You definitely don’t want your heart rate looking like the profile for the stage between Ennezat and Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy. Officially featuring eight classified climbs, there are actually much more that apparently could have been given a KOM classification.
The Côte de Loubeyrat (4 kilometres at 6.3%) will surely kick off the breakaway action. If there’s a stage for an escape, it’s definitely this one…. The riders stay at altitude for a bit before diving down to Volvic. Then it goes back up again, first to Tourtoule (4.2 kilometres at 5.8%), then to Chanat-la-Moutyre (2.2 kilometres at 6%). Both climbs are uncategorised.
As they pass through Clermont-Ferrand, the riders hit the Côte de la Baraque (4.8 kilometres at 7.4%), quickly followed by the similar Côte de la Charade (5.1 kilometres at 6.8%) and the Côte de Berzet (3.4 kilometres at 7.4%). Meanwhile, the landscape keeps steadily rising, first with 1.5 kilometres at 5.8%, and then with 3 kilometres at 4.3%. That’s the (unclassified) Col de la Moreno, crested after 90 kilometres of action.
Following the relatively short downhill from the Col de la Moreno and a rolling section, the peloton crosses the Col de Guery (3.4 kilometres at 6.7%), only to continue ascending on the Col de la Croix Morand (3.4 kilometres at 5.7%). There are 41.2 kilometres left to race at the summit.
The deciding phase begins with a downhill to Lac Chambon, followed by an unclassified 2.3-kilometre ramp at 7.8% and a rolling section of 10 kilometres. Then all masks will come off as the riders race for victory or time gains. The Col de la Croix Saint-Robert (5.1 kilometres at 6.4%) precedes the final push to the summit of Puy de Sancy (3.3 kilometres at 8%) in the mountains above Le Mont-Dore.
The first three riders across the line gain 10, 6 and 4 bonus seconds.
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Stage 10 of the Tour de France starts at 13:10 and the race is expected to finish around 17:40 – both are local times (CEST). See the slideshow below for full timings.
Another interesting read: favourites to win at the Puy de Sancy.
Tour de France 2025, stage 10: routes, profiles, videos
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