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Tour de France 2024 - Etapper

Slik blir neste års tour de france, onsdag formiddag ble neste års tour-løype presentert i paris. for første gang i historien avsluttes ikke rittet i paris, og rittet avsluttes med en tempo..

På forhånd var det allerede klart hvor neste års Tour de France starter og slutter.

Starten er det Firenze som har fått, og de tre første etappene går i Italia. Det er første gang rittet har start i Italia.

Den fjerde etappen har også start i Italia, i Pinerolo, hvor Edvald Boasson-Hagen vant en etappe i 2011 . Derfra sykler rytterne vestover mot Frankrike og krysser etter hvert grensen.

De to siste etappene var også allerede kjent . Grunnet neste års olympiske leker i Paris, kan ikke rittet avsluttes der.

Dermed skal rittet for første gang i historien avsluttes utenfor Paris. I stedet blir det Nice som blir rittets mål, hvor de to siste etappene går.

Blant høydepunktene i årets ritt er:

Allerede på 4. etappe venter tøff klatreetappe. Da skal rytterne over ikoniske Col du Galibier (23 kilometer à 5,1 prosent), før en stuper utfor ned til mål i Valloire.

Det blir hele 14 gruspartier på den 9. etappen, som har start og målgang i Troyes.

Bakkeavslutning til både Pla d'Adet og Plateau de Beille på 14. og 15. etappe i Pyreneene

Nye tøffe bakkeavslutninger til Isola 2000 og Col de la Couillole på etappe 19 og 20.

Ingen avgjørelse før siste dag: En 34 kilometer lang individuell tempo som 21. og siste etappe.

Neste års utgave er den 111. utgaven av rittet.

PS: Kvinnenes utgave ble også presentert onsdag!

Dette er etappene i Tour de France 2024:

1. etappe, 29 juni: Firenze - Rimini, 206 kilometer

2. etappe, 30 juni: Cesenatico - Bologna, 200 kilometer

3. etappe, 1. juli: Plaisance - Torino, 229 kilometer

4. etappe, 2. juli: Pinerolo - Valloire, 138 kilometer

5. etappe, 3. juli: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Vulbas, 177 kilometer

6. etappe, 4. juli: Mâcon - Dijon, 163 kilometer

7. etappe, 5. juli: Nuits-Saint-Georges - Gevrey-Chambertin, 25 kilometer (individuell tempo)

8. etappe, 6. juli: Semur-En-Auxois - Colombei-Les-Deux-Églises, 176 kilometer

9. etappe, 7. juli: Troyes - Troyes, 199 kilometer

1. hviledag, 8 juli

10. etappe, 9. juli: Orléans - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187 kilometer

11. etappe, 10. juli: Évaux-Les-Bainx - Le Lioran, 211 kilometer

12. etappe, 11. juli: Aurillac - Villeneueve-Sur-Lot, 204 kilometer

13. etappe, 12. juli: Agen - Pau, 171 kilometer

14. etappe, 13. juli: Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 152 kilometer

15. etappe, 14. juli: Loudenvielle - Plateau de Beille, 198 kilometer

2. hviledag, 15. juli

16. etappe, 16. juli: Gruissan - Nimes, 187 kilometer

17. etappe, 17. juli: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Superdévoluy, 178 kilometer

18. etappe, 18. juli: Gap - Barcelonnette, 179 kilometer

19. etappe, 19. juli: Embrun - Isola 2000, 145 kilometer

20. etappe, 20. juli: Nice - Col de la Couillole, 133 kilometer

21. etappe, 21. juli: Monaco - Nice, 34 kilometer (individuell tempo)

Forventer invitasjon til Uno-X

Norske Uno-X ble historiske da de syklet årets Tour de France som det første norske laget til å delta noensinne.

Lagets sjanser til å delta i neste års Tour regnes som gode, etter å ha vist seg bra frem i årets utgave .

Sjef i Uno-X, Jens Haugland, er tilstede på presentasjonen i Paris, sammen med blant andre Alexander Kristoff.

– Vi mener mulighetene for å bli invitert er svært store. Vi synes vi fortjener det. Både basert på prestasjonene i Touren i år, men også basert på utviklingen og de sportslige resultatene vi har. Vi mener vi har gjort det som kan forventes av oss, sier Haugland til TV 2 .

