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Croix-Fry, Glières, Romme, Colombière: the Tour de France 2018 tackles the first alpine pbades this Tuesday, in the 10th stage between Annecy and Le Grand-Bornand (158.5 km). Of the four main difficulties, the unprecedented rise of Glières is the only category out of category. Its six kilometers are very steep (11.2%) and are prolonged by a stony area of two kilometers on the plateau, a "first" in the contemporary towers.
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Tuesday 17 July
1:33 p.m.
The climbers are at the front of the pack, unlike the first week. Proof of the desire of some to stand out from the first moments, and why not to be the first break.
1:27 p.m.
After a week of plain, it is now the hour of truth. The title contenders will have to reveal themselves, and the first real differences could be widened today.
13h18
Here we go for the tenth stage!
The fictitious departure is given, the real start will be given to him at 13:35 on the shores of Lake Annecy. Chris Froome warned the Belgian Greg Van Avermaet: "Today is yellow jersey goal for Geraint Thomas (his teammate Sky team, second overall at 43 seconds) " .
12:55
Our special envoys present the stage of the day
After the rest day, Gaspard Bremond and Bertrand Chavanel detail the main difficulties of the day in video.
12:43
Guillaume Martin anticipates a "spectacular" stage
12h31
Lose time, essential to escape!
After a rather quiet first week, Warren Barguil points to 18th place overall. The Fortuneo – Samsic rider says he wants to step back so that the leaders let him shine at the front, like last year.
12:25
VIDEO. The ascent of the terrible Col des Glières
The peloton will take for the first time the Col des Glières and its 2 km of non-gourdronnée road. For Ouest-France, Gilles Delion recognized the course.
12h03
Profile of the stage
11:55
Hello everyone and welcome to our site to follow the 10th stage of the Tour de France, first alpine incursion between Annecy and Le Grand-Bornand!
The historic site, where was erected the national monument of the Resistance, recalls the hard and deadly fight of the guerrillas during the Second World War. At the pbad, there are still 88 kilometers to the finish, with a long transition in the valley to reach the area around Cluses and climb the Romme Pbad, an ascent discovered late by the Tour.
Welcome to the Alps
The climb (8.8 to 8.9%) is ranked in the first category. It serves, as in 2009, steep walk to the final part of the Colombière (7.5 km to 8.5%) approached after a short descent.
The summit is 14.5 kilometers apart, in descent, from the finish at Grand-Bornand, stage city for the 7th time since 1995.
Rui Costa is the last stage winner in Haute-Savoie (2,200 inhabitants). In 2013, the Portuguese had won, in a very different final, a few weeks before becoming world champion.
Leaving Annecy at 13:15 (real departure at 13:35), arriving at Grand-Bornand around 17:57 (forecast at an average speed of 36 km / h).
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