2021 Tour de France Stage 10 Results & Recap
Stage 10 of the 2021 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Cavendish wins his third
Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) won his 33rd victory at the Tour de France today after 190km flat route from Albertville to Valence. The Manx Missile outkicked Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) after a textbook leadout from his team.
"I didn’t do anything today. My team did it all. It was old school - run of the mill, really. You can say it was a textbook lead-out. Back in 2015, on this Valence stage, I got dropped and André Greipel won the sprint. We studied the route time and again, and tried to make echelons work in our favour. The bunch didn’t really split, but we didn’t mind because we were confident we had a good train. I just had to finish out the work from an Olympic track rider, a road World Champion, the winner of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the winner of the Tour of Flanders… I feel so humble they all devote their work to me. In the end, I didn’t do anything: just keeping my speed for the latest 150 meters. I came here to win stages. If I win the green jersey as a consequence, it’s fine, but it is not my priority. The team stayed around me to keep me safe when the rivals accelerated to try and drop me on the climbs. I knew BikeExchange would try to do that! A bit of support from my team just what I needed to get over those climbs, and they helped me out brilliantly."
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) still leads the GC 2'01" ahead of Ben O'Connor (Ag2r Citroen Team) and 5'18" in front of Rigoberto Urán (EF Education - Nippo).
"It was not an easy day in the end," Pogacar said. "It was windy for most of the stage, but on the last 20 kilometres there was a bit more of a headwind. It was quite restful in between accelerations. I’ve been able to relax and eat well, and later I will catch a good massage. So that’s one stage less to worry about. I have gone to the Mont Ventoux only once, just before this Tour de France. There were so many fans there on a normal day that I can’t imagine how crowded it will be tomorrow. I’m looking forward to racing there. It will be a long, hard, hot day. We will see how the hot weather affects me tomorrow. I’ve trained for it, so I feel prepared."
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