Uno-X endte året rangert som det tredje beste ProTeamet (nest øverste nivå).

Det gir automatisk plass i alle store klassikere, men ikke i treukersrittene (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia og Vuelta a España), som de to best rangerte ProTeamene får.

Dermed er de også neste år avhengige av en invitasjon fra arrangør ASO, for å kunne sykle rittet. Invitasjonene deles vanligvis ut rundt årsskiftet.

Arrangøren har to invitasjoner i dele ut. Ekspertene regner med at disse vil gå til Uno-X og franske TotalEnergies.

Uno-X har rustet godt opp foran kommende sesong. Hjem kommer både Andreas Leknessund og Jonas Iversby Hvideberg, mens laget også har signert danske Magnus Cort Nielsen, som tidligere har vunnet to etapper i Tour de France.

Krevende avslutning

I motsetning til avslutningsetappen vi vanligvis ser i Paris, vil det bli helt annerledes i Nice.

Den 20. etappen er en svært krevende fjelletappe, hvor rytterne skal to ganger over Col de la Couillole, som også er avslutning på etappen.

Klatringen er 15,7 kilometer lang og stiger med 7,1 prosent i snitt.

Og til slutt: For første gang siden 1989 er det en tempo som skal avslutte Touren.

Den 21. etappen er nemlig en individuell tempo på 35 kilometer, som i tillegg har en svært krevende profil, med to tøffe klatringer underveis.

Den avsluttende tempoen i 1989 er et av de mest kjente øyeblikkene i Tourens historie. Foran etappen ledet Laurent Fignon, men Greg LeMond snøt han for seieren med den minste marginen gjennom rittets historie: 8 sekunder.

Det gjør at spenningen holder seg hele veien til mål, og sammendraget kan endre seg dramatisk på den siste etappen.

Jonas Vingegaard regnes også som en stor favoritt til neste års ritt, sammen med Tadej Pogacar.

Dansken vant Touren for andre år på rad i 2023, hvor han blant annet leverte en maktdemonstrasjon på nettopp tempo, da han slo Pogacar med over halvannet minutt på den 16. etappen.

De forventes også å få tøff konkurranse av Primoz Roglic, som forlater Vingegaard og Jumbo-Visma for å kjøre for egne sjanser.

PSST! 20-åringen har ikke syklet ritt på to år, men har ikke gitt opp sykkeldrømmen:

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Tour de France 2024 starter Firenze, Italia lørdag 29. juli og avsluttes i Nice søndag 21. juli.

I 2023 sykler det norske laget Uno-X Pro Cycling rittet, som det første norske laget i historien. Der sykler Alexander Kristoff og er et sikkert kort i laget. Laguttakene til Tour de France 2023 gjøres ikke før omkring juni. Aktuelle norske ryttere er: Vegard Stake Laengen, Tobias Foss, Andreas Leknessund, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Odd Christian Eiking, Amund Grøndahl Jansen, Markus Hoelgaard og Edvald Boasson-Hagen.

Den raskeste gjennomsnittstiden for Tour de France står Lance Armstrong for, og den er på 41,7 kilometer i timen. Han var riktignok dopet. Den tregeste snittfarten står Firmin Lambit for i 1919, han hadde en snittfart på 24,1.

Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault og Eddy Merckx har alle vunnet Tour de France fem ganger hver. Lance Armstrong vant rittet syv ganger, men alle resultatene hans er strøket.

Historiens første Tour de France ble arrangert i 1903. Rittet ble vunnet av franskmannen Maurice Garin. Tour de France i 2023 blir den 110. utgaven.

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Tour de France 2023 stage 16 preview - the one and only time trial

For those riders who excel at time trials, this is their only chance to gain some time on their rivals

Words: Stephen Puddicombe

Photos: Zac Williams/SWPix.com

Distance: 22.4km ITT Start location: Passy Finish location: Combloux  Start time: 13:05 CEST Finish time (approx): 17:36 CEST

From the town of Combloux, where the 22.4km individual time trial sets off from, you can enjoy spectacular clear, full views of Mont Blanc in all of its glory. It’s a sight to behold. A wonder of nature that prompted Victor Hugo to describe the town as ‘the pearl of the Alps’, but might be received from certain riders in the peloton as a mocking gesture from the ASO organisers who designed this year’s Tour de France route. From the perspective of time trial specialists, it’s a reminder of just how mountainous this race has been, at the expense of more stages like this that would have benefited their GC bids.

As has been much discussed, this is the only ‘race of truth’ in the whole edition, amounting to the least amount of individual time trial kilometres since 2015. It’s a decision that’s had big ramifications, with some of the peloton’s top stars opting to target the Giro instead, and others who usually skip the Tour making a rare appearance. For the time trial-favouring GC riders who have decided to ride the Tour anyway, it’s imperative to squeeze everything they can out of these 22.4 kilometres to maximise their gains, while time trial specialists will have battled their way through the first two weeks of racing all for this one shot of a stage win. 

Stage 16 profile sourced via ASO

Yet even now the organisers have to some extent denied the time trialists, as the route contains too much climbing to be one for the purists. Nestled within the Alps, it does not steer clear of climbing altogether, and after a flat opening two-thirds the final 6km are all uphill. First the riders will climb to the top of the 2.5km, 9.4%-averaging Côte de Domancy, the climb that was the centrepiece of the 1980 World Championships road race, and was hard enough to be used by Bernard Hinault as the basis for what was the only world title of his career. Then comes an uncategorised continued rise for the final 3.5km to the finish at Combloux.

It’s reminiscent of the final time trial of the 2016 Tour de France, which also travelled through Combloux via the Côte de Domancy. On that occasion the amount of climbing significantly mitigated the advantage of the specialists, producing no changes in the top six of the GC, none of whom (even noted time trial-averse Romain Bardet) lost more than 1-30 to stage winner and yellow jersey Chris Froome. This route isn’t quite so hilly, but enough to ensure that no lighter rider will lose too much. 

This is the only opportunity for those who specialise in racing against the clock, aftering enduring a gruelling two weeks battling through the challenging stages in the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and now the Alps. 

Only 10 seconds separate first and second place, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma), and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). Both riders have shown exceptional strength in the mountains, but with this the first time trial of this year’s edition, it remains to be seen how they will perform against the clock. They have both proven themselves against the clock at the Tour; Pogačar twice a time trial stage winner while Vingegaard finished second to his team-mate Wout van Aert in last year's final TT. Like the mountains, the time trial could be an exceptionally close affair between the Tour's top two rivals.

Although Groupama-FDJ are yet to win a stage at this year’s Tour, Stefan Küng may change that for the French team. He is a strong time trialist and recently won the ITT in this year’s Tour de Suisse. However, the climb at the end of the stage might hinder his chances. As someone who has never won a stage at the Tour, Küng will be eager to use his expertise to secure a victory for himself and his team. 

French national time trial champion Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-Quick-Step) is a rider to keep an eye on as he seeks a stage win in his home country. He displayed good form at the Critérium du Dauphiné last month, finishing third behind Vingegaard and Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates). Bjerg will certainly be a contender for stage 16, having claimed first place at the Dauphiné. However, his weaker climbing abilities might put him at a disadvantage compared to some of his rivals. 

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) is a formidable time trialist who also excels on uphill terrain, as is Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious). Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) could also be strong contenders for the stage.

Prediction 

We think Jonas Vingegaard will take the stage. Not only is he an excellent time trialist and climber, but he will want to put a bit of distance between himself and Tadej Pogačar before they head back into the mountains for the final week. 

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• 184 of the best cyclists are set to compete in this year's Tour de France , June 26-July 18.
• But only 10 or so riders have a real shot at winning the world's greatest race.
• It should come down to who, if anyone, can beat the star Slovenians Pog and Rog.

One hundred and eighty-four of the best cyclists are set to compete in this year's Tour de France, but only 10 or so riders have a real shot at winning the world's greatest race.

Business gets underway on Saturday in Brest, in northwest France, before the peloton wends its way east, climbs the Alps and Pyrenees, stops in Bordeaux for a penultimate-day time trial, and finishes in Paris for the famous sprint on the Champs-Élysées.

While the 108th edition of the Tour features plenty of climbing and three summit finishes, there will also be two individual time trials, with overall victory favoring the strongest all-around rider.

Here are our favorites to win, ranked from least to most likely.

10. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)

The 24-year-old is one of cycling's top climbers, but he struggles in time trials, so this year's route is less than ideal for the Frenchman. And he lacks a strong team. Still, every season he seems to get better, and he should at least liven up the fight for the top 10. He's certainly France's best shot at a podium in Paris.

9. Miguel Ángel López (Movistar)

The 27-year-old Colombian raced his first Tour only last year, and he didn't waste the opportunity: He won the hardest climbing stage and ran sixth overall. But López is no newbie when it comes to stage racing, having stood on the Giro podium, claimed stages in the Vuelta, and won the Volta a Catalunya and Tour de Suisse. The climber's Achilles' heel is time trialing on flatter roads, and unfortunately for him, there are two of those tests this year. Depending on how things shake out, he may go stage hunting instead of trying to podium in Paris.

8. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana-Premier Tech)

The tall Dane is a strong all-rounder who excels in the mountains and can time-trial. The 36-year-old has never won a grand tour, but he manages to prevail every year in some of the biggest races. He should ride high overall and grab a stage along the way.

7. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)

The Ecuadorian star has the strongest team in the race but might find himself held back working for Geraint Thomas in the high mountains. He's an ace climber and good in the time trial. If the 28-year-old gets the opportunity to fight for the win, he's shown that he can deliver. He's already won the Giro, so why not the Tour?

6. Simon Yates (BikeExchange)

The 28-year-old Englishman is one of the best climbers. He's won stages in all three grand tours and claimed the Vuelta a España overall in 2018. In May, he was third at the Giro d'Italia, and before that, he won the Tour of the Alps. Still, not many riders do both the Giro and Tour in the same year, so it wouldn't be surprising if Yates loses steam somewhere on the roads of France. And flat time trials don't suit him. But Yates has been one of the few riders to stay close to Pog and Rog uphill, so he can't be counted out.

5. Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers)

The soft-spoken Tasmanian has never won a three-week race, but Porte ran third in last year's Tour. The 36-year-old can still climb and time-trial with the best, or be close to them, and this season he's been flying. While he's often had a bad day or two in grand tours and has had his share of crashes, last year he avoided all that, and it should give him confidence. His stacked team could complicate things, but he could podium again.

4. Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo)

The 34-year-old Colombian all-rounder should thrive given the hard finishes and time trials. He appears to be coming into peak fighting condition after his TT win and second place overall at the Tour de Suisse. Tactically astute and cool under pressure, he's as experienced as they come. Should his rivals falter, he could equal his second place in 2017 or go one step higher on the podium in Paris.

3. Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers)

The Welshman won the Tour in 2018 and was runner-up in 2019. This year he finds himself leading the strongest team in the race, and the route suits him with its mix of climbs and pair of time trials. But does the crafty 35-year-old have another Tour victory in him? Will there be a battle for team leadership? Can he beat Pog and Rog?

2. Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma)

The former world-class ski jumper now ranks among the best bike racers. The unassuming 31-year-old got into competitive cycling relatively late, but he's already won big races, including two Vueltas, stages in all three grand tours, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Last year he was one stage from winning his first Tour before fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogačar shocked him and the cycling world to win the penultimate-day time trial and snatch overall victory. Can he deliver this year? If anyone can beat Pog, it's Rog.

1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates)

This spring, the 2020 Tour de France winner won the hardest one-day race in the world, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, in addition to a slew of other big races. Pogačar is back in France with a stronger team this year. And while winning the Tour is never easy — and he'll face new pressure as defending champ — come Paris he should be in yellow again. Right now the Slovenian sensation is the best cyclist on the planet. To think he's just 22.

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Mads Pedersen became the third Dane to win a stage on this year's Tour de France when an escape group beat the peloton to Saint-Etienne on a baking-hot dash across the Rhone Valley on Friday as riders braced to face temperatures of up to 40 degrees this weekend.

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His countryman Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead, which he claimed by winning stage 11, while Magnus Cort Nielsen won stage 10 in a Tour de France that had started with three days in Denmark.

A bunch sprint had been expected on this 193km stage 13 run from the foot of the Alps, but as the heavier built riders, who dominate the sprints, began to struggle in the searing temperatures, a seven-rider break began to dream of a stage win.

Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan fell when he appeared to lose focus and braked hard into a corner, tumbling alone near the head of the peloton.

Quick-Step sprinter Fabio Jakobsen also was dropped as the pack chased the escape, and with no collective will to reel in the escape, the peloton then gave up the game 25km from Saint-Etienne.

Pedersen clearly is a man for the extremes, as he won the 2019 world championship road race in freezing Yorkshire rain.

On Friday, he dealt with a heatwave with the same elan, whipping his rivals Hugo Houle and Fred Wright in the home straight.

"It was a bit of a gamble," the 26-year-old Pedersen said after his first ever Grand Tour win.

"I had a couple of good days in the mountains, my legs felt good, so when it came to the sprint I had enough."

Great To Be A Dane

Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Geraint Thomas, the top three in the overall standings, all cruised over the line together.

"It's great to be a Dane right now, a third win for Denmark is incredible," Vingegaard said.

Pedersen said the Danish success was down to grass roots investment in a country where five times more journeys are made by bike than by car.

"All the good work from local and continental teams and investment in Danish cycling is paying off," he said.

Much has been made of how Jumbo riders have been wearing cooling jackets ahead of the stages as the heatwave builds up.

They are the only team using such jackets.

"Regular cold drinks and ice packs on the back as often as you can during the race to keep the body temperature down, that's what you do," said Vingegaard.

"I wouldn't say the heat was a problem," said the man who was cheered round the streets of Copenhagen by tens of thousands of rain-poncho wearing spectators two weeks ago.

The heatwave in France will continue to build over the next couple of days with temperatures expected to edge towards 40 degrees.

Saturday's stage 14 is a 193km race from Saint-Etienne to Mende over hills preceding a flat run from Rodez to Carcassonne as the heat hits its peak Sunday.

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This will be the first Grand Départ in Italy and the 26th that’s taken place abroad  First finale in Nice. Due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time.

Two time trials. 25 + 34 = 59km in total, the second of them taking place on the final Monaco>Nice stage. This will be the first time the race has seen a finale of this type for 35 years, the last occasion being the famous Fignon - LeMond duel in 1989.

Apennines (Italy), the Italian and French Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees will be the mountain ranges on the 2024 Tour route.

The number of countries visited in 2024: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France. Within France, the race will pass through 7 Regions and 30 departments.

The number of bonus points 8, 5 and 2 bonus seconds go to the first three classified riders, featuring at strategic points along the route (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union)these will have no effect on the points classification. Bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds will be awarded to the first three classified riders at road stage finishes.

Out of a total of 39, the locations or stage towns that are appearing on the Tour map for the first time . In order of appearance: Florence, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Piacenza, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Évaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.

The number of sectors on white roads during stage nine, amounting to 32km in total .

The number of stages: 8 flat, 4 hilly, 7 mountain (with 4 summit finishes at Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole), 2 time trials and 2 rest days.

The number of riders who will line up at the start of the Tour, divided into 22 teams of 8 riders each.

The height of the summit of the Bonette pass in the Alps, the highest tarmac road in France, which will be the “roof” of the 2024 Tour.

The total vertical gain during the 2024 Tour de France.

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Tour de France 2023 Favourites stage 5: Attackers in first mountain race

The standings will play an important role in how the race unfolds. For instance, is the race leader ready to give the yellow jersey away to save energy, or is it someone who relishes in leading the most important cycling race on the planet? In the first case an obvious scenario would be for the breakaway to give such a long leash that the stage winner is sure to be at the front. And maybe the new race leader as well.

Shortly after the start the riders tackle the Côte de Haut de Bach – 2.1 kilometres long and a perfect launch base for the breakaway Although it also could last until the first classified climb for the break to escape. Certainly when the attackers are likely to succeed.

The first classified climb appears more than 70 kilometres into the race. It’s the Col de Soudet, 15.2 kilometres long and averaging 7.2%. The riders descend onto a flat phase of some 15 kilometres and tackle the Col d’Ichère. The 4.2 kilmetres climb at 7% is the penultimate climb of the day.

The Col de Marie Blanque is the pièce de résistance on the fifth day of Le Tour. The 7.7 kilometres ascent is averaging 8.6%. Which is not for the faint of heart, especially since the second half goes up at 11.5% – on average!

The riders do not plunge down after the KOM sprint (and bonus seconds), but continue on the flat for 2 kilometres. Then it’s time for the downhill.

After reaching the valley in Bielle, the final 7 kilometres are as good ad flat.

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Tour de France 2023 – Analysing the contenders

The final form ranking for the yellow jersey contenders

Most of the hard work has been done and there is precious little time to conjure up form, condition or confidence for the 2023 Tour de France favourites. The big race, starting in Bilbao on July 1, is almost here.

That means it’s final tune-up time: the Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse have given us the final display of form for the WorldTour’s best, with only their final preparations separating them from La Grande Boucle.

As ever, Cyclingnews has its form ranking for the favourites, with regular updates through the season and into the Tour itself.

We rank the Tour de France contenders by their performances and as the months have now trickled down to scant days before the Grand Départ in Bilbao, it's time to run the rule over the contenders for the maillot jaune for a final time.

1. Tadej Pogačar

• Team: UAE Team Emirates
• Tour experience: Winner in 2020 and 2021, runner-up in 2022
• 2023 results: 1st at Jaén Paraíso Interior, 1st with three stage wins at Ruta del Sol, 1st with three stage wins at Paris-Nice, 4th at Milan-San Remo, 3rd at E3 Classic, 1st at Tour of Flanders, 1st at Amstel Gold Race, 1st at La Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 1st at Slovenian Nationals Time Trial, 1st at Slovenian Nationals Road Race 

It was a spring campaign for the ages from the voracious and versatile Pogačar. However, it ended unceremoniously when a fractured wrist at Liège-Bastogne-Liège led to several weeks off the bike, though he was soon putting in long indoor training sessions to compensate.

In late May, he went out to Sierra Nevada (later than his teammates) to do more preparation. He then headed to Sestriere for a final bit of training and recon in the rarefied air.

It remains to be seen whether the injury affects him or if his glorious, tiring spring has any impact but Pogačar indicated that he’s not worried in his latest interview with Cyclingnews . The only races on his schedule between Liège and the Grand Départ were the Slovenian national time trial and road race, both of which he won hands down, which hardly augers badly. 

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Pogačar will have to be at his best to beat Vingegaard, but revenge has likely been on his mind ever since the finale of last year’s race. You’d be a fool to write him off.

=1. Jonas Vingegaard

• Team: Jumbo-Visma
• Tour experience: Winner in 2022, runner-up in 2021
• 2023 results: 1st with three stage wins at O Gran Camiño, 3rd at Paris-Nice, 1st with three stage wins at Itzulia Basque Country, 1st with two stage wins at Critérium du Dauphiné

With Pogačar out of racing sight and more out of mind for much of the build-up to the Tour, Jonas Vingegaard was the focal point for rivals and observers alike with his strength and ease. They’re so closely-matched, we’ve put the pair in equal first.

After a three-week altitude camp at Sierra Nevada, he passed his last test at the Critérium du Dauphiné with flying colours, winning a brace of stages and the overall, with the biggest winning margin since Charly Mottet in 1987. As if that wasn’t enough, after the race the defending champion indicated he can still improve.

Back in March, Pogačar got the better of Vingegaard at Paris-Nice . Both he and Pogačar have similar remarkable win rates this year but of course the Tour de France is the one that counts above all others. The form book and results suggest it’ll be their duel for glory. All roads lead to Bilbao and a renewal of hostilities between the two titans of the 2022 edition.

3. Jai Hindley

• Team: Bora-Hansgrohe
• Tour experience: none
• 2023 results: 16th at Tour Down Under, 32nd at Cadel Evans Race, 13th at Volta ao Algarve, 32nd at Ardèche Classic, 53rd at Drôme Classic, 15th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 8th at Volta a Catalunya, 12th at Amstel Gold Race, 83rd at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 4th at Critérium du Dauphiné

Hindley’s season has shifted up a gear at the perfect time. Following finishes on the fringes at Catalunya and the Amstel Gold Race, he was among the strongest at the Critérium du Dauphiné .

Consistency on the climbs at this mini Tour de France was complemented by one of the best time trial rides of his career, laying the foundations for fourth overall.

With Vingegaard and Pogačar looking like a cut above the rest, it is likely to be a fierce scrap for the third step of the podium. Tour debutant Hindley will have to get through the hubbub of the first week unscathed, but the 2022 Giro d’Italia winner appears to be in pole position to be the best of the rest.

4. Mikel Landa

• Team: Bahrain-Victorious
• Tour experience: Five appearances, 4th in 2017 and 2020
• 2023 results: 7th at Volta Valenciana, 2nd at Ruta del Sol, 7th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 5th at Volta a Catalunya, 2nd at Itzulia Basque Country, 3rd at Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 22nd at Critérium du Dauphiné

We’ve been accustomed to Landa lighting up spring stage races, showing his face at Tirreno-Adriatico , the Volta a Catalunya and Itzulia. His steady run of stage race contention, however, came to an end at the Dauphiné with a particularly poor showing in the time trial. The experienced Basque knows what he’s doing and acknowledged he wasn’t in the best shape before the race. Not ideal, but he’s still on course for a high finish at a TT-light Tour de France.

5. David Gaudu

• Team: Groupama-FDJ
• Tour experience: Five appearances, 4th overall in 2022
• 2023 results: 7th at Tour du Var, 2nd at Ardèche Classic, 4th at Drôme Classic, 2nd at Paris-Nice, 4th at Itzulia Basque Country, DNF at Amstel, Flèche and Liège, 30th at Critérium du Dauphiné

Gaudu was off the pace at the Critérium du Dauphiné in the mountains and against the clock. To boot, he copped social media abuse after a few stages. There’s no cause for panic after one poor performance for France’s big hope.

His spring campaign was strong, finishing next best to Tadej Pogačar at Paris-Nice. It also bears remembering that, though he won a stage, Gaudu wasn’t in the frame at last year’s Dauphiné GC either, and that preceded a career-best result.

6. Enric Mas (crashed out on stage 1)

• Team: Movistar
• Tour experience: Four appearances, 5th in 2020, 6th in 2021
• 2023 results: 5th at Ruta del Sol, 6th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 5th at Itzulia Basque Country, 17th at La Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 17th at Critérium du Dauphiné

Mas looked like every bit like a Tour de France podium contender eight months ago. He matched his second places in the Vuelta and Il Lombardia with a fan-pleasing, attacking style.

Still, there was little of that on display at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Dropping three minutes to winner Mikkel Bjerg in the time trial was no big surprise; of greater concern was losing nearly that same amount to a flying Vingegaard on the race’s queen stage.

There’s clearly a bit of work to be done to make sure it’s a case of más rather than menos at the Tour de France. Mas wanted to put his COVID-19 abandon of last year’s race well behind him but crashed on stage 1 of the 2023 Tour and was forced out of the race again .

7. Romain Bardet

• Tour experience: Nine appearances, 2nd overall in 2016, 3rd in 2017
•  2023 results: 8th at Tour du Var, 11th at Ardèche Classic, 11th at Drôme Classic, 7th at Paris-Nice, DNF at Volta a Catalunya, 9th at La Flèche Wallonne, 15th at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 7th at Tour de Romandie

Bardet is Mr. Steady of the stage races, rarely terrible or incandescent. The experienced Frenchman sat fourth overall at the Tour de France last summer until an off-day in the blazing sun to Foix put paid to his podium hopes.

COVID-19 in April didn’t seem to slow him down at the Tour de Romandie , where he was seventh. A fifth place at the Tour de Suisse suggests altitude has honed his condition, and he enters the race as a valuable GC contender for DSM.

8. Ben O'Connor

• Team: AG2R Citroën Team
• Tour experience: Two appearances, 4th and a stage in 2021
• 2023 results: 6th Tour Down Under, 46th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, 13th Tirreno-Adriatico, 14th Volta a Catalunya, 11th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs, 5th Tour du Jura, 50th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 3rd Critérium du Dauphiné

The Australian climbs into our top ten after his third place finish at the Critérium du Dauphiné, repeating his result from twelve months ago. Coming off an altitude camp, O’Connor was the surprise factor in the time trial, delivering AG2R-Citroën’s first-ever top-five performance in a WorldTour race against the clock.

Last year’s Tour was a bust for O’Connor , dropped on the cobbled stage and abandoning with a torn glute. The first week, with its hillier Basque Country start, may well suit the rider from Perth better as he hopes to improve on his landmark 2021 showing.

9.   Giulio Ciccone

• Team: Trek-Segafredo
• Tour experience: Two appearances, wore the yellow jersey in 2019
• 2023 results: 2nd and stage win at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 5th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 7th and stage win at Volta a Catalunya, 5th at Flèche Wallonne, 13th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 11th and stage win at Critérium du Dauphiné

After storming the Bastille in Grenoble for triumph on the last day of the Dauphiné, the little Italian surges into our top ten. Ciccone has talked of going for a Tour de France stage victory and the King of the Mountains this summer. Consistency has been his big problem in Grand Tours.

It could be different this summer. Ciccone has had three victories and barely been out of the top 10 in 2023, in spite of COVID-19 dumping him out of a Giro d’Italia team he was due to lead.

His self-belief will be sky high and he’ll be in a positive frame of mind, getting married weeks before the race. With few time trial kilometres in the 2023 race, a top-10 finish is within his reach.

10. Dani Martínez

• Team: Ineos Grenadiers
• Tour experience: Three appearances, stage win and 28th in 2020
• 2023 results: 25th at Vuelta a San Juan, 1st at Volta ao Algarve, 25th at Paris-Nice, 34th at Itzulia Basque Country, 23rd at Critérium du Dauphiné

With the Tour on the horizon, there is no clear leader for Ineos Grenadiers.

Dani Martínez has been targeting that spot since the start of the season, but the last day of the Critérium du Dauphiné likely knocked the Colombian’s confidence. He was the race’s big loser, losing 10 minutes and tumbling down the GC from sixth overall.

A simple jour sans or indicative of a bigger problem? The Colombian was flying on the way to first place at February’s Volta ao Algarve but hasn’t broken the top 10 on GC since.  Martínez has had a poor start to the Tour, losing 3:13 on stage 1 and a further 7:00 on stage 2 to fall out of overall contention.

Third with Geraint Thomas last year, Ineos Grenadiers are at risk of having their most peripheral Grande Boucle in years. But the kids could step up. Tom Pidcock , who finished a disappointing 22nd at the Tour de Suisse, showed his off-road form in recent weeks, winning in Nove Mesto. In an interview with Cyclingnews the Briton laid out his stage goals but was reticent to see himself as a GC contender just yet.

Former Spanish national champion Carlos Rodríguez’s ninth overall in the Alps eclipsed Martínez’s performance. Rodríguez was the silver lining on a poor opening stage for the British team and was the only Ineos rider in the top 10 after the brutal Grand Depart in the Basque Country.

Bubbling under

Put out a search party for Simon Yates. The Jayco-Alula man has not raced since stomach problems forced him to abandon the Tour de Romandie on stage 2. This summer, less is evidently more for the Briton. He is set to go straight from training at altitude to the Grand Départ. He was second at the Tour Down Under and fourth at Paris-Nice, but his form is unknown.

EF Education-EasyPost leader Richard Carapaz was on the attack at the Critérium du Dauphiné and sprinted to second place behind Julian Alaphilippe. The Olympic champion is flying under the radar a little; he’s not finished in the top 10 in a GC since being runner-up at last year’s Giro d’Italia.

Unfortunately, Carapaz was involved in the same crash that forced Enric Mas out of the Tour, and abandoned before stage 2 with a fractured patella.

Neilson Powless showed his all-round power through Paris-Nice and the spring Classics, and he gives a potential other option for EF.

Louis Meintjes (Intermarché Circus Wanty) showed he’s ticking along nicely, finishing seventh at the Dauphiné. Cofidis captain Guillaume Martin was a few seconds and a place higher. Sergio Higuita could be a backup option for Bora-Hansgrohe. Expect those three to be in the mix come July.

2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal also performed well in the Critérium du Dauphiné high mountains to finish twelfth overall. Given his knee problems this year, it’s surely too soon for Tour contention, but with confirmation of his team selection it's clear his recovery from his life-threatening crash appears to be going well.

With his withdrawal from the race with illness, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) didn't give us a showing of his form at the Tour de Suisse, having finished top 10 in the past two editions, but he did win both the road race and time trial in the Kazakh Nationals. Lutsenko's GC hopes were ruined on stages 1 and 2 where he lost a combined 18 minutes to the leaders and he will likely now chase stage wins.

As for the Giro d’Italia giants?  Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič  (Jumbo-Visma)  won’t be at the Tour , which makes sense, but it’s a shame for the fans. The sport’s blue riband event also comes too soon for Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia with a fractured hip.

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Formerly the editor of Rouleur magazine, Andy McGrath is a freelance journalist and the author of God Is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling’s Great Wasted Talent

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