Tour de France 2018 LIVE: Stage 10 latest leaderboard as Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas go for yellow jersey
Follow the latest from the tenth stage of the Tour de France as the peloton heads into the Alps
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Your support makes all the difference.Monday’s rest day will come in handy as the Tour de France heads into the Alps for the first time this year, with no fewer than four categorised climbs set to shake up the leaderboard as the general classification challengers come to the fore.
Starting in Annecy, the peloton will head south towards the Category 4 climb of Col de Bluffy, which arrives fewer than 20km into the stage, although that is nothing compared to the Category 1 Col de la Croix Fry that looms further on.
The stage also features sections of gravel roads before the final two Category 1 climbs of Col de Romme and the Col de la Colombière, before the decent to the finish line 158.5km after they started.
The stage could string out the field and prove to be the turning point for any rider looking to challenge for the yellow and polka dot jerseys, while the likes of Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, as well as other GC contenders in Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa of Movistar and Bahrain-Merida’s Vincenzo Nibali are expected to be challenging at the front.
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