Bert
07/25/2026 (Sat) 12:04
No.108445
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07/25/2026 (Sat) 12:04
No.108445
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But there are ways of designing a route that don't automatically give him two and a half minutes of advantage on the first mountain stage. The Tourmalet stage was tailor made for him to get a small gap over the top and then kill the rest of the race on the last, easier climb. It was like the Galibier stage in 2024, only with more terrain to grow out the gap after the final, hard climb.
But there are ways of designing a route that don't automatically give him two and a half minutes of advantage on the first mountain stage. The Tourmalet stage was tailor made for him to get a small gap over the top and then kill the rest of the race on the last, easier climb. It was like the Galibier stage in 2024, only with more terrain to grow out the gap after the final, hard climb.