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 seven 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%) .
As they pass through Clermont-Ferrand, the riders hit the Côte de la Baraque (5.5 kilometres at 7.2%), quickly followed by the similar Côte de la Charade (5.1 kilometres at 7.4%) and the Côte de Berzet (3.4 kilometres at 7.4%). Meanwhile, the landscape keeps steadily rising, first with 1.5 kilometer at 5.8%, and then with 3 kilometres at 4.3%. That’s the 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 6.4%), only to continue ascending on the Col de la Croix Morand (3.4 kilometres at 5.8%). There are 41.5 kilometres left to race at the summit.
The deciding phase begins with a downhill to Lac Chambon, followed by a 2.3-kilometre ramp 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 6.3%) precedes the final push to the summit of Puy de Sancy (3.3 kilometres at 8%) in the mountains above Le Mont-Dore.
Tour de France 2025, stage 10: route, profiles, videos
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