19 km to go – In any case, Van Aert has already returned to the peloton, where he does a round with water bottles for his teammates. He just picked this up from the neutral car.
19 km to go – The pursuers are going to be caught by the peloton any moment. Then it’s really Bob Jungels against the rest.
20 km to go – Bob Jungels takes another sip. The Luxembourger can give AG2R Citroën Team their first stage victory of this Tour de France. In the 2021 Tour they won one stage thanks to Ben O’Connor, who has not had good legs this year.
21 km to go – Slowly but surely the peloton crumbles apart on the final climb. Adam Yates and Daniel Felipe Martínez are also struggling to keep up.
22 km to go – Another 22 kilometers to the finish and another 12 kilometers to the finish of the Pas de Morgins. Jungels carefully walks out to 2 minutes and 30 seconds†
23 km to go – The group with Van Aert is only 1 minute ahead of the peloton with Pogacar. The men of UAE Team Emirates is hard at work leading the pack to close this gap as quickly as possible.
23 km to go – No climb seems too difficult for Jungels, he again ends up on the pursuers and now has a lead of 2 minutes and 11 seconds†
25 km to go – Bob Jungels has started the extremely irregular final climb. Can he stand?
38 km to go – The men after Jungels are losing ground. The group with Van Aert has now 1 minute lagging behind Jungels.
46 km to go – The eventual winner might as well still be in the pack, because the difference is only 2 minutes and 20 seconds†
49 km to go – The riders who had to release from the peloton ride on 10 minutes of the head of the game.
51 km to go – If Jungels intends to ride solo to the finish, that’s very brave. The Luxembourger already does this at 50 kilometers from the Châtel Les Portes du Soleil.
54 km to go – Geschke is satisfied after his effort for the mountain points and lets himself be caught by the peloton again. Jungels is again alone at the head of the game.
55 km to go – The leading duo has started the winding descent and the speed quickly rises to 75 kilometers per hour.
56 km to go – Jungels and Geschke have a margin of 40 seconds on the pursuers and 2 minutes and 20 seconds on the peloton.
61 km to go – Geschke virtually conquers the polka dot jersey! The German wins the sprint for the mountain points and takes the 10 points. Jungels crosses the line in second and takes 8 points.
61 km to go – For a moment Geschke seemed to have lost Jungels, but he has found a spare. The German is doing everything he can to win the sprint for the mountain points. If he takes the ten points, he is a virtual carrier of the orbs.
61 km to go – Geschke finds a connection with Jungels in no time, the two of them ride on one half a minute of the pursuers.
61 km to go – Simon Geschke attacks the pursuers and connects with Bob Jungels. Will he be able to make the jump?
62 km to go – The dropouts of the leading group after the acceleration: Cosnefroy, Politt, Dombrowski, Stuyven, Niv and Bonnamour.
63 km to go – Jungels is almost taking it 20 seconds on the leading group, which from now on we will call the chasers. The peloton is still there 2 minutes and 20 seconds behind the Luxembourger.
63 km to go – Bob Jungels also comes to meddle in the business. His last victory was already four years ago, in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
63 km to go – Jasper Stuyven is also having a hard time, and seems to be losing ground.
64 km to go – Nils Politt accelerates in the leading group, which immediately results in the necessary victims. Cosnefroy can’t keep up anymore.
64 km to go – The difference between the leading group and the peloton is also getting smaller: it is still 2 minutes and 18 seconds†
65 km to go – Van der Poel sees the peloton getting smaller, it takes a lot of effort to keep them in sight.
65 km to go – Thibaut Pinot has pleasant memories of the Col de la Croix. In 2012, he was the first to come on top and took his first of the three Tour stage victories of his career.
67 km to go – Mikkel Bjerg pulls the pack forward, the difference narrows to 2 minutes and 40 seconds†
68 km to go – And then the peloton also accelerates. The difference quickly falls below 3 minutes† Can UAE Team Emirates drive closer to the head of the race?
68 km to go – The leading group enters the Col de la Croix, with green jersey carrier Wout van Aert in front. The points are up for grabs in 7 kilometers. Will Magnus Cort lose the bubbles then?
75 km to go – It goes really fast in the descent, the speedometer flirts with 100 kilometers per hour.
78 km to go – The next climb is one of the first category: in 18 kilometers the riders will enter the Col de la Croix. This is where the most points are up for grabs: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. There is a considerable chance that Magnus Cort will be driven out of the balls here.
80 km to go – The difference grows fast after the effort in the leading group, they have gained another 40 seconds. The difference is now 3 minutes and 40 seconds
85 km to go – Latour takes the five mountain points after a short effort.
84 km to go – Pierre Latour attacks, in the leading group! Will he take the five mountain points?