Another 200k plus stage with over 4000m of climbing.
Pog got his stage win on the Queen/King stage (let’s not argue about it) so it’s hard to believe he’s worried about this one and therefore it should be a stage where the break takes most of the top 10 if not all. The one proviso is it’s Pog…
It’s over 33k to the foot of a long and difficult climb with most of the preceding kilometres downhill so you’d expect the break to be full of strong climbers. Of course this also means riders who can either break into the top 10 or move up within it being part of the days break and that means that UAE might not have a say. Teams protecting their positions now come into play. So though this should favour riders out of GC and an ability to climb, it will only take one interloper to mean that Pog wins again.
If it is a break though, then maybe Pozzovivo goes one better than Nairo
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