Tour de France: Tourmalet, summit finish the next GC skirmish on stage 6 - Preview

LARUNS FRANCE JULY 05 EDITORS NOTE Alternate crop Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team JumboVisma competes while fans cheers during the stage five of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1627km stage from Pau to Laruns UCIWT on July 05 2023 in Laruns France Photo by Michael SteeleGetty Images
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"This is the first skirmish in a long battle" – that was how Jayco-AlUla directeur sportif Mat Hayman described the Tour de France's first mountain stage to Laruns on Wednesday evening.

He, his team leader Simon Yates, and the rest of the Tour de France peloton will have to be ready for the next one in quick succession with attention already turned towards the second such skirmish with stage 6, the Col du Tourmalet and summit finish at Cauterets on Thursday.

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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

Season highlights from the 2024 season include reporting from Paris-Roubaix –  'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix – and the Tour de France – 'Disbelief', gratitude, and family – Mark Cavendish celebrates a record-breaking Tour de France sprint win.

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