Stage 11: Évaux-Les-Bains to Le Lioran – 211 km
Date: Wednesday July 10, 2024
Streaming: 🇺🇸 Peacock/🇨🇦 FloBikes/🇬🇧 Discovery+/ITV/🇪🇺 Eurosport/🇦🇺 SBS
Estimated finish time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 11:12 am EDT/🇬🇧 4:12 pm BST/🇪🇺 5:12 pm CEST/🇦🇺 1:12 am AEST
Stage type: Mountains
Summary: Stage 11 takes the Tour into the Massif Central for a day that could have GC implications and that will likely go to a break. This finale is tough. The second-category Col de Neronne is officially only 3.8 km in length but its 9.1% gradient will be all the harder after almost 20 km of gentler but sustained climbing that precedes it. And then the Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol and the Col de Pertus await before the Col de Font de Cère tops out just before the line. Some pretenders will be found out on these short but steep ascents.
Fantasy favorites: Picking favorites for a stage with such a breakaway-friendly profile is a matter of throwing darts at the dartboard, but we like Ben Healy, Tom Pidcock, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Kévin Vauquelin, and Richard Carapaz here. They are all very good climbers but capable of success on a stage that isn’t only for the pure mountain goats. Of course, there’s always the possibility that the break gets reeled in, and in that scenario, Tadej Pogačar will unsurprisingly be the favorite.
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