloton felt a bit jumpy heading into Andora, it no doubt had to do with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Geraint Thomas’s (INEOS Grenadiers) almost successful late break in yesterday’s sprint stage.

And then, just like yesterday, a solo attack was launched with plenty of racing left. Today, it was Ineos-Grenadiers’ Filippo Ganna, one of the fastest solo bike racers that’s ever lived, who attacked at the foot of the day’s final pitch, the Capo Mele, with 4 km to go. However, the long-distance attack was once again in vain, as he was caught and swallowed up with just a few hundred meters to go.

Moments later, another Italian, Lidl-Trek’s Jonathan Milan, launched a furious and commanding 300-meter sprint that would net him his second Giro stage win, exactly one year to the day from his first.

Meanwhile, Dani Martínez, who entered the day in third place in the GC standings, suffered a late-stage mechanical. Lucky for the BORA-hansgrohe racer, it was within the final 3 kilometers, meaning he was awarded the same time as the bunch ahead and lost no extra time to Pogačar and Thomas.

In sad news, Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) slid out on a slick descent with about 62 kilometers left, crashing out of the race with an injury. It was a brutal reminder of the Eritrean’s luck, who, moments after becoming the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage in 2022’s Giro, suffered a freak injury when the cork from his celebratory champagne bottle shot him in the eye, causing him to abandon the race with a hemorrhage in his eye.

“We saw Ganna going full gas in the last climb, and we just had to catch him,” said Milan of his Italian track teammate. “Today, the guys did such an amazing job. This experience was special because my parents were here today. I’m really happy about it,” Milan, who won last year’s maglia ciclamino, added.

After the race, second-place finisher Kaden Groves said the day’s blisteringly high speeds made the stage “quite scary at times.” And when asked about how his Alpecin-Deceuninck team was shaping up over the Giro’s first week, Groves said, “We’re getting there.”

Soudal Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier Takes Sprint Victory Amidst GC Favorites’ Late Attack

Stage Winner: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)

May 6, 2024 – The sprinters had their first chance to shine, as the race’s third stage from Novara to Fassano featured just 750 meters of elevation over 166 kilometers.

However, it wasn’t without a bit of drama, as the race’s biggest GC favorites launched a thrilling attack over the last four kilometers, throwing a wrench into what was expected to be a straightforward day. After an early move from EF-Education EasyPost’s Mikkel Honore, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) followed, forming a small, three-man breakaway that, for a moment, looked as though it might stay away from the group.

Honoré was swallowed up by the group with about 1 kilometer to go, and given the day’s high pace and series of breakaways, there was some thought that Pogačar and Thomas’s attack might just stick. However, the two GC men were caught with about 400 meters to go, setting up the bunch sprint everyone expected the day to end with.

Soudal Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier nipped a group at the line that included Lidl-Trek’s Jonathan Milan and Intermarche Wanty’s Biniam Girmay, who rounded out the day’s podium, along with Arkea’s Jenthe Biermans and dsm-Firmeninch PostNL’s Tobias Lund Andersen.

After a masterful recovery from a late crash to win Sunday’s second stage, Pogačar started the day in the maglia rosa , forty-five seconds clear of Dani Martínez of BORA-hansgrohe and Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers. By the time stage 3 was over, those standings remained exactly the same.

“It wasn’t the plan,” Thomas said of the two-man attack over the closing kilometers. “We just wanted to stay out of trouble.”

He added that, over the final few hundred meters, it took everything he had to keep contact with Pogačar. “I was just trying to hold his wheel,” Thomas said, admitting that the attack was never part of the day’s plan.

“It was the hardest victory so far,” stage winner Merlier said of the unexpected chase he and his group of sprinters found themselves in as Thomas and Pogačar rode away. Merlier said he hesitated, causing him to miss out on his leadout man, and eventually forcing him to attack directly into the wind without any support.

Tadej Pogačar Wins Stage 2 and Takes the Maglia Rosa

Stage Winner: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

May 5, 2024 - Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates wins Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia 2024 and takes the Maglia Rosa. Twenty-seven seconds behind, Dani Martínez (Bora-hansgrohe) takes second, and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) is third.

It was a masterful performance by UAE Team Emirates once Pogačar made it back to the front of the peloton after a small crash due to a front flat tire. The Slovenian leads Thomas and Martinez by 45" in the General Classification.

In the post-race interview, Pogačar was asked if he panicked after crashing in the lead-up to the last climb. “Not really. I was quite calm. I hit a hole in the city and had a super fast flat tire. There was a bit of confusion. I wanted to stop before the corner, but the DS said, ‘No, no, after the corner.’ I was feeling good. The team was super good today. And then we set the pace that we like and it was perfect,” said the race leader.

“I didn’t know the climb well. Everybody was maybe doing this climb for the first time, and it was hard to guess where to do the [hard] pacing, but I think we did a really good job today. And it was super good the last pull of Rafał Majka in the hard part so that I could attack,” Pogačar added.

“I just wanted a stage win today and some gap. Test the legs a little bit. And the [goal] was to take the pink jersey. Now I can relax a little bit in the next few days with the team and we stay safe in the sprints.”

Watch the final kilometer of Stage 2 on the Giro d’Italia’s YouTube Channel

Geraint Thomas of INEOS Grenadiers found himself meeting his limit in today’s stage. “It was so hard to follow, but I knew if I tried to keep going I would completely blow up. I felt bad for sitting on Ben [O’Connor], but I was on the limit for a while there,” said Thomas in the post-race interview.

Regarding Pogačar’s crash, Thomas said, “Honestly, I didn’t know until I was on the climb, and someone said Tadej was back. The plan was to go to the front, not to attack, but to stay safe on the front.”

Narváez Upstages Pogačar to Secure Stage 1 Victory and Maglia Rosa

Stage Winner: Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers)

Race Leader: Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers)

May 4, 2024 - The opening stage of the Giro d’Italia produced plenty of fireworks and a surprise winner on the line. Team UAE Emirates set it up perfectly for Tadej Pogačar on the opening stage. After some long-lasting breakaways were caught, Pogačar broke free in the last four kilometers with Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers) and Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). The Slovenian just couldn’t gap those two rivals, and it set it up for a sprint finish. In a bit of a surprise, it was Narváez, the 27-year-old Ecuadorian national champion, outsprinting Schachmann (second on the stage) and Pogačar (third). Narváez earns the first Maglia Rosa of the 2024 Tour of Italy.

Though he didn’t win the stage, Pogačar will head into Stage 2 with an advantage over many of his top GC rivals. Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) was 10 seconds behind Pogačar on the stage and, after factoring in time bonuses, 14 seconds behind Pogačar in the GC standings.

Watch Stage 1 Highlights on the Giro d’Italia’s YouTube Channel

“It was a great feeling. We knew it was going to be a stage for me, and I worked a lot on it,” Narváez said in the post-race interview. “Following the best guy in the world on the climb was really hard, so it’s a special victory today. It’s still hurting me now. It was really hard—really, really hard. But in the end, I made it.”

“I think [Pogačar] went too long in the sprint, 200 meters after a really hard stage, and I did a short sprint, and in the end, I took the victory. For me, it’s amazing. There aren’t many opportunities in a Grand Tour to get the maglia rosa on the first day because you have a bunch sprint, a TT, or a different stage. Today was a good opportunity. I worked really, really hard for it,” added Narváez.

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