2014 Tour de France Stage 10 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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This is where the Tour de France will begin for the general classification. Some of the weaker riders will have been weeded out on stage 9 but this summit finish will be the biggest test so far.
It also happens to be Bastille Day, so we can count on a handful of French riders getting into the break. Expect to see the likes of Romain Bardet, who was the top placed Frenchman in 2013, and double Vuelta a Espan?a stage winner Warren Barguil.
The last time a French rider won on Bastille Day was in 2005, when David Moncoutie? escaped with 37 kilometres to go. How the French fans would love to see that again.
With four first category climbs on the menu, plus some lower category ascents thrown in for good measure, this will be a day for the strongest. The pie?ce de re?sistance of this stage will be the final two leg- busting climbs up the Col des Chevre?res and La Planche des Belles Filles.
The latter only first featured as a Tour de France climb in 2012. It is only a short climb, at 5.9km, but it regularly hits gradients over 10 per cent. The hardest part comes at the top, when the road reaches 20 per cent. Chris Froome won here on that first occasion, his victory also putting him into the polka- dot jersey.
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