From the very first kilometers, the race heated up. The stage\u2019s particularly demanding profile fueled an intense battle to make it into the breakaway, while the general classification favorites had one last chance to try to shake up the standings.
\nOn a course where every climb took its toll on the riders, the Cofidis riders once again demonstrated solidarity and self-sacrifice to overcome this final Alpine obstacle. Faced with the succession of mountain passes and the grueling finish to Alpe d\u2019Huez, each rider gave his all to defend the team\u2019s colors.
\nAt the end of this grueling day, the Tour de France is now heading toward its conclusion. After three weeks of effort, daily battles, and repeated attacks, the Cofidis team will tackle the final stage with the same determination to play an active role in the race and to finish this Grande Boucle on a high note.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bastien Hinault, sports director: \u201cWe were hoping to get Ion Izagirre to the front once again at the start of the race. But I think this was really one day too many for him, as he\u2019s given it his all this week. The rest of the stage was focused on getting everyone back to the peloton with an eye toward tomorrow, which remains a major objective. Either in a sprint with Milan Fretin, or, if it\u2019s a more punchy finish, with Alex Aranburu.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the very first kilometers, the race heated up. The stage\u2019s particularly demanding profile fueled an intense battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-108148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alps","tag-alps"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116983588789418544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}