Tour de France 2023 - Stage 10 | Tuesday, 11 July | Vulcania - Issoire | 167.2 kilometres
Rolf Aldag's assessment of the 10th stage of the 2023 Tour de France: Escape between volcanoes
The first rest day is behind us. On the one hand, it was sorely needed, as the programme up to this point was highly intensive. On the other hand, it is always exciting to see how the body reacts to a 24-hour break.
This can be tested relatively well on the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2023. The peloton remains in the region near the Puy de Dome, where volcanoes characterise the landscape. Accordingly, the elevation profile of the stage looks relatively uncomfortable. Five mountain classifications are on the programme. This day is made for a breakaway group that could assert itself relatively early and does not need to be controlled by the classification teams. The Col de la Croix Saint-Robert at the latest will show which breakaway riders harmonise so well that they will go for today's victory. With the Cote de la Chapelle-Marcousse just 30 kilometres before the finish line, there is still an opportunity for individuals to attack and turn the descent to the finish into a time trial.
The specialists for stage victories will certainly not miss such an opportunity for a stage win, especially as it is the first clear chance in this year's Tour de France and there are already signs of wear and tear in the peloton. So it will be a good day, also for the spectators, to get back into the action in a relaxed manner.
Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2023
- Neutral start: 13:05, sharp start 13:20
- Estimated arrival time: between 17:19 and 17:44
- TV broadcast: ARD - from 14:10, Eurosport - from 12:55
- Live stream: ARD one, sportschau.de, GCN+, Discovery+, Eurosport
Our expert Rolf Aldag
As a professional cyclist, our expert Rolf Aldag rode the Tour de France ten times up to 2004; as manager and sporting director, he has led various top teams through France and will once again be in charge of the German team Bora-Hansgrohe as sporting director at the Tour de France this year. There are few people who can tell so vividly what can happen on the stages of a grand tour and within the peloton. For TOUR, the 54-year-old sports manager has once again scrutinised the elevation profiles and march tables of this year's Tour de France.
In his predictions, he names the teams and riders he sees at the front on each day, assesses the difficulties of the routes and says where he expects attacks and from whom. Will there be a bunch sprint? Will a breakaway group make it to the finish? Aldag also assesses for TOUR what role each stage plays for the classification jerseys: The more coloured jerseys our expert assigns to a stage, the greater their significance for the respective classification. The yellow jersey symbolises the weight of the stage in the overall classification, the green jersey stands for the importance of the best sprinter in the points classification and the red dotted jersey for the mountain classification, i.e. for the best climber. With these first-hand predictions, you can follow the TV broadcasts well informed and with profit!
