2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 10

The 10th stage of the 2008 Tour de France on July 14 was 156 km long and ran from Pau to Hautacam. There were two sprints and two climbs the Hors Catégorie (including the mountain-top finish ) and two climbs of the third category on the program.

First tried four riders pull away, it is a 24- man breakaway group developed. The first mountain stage secures David de la Fuente. Later evolved from this group, a seven -man breakaway group consisting of Markus Fothen, Fabian Cancellara, Hubert Dupont, Óscar Freire, Jérémy Roy, Remy Di Gregorio and Leonardo Duque. The latter won the second mountain stage. Óscar Freire won both sprints and thus secured the green jersey. Freddy Bichot tried meanwhile catch up. On the ascent to the Col du Tourmalet attracted to the field more outliers of the field ripped apart. To Kim Kirchen a group of about 40 riders, which was gradually smaller was formed. The outliers Rémy Di Gregorio was able to sell. His lead on the field was about eight minutes. Cancellara, Dupont, Duque, Roy and Fothen gave chase. Di Gregorio reached but first to the top. Riccardo Riccò then led the field across the top. Alejandro Valverde, meanwhile, had fallen behind. On the climb to Hautacam Di Gregorio was finally asked. Then there were again several attacks. Fränk Schleck, Leonardo Piepoli and Vladimir Jefimkin formed a top trio to which Bernhard Kohl and Juan José Cobo joined. Carbon and Jefimkin but again lost the contact, later could also Schleck no longer keep up the pace. The former carrier of the yellow jersey Kim Kirchen also fell back. The goal in Hautacam was achieved on a 30 meters long and 6 meters wide stretch. Piepoli finally wins there the stage ahead of his teammate Cobo. Schleck missed third place by one second the yellow jersey, which Cadel Evans, who was in the first chase group, guaranteed. Riccardo Riccò, who led this group of pursuers again, the mountain jersey and the white jersey of best young rider secured.

Tasks

Sprints

Second intermediate sprint in Pouzac ( 74.5 km ) (500 m above sea level. NN )

Sprint in Hautacam ( 156 km ) (1520 m above sea level. NN )

Climbs

Côte de Bénéjacq, Category 3 ( 38.5 km ) ( 469 m above sea level, . 2.6 km à 6,9 %)

Loucrup, Category 3 ( 67 km ) ( 522 m above sea level, . 2.0 km à 4,9 %)

Col du Tourmalet, HC category ( 106 km ) ( 2115 m above sea level, . 17.7 km à 7,5 %)

Hautacam, HC category ( 156 km ) (1520 m above sea level, . 14.4 km à 7,2 %)

Driver's field

Tour de France 2008

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