Pierre Latour, alone in the lead, is waiting for reinforcements… Follow the fifth stage

The cars had the opportunity to shine during the last two stages of the Tour de France, on which Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was the strongest. Between Pau and Laruns, the peloton has an appointment with the Pyrenees massif, Wednesday July 5, on a mountain stage long 162.7 km.

With a good profile on the program: the Col de Soudet (15.1 km, 7.2%), the first non-category climb of this 110th edition of the Tour, then that of Ischère (3rd category, 4.2 km at 7% ), before finishing with the Col de Marie Blanque (1st category, 7.7 km at 8.6%).

Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), polka dot jersey since the first stage, remains a simple outsider to victory as the competition is tough. Tadej Pogacar (UAE) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) could trigger the first real hostilities of this Tour. But Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) could try his luck in Béarn.