Le Tour 2021 – Stage 12
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Nîmes
Distance: 159.4 kilometers.
A Flat stage with a Cat 3 climb in the middle.
- Côte du belvédère de Tharaux 83.7 km (cat 3: 4.4km @ 4.6%)
The intermediate sprint is at 132.7 km at Uzès. Expect a bunch sprint to the finish.
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [Yellow] 47 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds
Mark Cavendish (DQT – 055) [Green] 221 Points
Nairo Quintana (ARK – 136) [Polka Dot] 50 points
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018) [White] 3*
Stage winner: Nils Politt (BOH – 076)
Combative: Nils Politt (BOH – 076 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Bahrain Victorious ( TBV – 161-168 ) [Yellow numbers]
*Number 2 is wearing the White as Number 1 is wearing Yellow.
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July 8, 2021 Comments Off on Le Tour 2021 – Stage 12
Tropical Storm Elsa – Day 9
Position: 37.6N 76.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [045°] near 25 mph [41 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [100 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1002 mb ↓.
Currently about 170 miles [ 270 km] Southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from north of Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina to Sandy Hook, New Jersey including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, Chesapeake Bay south of North Beach, the tidal Potomac south of Cobb Island, Delaware Bay south of Slaughter Beach, Long Island from East Rockaway Inlet to the eastern tip along the south shore and from Port Jefferson Harbor eastward on the north shore, New Haven, Connecticut to Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts including Cape Cod, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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July 8, 2021 Comments Off on Tropical Storm Elsa – Day 9