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VIDEO: Tour de France Stage 10 preview

After a badly-needed rest day on Monday, riders will take on the 197-km journey from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois across to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast. Check out the video below for an expert preview of Stage 10 of the Tour de France.

Published: 9 July 2013 09:00 CEST
VIDEO: Tour de France Stage 10 preview
Stage 10 route from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois to Saint-Malo. Photo: Screengrab/Le Tour

*FOR THE RESULTS AND RACE REPORT FROM STAGE 10 CLICK HERE

After moving up the west coast during Monday's rest day at Saint-Nazaire, riders are set to regroup in the new surroundings of Brittany for Tuesday's Stage 10.

After a gruelling weekend in the Pyrenees and then a much-needed rest day, the 100th Tour de France moves to the northern half of the country for the first time on Tuesday.

The 10th stage is a 197-kilometre largely flat ride from the village of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois north through Brittany to the Channel port city of Saint-Malo, which is hosting the Tour for the ninth time.

On its way, the stage will pass through the small town of Saint-Meen-le-Grand, the birthplace of Louison Bobet, a French cycling great who won the Tour three years in a row during the 1950s.

It will then pass through Calorguen, the home of Bernard Hinault, the five-time Tour winner whose 1985 triumph remains the last by a home rider.

But, apart from paying homage to past greats, and the small matter of one fourth-category climb on the Cote de Dinan, the stage will be a flat one and is set up for a sprint finish.

That means the chase for the green jersey should once again take centre stage, even if the chances of anyone catching Peter Sagan in the points standings already appear forlorn.

The sprinters will be looking to follow in the footsteps of one of the great French speed merchants, Andre Darrigade, who won in Saint-Malo in 1960.

Tuesday's stage, set to take place in the same kind of fine weather that has characterised the entire Tour to date, gets underway at 1050 GMT and is due to arrive at the finish around 1520 GMT.

It will be followed on Wednesday by a 33km individual time-trial between Avranches and Mont-Saint-Michel.

Watch this expert video preview of today's stage, by Global Cycling Network.

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Swiss rider dies after fall into ravine on Tour of Switzerland

Swiss rider Gino Maeder has died from the injuries he sustained when he plunged into a ravine during a stage of the Tour of Switzerland, his team Bahrain-Victorious said on Friday.

Published: 16 June 2023 12:54 CEST
Swiss rider dies after fall into ravine on Tour of Switzerland

Maeder, 26, fell during a high-speed descent on the fifth stage between Fiesch and La Punt on Thursday, after an exhausting day marked by three ascents over 2,000 metres altitude.

He had been found “lifeless in the water” of a ravine below the road, “immediately resuscitated then transported to the hospital in Chur by air”, organisers said.

But the next day, “Gino lost his battle to recover from the serious injuries he sustained,” Bahrain-Victorious said in a statement.

“It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we must announce the passing of Gino Mäder,” his team wrote in a statement.

“On Friday June 16th, following a very serious fall during the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, Gino lost his fight to recover from the serious injuries he had suffered. Our entire team is devastated by this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with Gino’s family and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.”

“Despite the best efforts of the phenomenal staff at Chur hospital, Gino couldn’t make it through this, his final and biggest challenge, and at 11:30am we said goodbye to one of the shining lights of our team,” the team said in a statement.

Maeder had enjoyed a strong start to the season, finishing fifth in the Paris-Nice race.

American rider Magnus Sheffield also fell on the same descent from Albula, during the most difficult stage of the race with multiple climbs. The Ineos-Grenadiers rider was hospitalised with “bruises and concussion,” organisers said.

On Thursday, world champion Remco Evenepoel criticised the decision to compete on such a dangerous road.

“While a summit finish would have been perfectly possible, it wasn’t a good decision to let us finish down this dangerous descent,” the Belgian wrote on Twitter.

“As riders, we should also think about the risks we take going down a mountain.”

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