Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 11: Évaux-les-Bains > Le Lioran, 211km

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What I don’t understand is that no one goes in the break on sprint days because they know it will be controlled - they must have known UAE are going for the win today so going in the break is pointless. Unless UAE fooled people.

I guess that almost all teams still have a sprinter in the race, so all team tactics will be to protect the sprinter or GC rider.

The problem of having too safe finishes has come to light; no sprinters crash out so the flat stages get extremely boring.

That last point might not have been entirely serious.
 
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So the UAE plan is to repeat the Galibier? Tadej takes a few seconds and time bonuses at the top of the Puy Mary, gains more seconds on the downhill, and then takes more time with the time bonuses at the finish. Altogether, Tadej takes 30-45 more seconds on Jonas.
 
This is surprising to me. I thought this stage would go to the breakaway. Carapaz and Healy are a strong duo, but they'd need a bigger margin.

The penultimate climb is steep enough to try something, but it's still 15 km from there to the finish. It would be hard to stay away solo against an organized chase.
 
This is surprising to me. I thought this stage would go to the breakaway. Carapaz and Healy are a strong duo, but they'd need a bigger margin.

The penultimate climb is steep enough to try something, but it's still 15 km from there to the finish. It would be hard to stay away solo against an organized chase.
There won't be any teammates left. When Yates goes, the group will be very short. Less than 10 riders.
 
This is surprising to me. I thought this stage would go to the breakaway. Carapaz and Healy are a strong duo, but they'd need a bigger margin.

The penultimate climb is steep enough to try something, but it's still 15 km from there to the finish. It would be hard to stay away solo against an organized chase.
hard to organize a chase when everyone is tired and the guy up front has the best legs...
 

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