Caleb Ewan braces for Tour de France time-cut test on Alpe d’Huez finish

Lotto Soudal teams Australian rider Caleb Ewan cycles during the 10th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 1481 km between Morzine and Megeve in the French Alps on July 12 2022 Photo by Thomas SAMSON AFP Photo by THOMAS SAMSONAFP via Getty Images
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) after battling through to the end within the time-cut on stage 10 of the Tour de France 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

After two stages of battling to the finish amongst the last riders at the Tour de France, Caleb Ewan rolled over the mountaintop finish line at Col du Granon with a more comfortable margin on the time-cut after the whole Lotto Soudal team rallied around him. 

It was a welcome improvement for the Australian sprinter but not enough to help him forget his previous days in the mountains, or that the biggest challenge of reaching L'Alpe d'Huez still remains.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.