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After visit the Alps (Maritime), the Pyrenees and the Massif Central, the Tour reaches the Jura, the fourth of the five mountain ranges of the country and of the race. And there will still be another pass through the Alps and the Vosges (with the time trial at La Planche des Belles Filles). The Grand Colombier (17.4 kilometers at 7.1%) will host a high goal with the previous difficulties of Selle de Fromentel (11.1 km at 8.1%) and La Biche (6.9 km at 8.9 %). Two very serious firsts and arrival at a port of special category that in the recent Tour de l’Ain witnessed an unappealable victory of the yellow jersey, Primoz Roglic.
The day will practically be traced, and the Slovenian intends to get a similar booty: “I feel the support of my teammates and my legs respond to me. Of course I would like to get another win on a peak that I know well, we will see how the race unfolds“. At Puy Mary left with Tadej Pogacar when his young compatriot told him: “Come on!”. Despite the obvious complicity between the two, Pogacar is his greatest rival right now (at 44 ”) as second classified “and strongest man.” The wearer of the white jersey does not hide from the media: “Yes, we both understood each other at the Puy Mary, and if the circumstances turn out to be this favorable, perhaps the same thing will happen. For my part, I will attack whenever I can. Whether Primoz follows me or not will depend on his energies “.
Egan Bernal, third (at 59 ”), considers that the level of this Tour is very high: “In the Puy Mary I gave some magnificent data and, even so, others walked better than me. I want to compete well against them. “Mikel Landa, eighth (1:55 from the lead and 56 ” from third place), does not want to stop cutting differences: “The dream of the drawer of Paris continues in force, we must continue in the line of distancing the adversaries”.
