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It's the battle of the Yates brothers. But other then them there are also an ssortment of other GC talent. Higuita, Bardet and Lutsenko have all been in great form.
Also the long awaited return of young Juan Ayuso, who was 3rd last year in the Vuelta at the age of 19.
Last year it was Vlasov who blitzed the final mountain ITT and beat Rohan Dennis for the win.

Notable GC mentions: Higuita, Simon Yates, Adam Yates, Bardet, Pinot, Jorgenson, Herrada, Lutsenko, Ayuso, Costa, Woods, Foss, Izagirre
Notable sprinters: Hayter, Gaviria, Cort, Cavendish, Nizzolo


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Live video stream available on Eurosport/GCN.

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Full startlist (not yet final):
 
Prologue»Port-Valais›Port-Valais(6.82km)

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Stage 1»Crissier›Vallée de Joux(170.9km)

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Stage 2»Morteau›La Chaux-de-Fonds(162.7km)

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Stage 3 (ITT)»Châtel-Saint-Denis›Châtel-Saint-Denis(18.75km)

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Stage 4»Sion›Thyon 2000(161.6km)

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Stage 5 (Final)»Vufflens-la-Ville›Genève(170.8km)

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Not that this year's route is any better...

Edit: Climb profiles.

Stage 1
Fontanezier + Mauborget
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Mont d'Orzeires
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Stage 2
Same finale as in 2019, when Roglic won a heavily-reduced sprint after Thomas and Betancur were caught at the very last.

Baset
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La Vue des Alpes
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La Tourne (final 7.3k only)
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Le Communal + Finish
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Stage 3
Les Pueys (they skip the first kilometre)
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Stage 4
Carbon copy of the 2021 stage, when Thomas had that bizarre crash metres from the finish line.

Chamoson (first 2.2k only)
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Anzère
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Lens
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Suen
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Thyon 2000
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Stage 5
Grand Fuey (only the 5.9k leading up to the junction to Saint-George, i.e. the bit from 9.8k until 3.9k on the profile below)
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Le Molard
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I guess only stage 1 is really for the sprinters. Stage 5 features enough climbing and false flat downhill that the breakaway could make it. If Küng was riding this one this would be the stage for a Küng breakaway win, probably with rainy weather.
 

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