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A total of 60 points are to be divided in the best climbers classification today. The maximum number of points a rider can score is 25 points.

(category of climb)
KOM Sprint (4) Côte de Mouilloux at 79.8 km = 1
KOM Sprint (3) Côte de Larodde (89.7 km) = 2,1
KOM Sprint (2) Col de Néronne (168.7 km) = 5,3,2,1
KOM Sprint (1) Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol (180 km) = 10,8,6,4,2,1
KOM Sprint (2) Col de Pertus (196.4 km) = 5,3,2,1
KOM Sprint (3) Col de Font de Cère (208.2 km) = 2,1

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:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION BEFORE STAGE 11

Jonas Abrahamsen :norway: Uno-X Mobility, 33 points
Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 20 points
Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 16 points
Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 15 points
Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 12 points

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:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Abrahamsen :norway: Uno-X Mobility
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

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DNS / Abandonment
Tim Declercq :belgium: Lidl-Trek (not feeling well)

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171 riders on today’s Stage 11 Start line

Stage 11 is underway!

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WOW!

Well done

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Massive ride from Vingegaard. But what a race.

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A great stage and I am really pleased for Vingegaard.

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Blimey. That’s why I watch the Tour! Great stage, amazing performance by Vingegaard.

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Stage 11 Results : ÉVAUX LES BAINS > LE LORIAN

  1. Jonas Vingegaard :denmark: Visma-Lease a Bike, 04:58:00
  2. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +25s
  4. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
  5. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek +1:47
  6. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates +1:49
  7. Adam Yates (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates
  8. Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step
  9. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers +1:55
  10. Felix Gall (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team +2:38

DNF : Ion Izagirre :es: Cofidis
DNF : Alexis Renard :fr: Cofidis
OTL : Fred Wright :uk: Bahrain Victorious (not feeling well - Outside Time Limit)

(168 riders finished Stage 11)

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 45:00:34
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +1:06
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +1:14
  4. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +2:15
  5. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +4:20
  6. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +4:40
  7. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +5:38
  8. Adam Yates (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates, 6:59
  9. Juan Auyso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, 7:09
  10. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek +7:36

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

  1. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 267 points
  2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 193 points
  3. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 121 points
  4. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 107 points
  5. Fernando Gaviria (Movistar Team), 100 points

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 35 points
  2. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 33 points
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 28 points
  4. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 18 points
  5. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 16 points

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, 45:01:40
  2. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers, +3:34
  3. Juan Ayuso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, +6:03
  4. Matteo Jorgensen (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +7:50
  5. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +8:35

:small_orange_diamond: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 135:10:57
  2. Soudal Quick-Step, +21:03
  3. Ineos Grenadiers, +22:22
  4. Visma-Lease a Bike +24:14
  5. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +32:20

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The brown stuff has just impacted the rotary air-propeller! :grinning::grinning:

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Thursday 11th July 2024

Stage 12 : Aurillac - Villeneuve-sur-Lot (203.6km)

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Could be another day for the sprinters but due to the undulating terrain this is far from a certainty.

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Points to be gained in the Points Classification today:

Gourdon (110 km) = 20,17,15,13,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Points at the finish = 50,30,20,18,16,14,12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION BEFORE STAGE 12:

Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 267 points
Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 193 points
Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 121 points
Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 107 points
Fernando Gaviria (Movistar Team), 100 points

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Jersey wearers - Stage 12:

:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Abrahamsen :norway: Uno-X Mobility (2nd place / jersey loan)
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

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Abandonment:
DNS : Michael Mørkøv :denmark: Astana Qazaqstan Team (tested + Covid 19)

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167 riders on today’s Start line

Stage 12 is underway!

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Stage 11 was wonderful! They kicked into high gear and raced from start to finish. Strong breakaway and they must of felt confident they would go the distance… unfortunately UAE had a different idea and Tadej and team was going to show thier dominance.

Jonas has demonstrated, once again, that he is a competive animal and persevered and got the result as he crossed the finish line ahead of Todej.

Perhaps it was the ‘no balls’ comment a few days ago that lit the pilot light and got the engine running!

Hope there is more of that type of racing in the days ahead!

Life is Sweet!

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Stage 12 Results : AURILLAC ~ VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT

  1. Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché–Wanty, in 4:17:15
  2. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike,
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Israel-Premier Tech,
  4. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck,
  5. Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Dstny,
  6. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Uno-X Mobility,
  7. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious,
  8. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis,
  9. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jayco-AIUla,
  10. Ryan Gibbons (Rza) Lidl-Trek, …all at same time

(162 riders finished Stage 12)

DNF : Pello Bilbao :es: Bahrain - Victorious
DNF : Fabio Jakobsen :netherlands: Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
OTL : Yevgeniy Fedorov :kazakhstan: Astana Qazaqstan Team
OTL : Søren Kragh Andersen :denmark: Alpecin - Deceuninck
OTL : Jonas Rickaert :belgium: Alpecin - Deceuninck

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 12

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 49:17:49
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +1:06
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +1:14
  4. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +4:20
  5. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +4:40
  6. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +4:42
  7. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +5:38
  8. Adam Yates (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates, 6:59
  9. Juan Auyso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, 7:09
  10. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +7:36

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 12

  1. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 328 points
  2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 221 points
  3. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 141 points
  4. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 124 points
  5. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 117 points

