Cycling: After the rest day, there will be another mass sprint tomorrow at the Tour de France. The usual suspects are the favourites.
Mass sprint in Toulouse
Before the Tour de France reaches the Pyrenees on Thursday, another flat stage awaits the pros tomorrow. If the section is not blown away again with the wind, it will be in Toulouse give a classic sprint royal. Before that, however, after starting in Albi a total of 167,0 km to put back. The only two climbs of the day – the Cote de Tonnac and the Côte de Castelnau-de-Montmiral – are removed in the first half of the race and are therefore not a serious obstacle for the sprinters. Teams Jumbo - Visma for Dylan Groenewegen, Deceuninck - Quick-Step for Elia Viviani and Lotto - Soudal for Caleb Ewan will have to do most of the tracking work. These three fast men are considered the favorites to win the day in the expected mass sprint.
Key moments of the 11th stage
- Cote de Tonnac (Mountain classification of the 3rd category / 3,6 km at 4,9% / 135,0 km +)
- Côte de Castelnau-de-Montmiral (Mountain classification of the 4rd category / 2,5 km at 3,8% / 90,0 km +)
- sprint score in Gaillac (80,0 km +)
Velomotion prognosis: Jumbo – Visma does it again
Although there are ten different winners after ten stages, one team has dominated the Tour de France so far. Jumbo – Visma cheered straight four times. In addition to winning the team time trial, Mike Teunissen, Dylan Groenewegen and Wout Van Aert have all been successful so far – all in bunch sprints. Also tomorrow we see the yellow and black team from the Netherlands in the role of favourites. In a classic, normal, and flat bunch sprint, you'll naturally go for Dylan Groenewegen drive. The Dutchman is considered the fastest sprinter in the world and will be able to prove this tomorrow as well. The greatest danger comes from Elia Viviani out who can build on the best sprinter move.
☆☆☆ Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo – Visma)
* * Elia Viviani (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Caleb Ewan (Lotto - Soudal)
* Peter Sagan (Bora - hansgrohe), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain - Merida)
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