Friday 25: 13:30โ13:40 โ 17:15โ17:45
This is the second and last alpine stage. There is a little bit less elevation gain than on the previous day, but the stage is very short and therefore there is even fewer flat sections. A breakaway paradise?
Mountain classification
- T. Pogatchar ๐ธ๐ฎ UAE โ 105 pts
- J. Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma โ 89 (-16)
- L. Martinez ๐ซ๐ท Bahrein โ 72 (-33)
- T. Arensman ๐ณ๐ฑ Ineos โ 65 (-40)
- B. O'Connor ๐ฆ๐บ Jayco โ 51 (-54)
Are available tomorrow, in order of apparition:
- 5 points at Hรฉry/Ugine;
- 10 points on the Col des Saisies;
- 20 points on the Col du Prรฉ;
- 5 points on the Cormet de Roselend;
- and 20 points in La Plagne.
That's a maximum of 60 points.
There will still be 9 extra points to grab on the hills the day after, and 5 more on the final Paris stage.
After one of the first mini-attacks by Pogatchar, as Onley stayed in the wheels but Lipowitz was dropped a little bit, I thought Bora could lose everything they had 30 km from the finish line yesterday. But in the end, it is Onley who was dropped, and Lipowitz keeps and strengthens his podium.
I am surprised to see L. Martinez finish well (11^th^, better than O'Connor, Jegat, Vauquelin who were fighting for their GC ranking), I thought he would drop after losing his chances to score big points in the final climb.