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 12

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 36 points
  2. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 36 points
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 28 points
  4. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 18 points
  5. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 16 points

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 12

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, 49:18:55
  2. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers, +3:34
  3. Juan Ayuso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, +6:03
  4. Matteo Jorgensen (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +7:50
  5. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +8:35

:small_orange_diamond: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 12

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 148:02:42
  2. Soudal Quick-Step, +21:03
  3. Ineos Grenadiers, +22:22
  4. Visma-Lease a Bike, 24:14
  5. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +39:16

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Mark Cavendish relegated (from 5th to 68th) for ‘deviation’.
It would seem what was once the usual competitive jostling for position in the olden days is no longer allowed.
It’s understandable they want to make the sport safer but the final 200m sprint is a rather jumble-up of positional luck, judgement, and stampeding heard mentality. It’s spectacular but not for the faint-hearted.
I can accept Cav may have been at fault but hope he doesn’t bow out the sport on a sour note.

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Meanwhile, Primož Roglič down again at no fault of his own, so unlucky.
I hope he wins a stage before Nice, and no more crashes.

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The Green Jersey leadership has been confirmed with Biniam Girmay’s third stage victory. He only needs to take it all the way to Nice.

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Just a strange observation but half the UAE team are in the top ten GC

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Same with football. Money talks.

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Footballers wouldn’t be able to do a stage in a grand tour
They moan if they have to play a match say 3 days apart even funnier if its say a Saturday and an early kick off say 11.30 am
I appreciate they are different sports and cyclists are endurance athletes but it makes me really laugh when you hear about a footballer and he covered 10 miles in that game on the pitch.I say hes probably being payed an avearage 4 - 7 million to do it.Big deal.
They really strike me as a bunch of overpayed pampered racehorses .
Cyclists just get on with it no whinging and risk their lives on any race
I mean they could be paralysed by a horror crash or worse.
Sorry to have a rant I am not saying pro cyclists aren’t well payed but they really earn it

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Friday 12th July 2024

Stage 13 : Agen - Pau (165.3km)

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Tomorrow (Saturday) there is a rather formidable mountain stage looming so maybe the peloton will take today steady. The GC guys certainly won’t want to burn any matches plus the sprinters will sense another chance of a sprint finish if they cope with those roller coaster humps on the way in.
However, this is good bandit attack terrain and if a determined breakaway does get away, it maybe too difficult for the sprint trains to catch them on the narrow winding route to Pau.

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Jersey wearers - Stage 13:

:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Abrahamsen :norway: Uno-X Mobility (2nd place / jersey loan)
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

Abandonments:
Primož Roglič :slovenia: Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (crash injury Stage 12)
Jesús Herrada :es: Cofidis (illness)

160 riders on today’s start line

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Stage 13 is underway!

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Stage 13 Results : AGEN ~ PAU

  1. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 03:23:09
  2. Wout van Aert (Bel) Vsma-Lease a Bike,
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Israel-Premier Tech,
  4. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché–Wanty,
  5. Nickias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain Victorious,
  6. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Lidl-Trek,
  7. Clement Russo (Fra) Groupama FDJ,
  8. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis,
  9. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates,
  10. Soren Waerenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, all at same time

DNF : Juan Ayuso :es: UAE Team Emirates (tested + Covid / not feeling well)

(159 riders finished Stage 13)

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 49:17:49
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +1:06
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +1:14
  4. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +4:20
  5. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +4:40
  6. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +5:38
  7. Adam Yates (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates, 6:59
  8. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +7:36
  9. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, +7:54
  10. Felix Gall (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, +9:18

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13

  1. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 346 points
  2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 271 points
  3. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 141 points
  4. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 133 points
  5. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 127 points

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 36 points
  2. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 36 points
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 28 points
  4. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 18 points
  5. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 16 points

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, 52:42:04
  2. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers, +3:34
  3. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +8:35
  4. Juan Ayuso (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, +6:03
  5. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, +11:02
  6. Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar, +14:35

:small_orange_diamond: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 158:12:09
  2. Soudal Quick-Step, +21:03
  3. Ineos Grenadiers, +22:22
  4. Visma-Lease a Bike, 24:14
  5. Bahrain Victorious, +43:55

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Stage 13 racing results produced no changes in the top classifications however the abandonments of two top ten GC performers caused a shift up one or two positions from 6th to 10th.

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Disappointing but no big surprise Primož Roglič withdrew after his crash yesterday.
He was holding 4th place on GC before the crash, and the delay it caused lost him two minutes and two places down to 6th place.

Plus 9th GC positon, UAE Team Emirates member Juan Ayuso, a climber and important helper in the mountains for Tadej Pogačar.
Ayuso tested positive for Covid 19 before Stage 13 but allowed to start due to the test result being weak, however Ayuso wasn’t feeling well during the stage so decided to abandon. He is due to ride in the Olympics: Mens Elite Road Race on 3rd August.

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Saturday 13th July 2024

Stage 14 : Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet (151.9km)

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The first summit finish of this tour (and the second is tomorrow).

A day for Jonas to close down his 1:14 time deficit.
Tadej Pogačar maybe the strongest allrounder but Vingegaard commands an excellent power to weigh ratio for climbing, and today is a day he could take time out of the Yellow Jersey.

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