Tour de France stage 6 reside – The primary summit end at Cauterets

It is all smiles for Hindley in the beginning location in his new yellow jersey.

The riders are finishing signal ons and the staff presentation earlier than we get underway with a neutralised begin. 

This is Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) bringing the great vibes in the beginning in Tarbes. He’ll be again within the groupetto at present ready for his subsequent likelihood to dash on tomorrow’s stage into Bordeaux. 

There is no respite after the ache endured yesterday with an much more tough stage on the playing cards. 4000m of elevation over 4 categorised climbs and the primary summit end of the 2023 race. It is solely stage 6.

All the 172 riders that began yesterday completed nicely inside the time restrict so we should always get the identical quantity setting off at present barring any late incidents. 

We’re slightly below an hour away from the neutralised begin in Tarbes at 13:10 CEST, earlier than the waving of the flag and official begin at 13:25 CEST.

We had a brutal baptism of fireside within the Pyrenees yesterday and at present is about to be a lot of the identical for the riders. The final classification noticed a dramatic swap up with Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) successful the stage into Laruns and taking the yellow jersey.

Defending Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), additionally delivered a heavy blow to his key rival and two-time Tour winner, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates), who he now holds a bonus of 53 seconds over. Will the Dane scent blood and attempt to construct a fair greater benefit at present?

Hiya and welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of stage 6 of the 2023 Tour de France, 144.9km from Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque.