after 11 days, the standings are similarly visible as they were after day 5.
- Ben Healy - in the breakaway ⚙️ a group of riders, not candidates to win the overall race, who go in front for one day, hoping to win the stage twice, and thus in front for GC. for a variety of reasons, the other teams like that somebody with no chance to win is temporarily in first
- Tadej Pogacar - still the odds-on favorite for first
- Remco Evenepoel - still the odds-on favorite for third
- Jonas Vingegaard - still the odds-on favorite for second
- Matteo Jorgenson - the favorite for fourth ⚙️ not the "odds-on" favorite; as I use the term here it probably means "at least 70% chances". Jorgenson is more likely than any other rider to get 4th, but isn't that strong a favorite.
- Kevin Vauquelin
- Oscar Onley
- Florian Lipowitz
- Primoz Roglic
Joao Almeida (7th after day 5) withdrew from the race after a crash. But, the 8 riders here other than Ben Healy could still be the top 8. ⚔️ well, actually, maybe Ben Healy can stay in the top 8 💡 pundits say Vauquelin is most likely to drop behind other riders. 💭 Mathieu Van der Poel is now in 29th, which is about right The next 4 riders ⚙️ Tobias Johannesson, Felix Gall, Carlos Rodriguez, Enric Mas are also strong candidates for the top 8.
Tomorrow is the Hautacam stage. The first high-mountain stage; a 13.5km @7.8% climb. Team tactics will hardly matter. 💡 it is almost certain that Visma LAB will try to use team tactics to attack Pogacar, it is also almost certain that it won't matter
And, Friday is a mountain time-trial.
Barring injury, the GC should be almost set after those two stages.