Tour de France 2025: stage 10 from Ennezat to Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy
Date: 2025-07-14T10:23:09.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: It's Bastille Day! France's national day and an opportunity for the Tour de France riders to put on a show for the crowds of fans expected to line today's route. The peloton have 165.3km to cover in this mountain stage from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy – the last before a rest day tomorrow – and will face seven category two climbs and one category three climb. In total, the riders have 4,450m of elevation on the cards. There's also and intermediate sprint at 44km in.
It's going to be a hard day at the end of a long first week for the peloton. It's expected that the route and profile of today's stage will bring the GC contenders to the fore and be a test to see who's serious about the maillot jaune and who's falling short. So, keep an eye on Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) – the current yellow jersey leader – and his main rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who took a suprise stage win the last time the Tour came to the Massif Central. But Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) is second placed in the GC at the moment, so is also one to watch. And don't foget the French rider in the peloton, such as Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), who would love to be in the action on Bastille Day.
Before the action starts at 1.10pm CEST (12.10am BST), here's a recap of yesterday's stage:
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