Nog 16 km – At Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, they clearly have a plan. Gall, Paret-Peintre, and Scotson are setting the pace at the front of the peloton. By the way, this isn’t Valentin Paret-Peintre, who we just saw attacking, but his brother Aurélien Paret-Peintre.
Nog 16 km – Jonas Vingegaard has to do it without the help of Victor Campenaerts, who is dropping back. Pogacar and Vingegaard now both have one teammate with them.
Nog 18 km – Roglic immediately drops through. The efforts of his attack take their toll. In the front group, only Kévin Vauquelin and Ben O’Connor from the top ten of the general classification are missing.
Nog 19 km – The peloton has started! The last hors catégorie climb of this Tour de France. This is the last chance for Jonas Vingegaard to gain a lot of time on Tadej Pogacar, but the Slovenian seems unbeatable. Who will follow in the footsteps of Michael Boogerd?
Nog 21 km – Roglic disappears into the peloton, his courageous attack attempt is over. Two more kilometers and then the riders will start the final climb to La Plagne.
Nog 24 km – Oh, Roglic looks back. The peloton is rapidly closing in, led by UAE rider Tim Wellens. The Slovenian only has a 10-second lead.
Pogacar and Vingegaard race past there. In the middle, the cows calmly watch. Due to another herd of cows, this stage was shortened.
Nog 28 km – While it is now pouring from the sky, the peloton is closing in. Roglic only has a 30-second lead. That doesn’t seem enough for a stage win…
Nog 32 km – Roglic grabs another gel, he will need it when he starts the climb to La Plagne. He doesn’t have to count on Paret-Peintre and Martinez for the time being, because in the descent Roglic has extended his lead to 40 seconds.
Nog 41 km – Paret-Peintre seems to have done a houdini act, because Roglic is suddenly riding solo at the front. Behind him are Paret-Peintre and Martinez.
Martinez has at least made up for his sticky bottle. The current standings in the mountain classification:
Nog 47 km – Paret-Peintre shows that he is an excellent descender and rides away from Roglic and Martinez. It is now only downhill before the final climb to La Plagne begins. That is a hors catégorie climb of 19.1 kilometers at 7.2 percent.
Nog 51 km – Martinez fights his way back towards the top of the Cormet de Roselend. Roglic and Paret-Peintre seem to be fine with it, allowing Martinez to take the full spoils for the mountain classification again.
Nog 52 km – Oh, no revenge for Martinez, he has to drop back. Roglic and Paret-Peintre are still riding ahead, but the lead is shrinking: only 25 seconds on the peloton.
That was close! The jury car thought it was at Spa-Francorchamps for the F1 race, bizarre action.
Phew, the riders are still dry now, but NU.nl reporter Daan de Ridder sees that it is pouring from the sky at the finish in La Plagne.
Nog 56 km – After this magnificent descent, the three leaders have started the second climb of the day with a lead of 30 seconds.
Nog 59 km – The images are also magnificent this stage. The peloton is now zooming along the Lac de Roselend reservoir. A short descent and then the Cormet de Roselend is at the door: a climb of 5.8 kilometers at 6.5 percent.
Nog 61 km – By the way, the peloton is riding slower than the slowest schedule for today. That may be the first time this Tour. But if Pogacar is once again launched like a rocket, the fastest schedule will come into view.
Nog 63 km – Martinez is the first to reach the top of the Col du Pré and is doing good business for the mountain classification. Meanwhile, Valentin Paret-Peintre has also joined the two leaders.
Nog 65 km – Primoz Roglic has Lenny Martinez as a companion who has something to set right. Martinez was penalized by the jury on Thursday for a sticky bottle and had to give up eight points in the mountain classification. He lost his polka dot jersey after the stage anyway. Tadej Pogacar is now the leader in the mountain classification. Because he has the yellow jersey, Jonas Vingegaard is riding in the polka dot jersey today.
Nog 66 km – Primoz Roglic and Lenny Martinez have ridden away from their fellow leaders and form a strong duo. They are almost at the top.
Nog 68 km – Meanwhile, Sepp Kuss also has to drop out of the peloton. The Visma efforts from yesterday are clearly taking their toll.
Nog 69 km – There are now five riders with a lead of 23 seconds on the peloton. The names: Valentin Paret-Peintre, Lenny Martinez, Primoz Roglic, Einer Rubio and Bruno Armirail.
Nog 70 km – There are already many victims in the teams of Pogacar and Vingegaard. So it promises to be another duel between the two best riders in the peloton.
Nog 71 km – It’s on right away today. The riders have now completed the first part of the Col du Pré, the steep part is yet to come. Primoz Roglic is also showing himself at the front. He is currently fifth in the general classification, almost thirteen minutes behind Tadej Pogacar.