- Rolling report of the 167km stage from Albi to Toulouse
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Local interest today: Calmejane was born in Albi, while Perez lives in Toulouse. The peloton have held the gap at just over two minutes so the sprinters’ teams clearly want to keep them within a manageable range. That has to be pretty dispiriting with 160km to ride.
The breakaway lead stretches to over two minutes. The quartet are all over an hour down on GC so can be given plenty of space. Calmejane is either horribly out of form or has been deliberately keeping his powder dry in an attempt to gain admittance to a break. He’s got decent TDF pedigree, winning a stage in 2017 and finishing 35th and 30th in the past two years.
Written by John Ashdown
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jul/17/tour-de-france-2019-stage-11-live under the title “Tour de France 2019: stage 11 – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
