The elongated first week has been far from easy or sedate, but the Tour de France reaches new heights on Thursday, as stage 12 welcomes the first hors catégorie climb of the race with a finish atop the climb to Hautacam in the heart of the Pyrenees.
The GC has already kicked into action in the first 11 days of the Tour, with significant gaps between the favourites already due to plenty of attacking racing on the shorter climbs that peppered the first week, but the first real mountains will begin to expose more gaps.
Good memories for Vingegaard, question marks for Pogačar
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