There is no rest day to go across France from the Alps to Catalonia. This block of stages will see the first real mountain climbs, starting with with 2 half-Andorran stages. But the block actually opens on Wednesday with a flat Team Time Trial.

Standings after stage 4

General

  1. D. Gaudu 🇫🇷 FDJ
  2. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – s.t.
  3. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 8″
  4. E. Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos – 14″
  5. T. Pidcock and 19 other riders – 16″

Points

  1. M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 78 pts
  2. E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 76 pts
  3. J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 75 pts
  4. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 67 pts
  5. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 65 pts
  6. D. Gaudu 🇫🇷 FDJ – 62 pts

Mountain

  1. J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 11 pts
  2. S. Quinn 🇺🇸 EF – 9 pts
  3. A. Verre 🇮🇹 Arkéa – 8 pts
  4. L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 8 pts
  5. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 5 pts

Teams

  1. Visma 🇳🇱
  2. UAE, Astana and Soudal – 2″

(Except for Visma, I wouldn’t have given those team names if I had been asked; it’s a bit of a surprise.)

    • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkM
      2·
      1 month ago

      There are many good TT riders, but this is a team time trial, so it’s a different discipline. You need team cohesion and timing more than pure strength, a too strong pull by a good TT rider will pull the team apart.

      • misery mansion@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        Ah I missed that it was TTT - who do you think has form? Alpecin were mighty on stage 1 for the lead out but I dunno how useful Philipsen is in TTT

        • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkM
          3·
          1 month ago

          Odds say Visma, UAE, Ineos. But TTTs are so rare that it’s always a bit hard to predict. Lidl also have a strong TT team and usually good cohesion, though I know they haven’t looked so convincing the past couple of days.