The summary
As expected, the first kilometers are very lively, it attacks on all sides. And after a little less than an hour of racing, the breakaway is formed and there are 29 men at the front: Victor Campenaerts, Simon Yates (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Valentin Paretrere, Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step), Ben Healy, Alex Baudin, Neilson Powless, Harry Sweeny (EF Education-EasyPost), Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers), Quinn Simmons (Lidl-trek), Quentin pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), Ben O’Connor, Luke Plapp, Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla), Raúl García leg (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Pablo Castrillo, Iván Romeo (Movistar Team), Bruno Armirail, Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale Team), Clement Champoussin, Simon Velasco (Team complexion comet), Steff Cras (TotaalEnergies), Michael Woods, Joseph Blackmore, Alexey Lutsenko (Israel – Premier Tech), Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility).
With no less than 8 climbs listed on the program, the difficulties are linked and Lenny Martinez Graps as many points as possible and will be polished jersey at the evening of this 10th stage. As you go, while the climbs and the kilometers pass, the runners present in the escape drop one after the other. The peloton, led by the training UAE Team Emirates XRGimposes a big rhythm, but concedes time on the leading men, where it is the team EF Education-EasyPost Who makes the bulk of the job for Ben Healy, the best placed runner in the general classification, at 3'55 “.
The final
The breakaway explodes in a thousand pieces about thirty kilometers from the finish, in a non-repetor ascent. And there are only six at the front, with Simon Yates, Thymen Arensman, Quinn Simmons, Michael Storer, Ben O’Connor et Ben Healy. The latter does not ask a question and imposes a very large rhythm, while Quinn Simmons explodes a few kilometers further. The peloton, pointed at 6 minutes, is shaken by the Visma | Lease a Bike. Sepp kiss and above all Matteo Jorgenson go to the attack, but they are well controlled by Tadej Pogacar and his teammates ofUAE Team Emirates XRG. After yet another attack of Jorgensonjust before the summit, several runners crack slightly, like Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).
While we arrive at the foot of the last ascent of the day, Mont-Dore (3.3km at 7.7%), whose arrival will be located at the top. And from the first hectometers, Simon Yates Go to the attack. Ben O’Connor tries to follow, but ends up cracking, while Thymen Arensman Navigate a few meters from the Briton. We are witnessing a real mano-mano. But Yates is too strong and comes to win a third stage victory on the Tour de Franceafter its two successes in 2019. Ben Healy Pass the line in 3rd position, after a new heroic stage. After a few minutes of waiting, the Irishman received confirmation, he takes the yellow jersey … for 29 seconds. In the favorite group, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), then Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) place accelerations, but are countered by Tadej Pogacar. Slovenian puts a huge attack and no one can follow … apart from Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike). The two favorites of this Tour have dug a nice gap on their pursuers, but they look at each other. Florian Lipowitz, Matteo Jorgenson, Remco Evenepoelbut also Oscar Onley (Picnic postnl), Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) et Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) manage to pick up in the last meters and end almost at the same time. On the side of the favorites, the big losers of the day are Kévin Vauquelin, Enric Mas (Movistar) et Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), who respectively conceded 46 “, 52” and 2'50 “on Pogacar.
