13-07-2023, 22:54
For the first half of the race there were attacks virtually all the time from the peloton, but once a proper organised breakaway formed, they were allowed to go. Even in the breakaway, there were various attacks, but in a blast from the past, Ion Izagirre took off on his own with 30 kms to go to win comfortably.
Tomorrow sees another proper mountain stage - only one of them, but a proper HC category test with a summit finish. The first 75kms of the 138kms stage is flat as a pancake, but after Culoz the road rises 1,250m in 18kms, with 2 sections at 14%. The riders start in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, which boasts a 200sqm model train set, and ends on the Grand Colombier, with some of the riders possibly struggling to finish within the time limit.
Tomorrow sees another proper mountain stage - only one of them, but a proper HC category test with a summit finish. The first 75kms of the 138kms stage is flat as a pancake, but after Culoz the road rises 1,250m in 18kms, with 2 sections at 14%. The riders start in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, which boasts a 200sqm model train set, and ends on the Grand Colombier, with some of the riders possibly struggling to finish within the time limit.
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