Tour de France 2023 Stage 11: How to watch on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, start time, route map

11.07.2023 - 23:01 eurosport.com

«A day for Mark Cavendish?» How we long to write those words in a Tour de France article one final time – but alas, as a bunch sprint beckons on Stage 11, the Manx Missile is no longer in contention after crashing out in the opening week.

Instead, it will be over to Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) to provide the headlines as the Belgian chases a remarkable fourth stage win in 2023, while Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-QuickStep) will be desperate for victory after a difficult start to the Tour.

Ad But after such an explosive return from the rest day in the Massif Central, who will have anything left when the race arrives in Moulins on Wednesday?

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Boxing sprint France 2023 on route watch Mark Cavendish Orla Chennaoui Alberto Contador Tadej Pogacar Fabio Jakobsen Sean Kelly Jasper Philipsen Adam Blythe Dan Lloyd Jonas Vingegaard Robbie Macewen France Belgium

Jonas Vingegaard defended his 10-second lead in the general classification on Stage 15 as he fended off moves from his rival Tadej Pogacar in the last kilometre of the 179km stage. On Tuesday, Vingegaard and Pogacar go again for the race's only individual time trial. There is just one category 2 climb which should favour the Tour’s GC contenders over the Tour’s time trial specialists.

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The Alps showdown between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) on Stage 14 ended in Vingegaard having made the smallest of possible gains in the battle for the maillot jaune. On Sunday, Vingegaard and Pogacar — separated by just 10 seconds — go again. There are another five category climbs – three Cat.

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The GC battle between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar has been bubbling along nicely, and with the riders entering the Alps on Saturday we could get a picture of who is the stronger of the two. Pogacar showed excellent legs to pinch some seconds off Vingegaard atop the Grand Colombier on Friday, but the Alps are more the terrain on the defending champion. Ad The riders will scale three Cat.

Tour de France 2023 Stage 13: How to watch on Friday, TV and live stream details, start time, route map

On the French national holiday of Quatorze Juillet the race enters the Jura mountains for a summit finish on the fearsome Grand Colombier (17.4km at 7.1%) where the then defending champion Egan Bernal cracked in 2020. The sport’s landscape has changed dramatically since Bernal last rode the Tour, with Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard dominating the battle for yellow ever since. Still somewhat short of his best, Bernal will hope at least to bury his demons on what will be the first GC showdown of the second week.