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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy de Dôme

Distance: 182.4 kilometers.

This is a Mountain stage with 4 Category climbs. It ends with a summit finish.

• Côte de Felletin 74.8 km (Cat 4: 2.1km @ 5.2%)
• Côte de Pontcharraud 85.7 km (Cat 4: 1.8km @ 4.6%)
• Côte de Pontaumur 126.2 km (Cat 3: 3.3km @ 5.3%)
• Puy de Dôme 182.4 km (Hors Catégorie: 13.3km @ 7.7%)

The intermediate sprint is 30.4 km from the start at Lac de Vassivière.

—- Rest day tomorrow —-

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 38h 37′ 46″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 259 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 46 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 17″

Stage winner: Michael Woods (ISN – 151)
Combative: Matteo Jorgenson (MOV – 135) [Tan numbers]
Team: Bahrain Victorious (TBV – 062-069) [Yellow numbers]

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Libourne > Limoges

Distance: 200.7 kilometers.

This is a Hilly stage with 3 Category climbs. It ends with a group sprint.

• Côte de Champs-Cromain 130.4 km (Cat 3: 2.8km @ 5.2%)
• Côte de Masmont 184.7 km (Cat 4: 1.3km @ 5.5%)
• Côte de Condat-Sur-Vienne 191.4 km (Cat 4: 1.2km @ 5.4%)

The intermediate sprint is 79.0 km from the start at Tocane-Saint-Apre.

Mark Cavendish (APT – 191) has had to withdraw, ending his quest for a record 35^th stage win before retirement.

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 34h 09′ 38″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 258 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 36 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 25″

Stage winner: Mads Pedersen (LIT – 086)
Combative: Anthony Turgis (TEN – 218) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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Mont-de-Marsan > Bordeaux

Distance: 169.9 kilometers.

This is a Flat stage with 1 Category climb. It ends with a group sprint.

• Côte de Béguey 131.0 km (Cat 4: 1.2km @ 4.4%)

The intermediate sprint is 88.0 km from the start at Grignols.

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 29h 57′ 12″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 215 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 36 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 25″

Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106)
Combative: Simon Guglielmi (ARK – 175) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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Tarbes > Cauterets-Cambasque

Distance: 144.9 kilometers.

This is a Mountain stage with 4 Category climbs. It ends with a summit finish.

• Côte de Capvern-les-Bains 29.2 km (Cat 3: 5.6km @ 4.8%)
• Col d’Aspin 68.1 km (Cat 1: 12.0km @ 6.5%)
• Col du Tourmalet 97.9 km (Hors Catégorie: 17.1km @ 7.3%)
• Cauterets-Cambasque 144.9 km (Cat 1: 16.0km @ 5.4%)

The intermediate sprint is 49.2 km from the start at Sarrancolin.

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 26h 10′ 44″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 150 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 36 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 25″

Stage winner: Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011)
Combative: Wout van Aert (TJV – 006) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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Pau > Laruns

Distance: 162.7 kilometers.

This is a Mountain stage with 3 Category climbs. It ends with a group sprint after a descent.

• Col de Soudet 87.5 km (Hors Catégorie: 15.2km @ 7.2%)
• Col d’Ichère 124.8 km (Cat 3: 4.2km @ 7.0%)
• Col de Marie Blanque 144.2 km (Cat 1: 7.7km @ 8.6%)

The intermediate sprint is 48.8 km from the start at Lanne-En-Barétous.

Jai Hindley (BOH – 071) [Yellow] 22h 15′ 12″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 150 Points
Felix Gall (ACT – 095) [Polka Dot] 28 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 6 +00h 01′ 40″

Stage winner: Jai Hindley (BOH – 071)
Combative: Wout van Aert (TJV – 006) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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Dax > Nogaro

Distance: 181.8 kilometers.

This is a Flat stage with 1 Category climb. It ends with a group sprint.

• Côte de Dému 154.4 km (Cat 4: 2.0km @ 3.5%)

The intermediate sprint is 93.6 km from the start at Notre Dame des Cyclistes.

Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Yellow] 18h 18′ 01″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 150 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 18 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 06″

Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106)
Combative: Benoit Cosnefroy (ACT – 093) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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The Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security…

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Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne

Distance: 193.5 kilometers.

This is a Flat stage with 4 Category climbs that exit Spain. It ends with a group sprint in the Atlantic Pyrenees of France.

• Côte de Trabakua 13.8 km (Cat 3: 4.1km @ 5.4%)
• Côte de Milloi 32.8 km (Cat 4: 2.3km @ 4.5%)
• Col d’Itziar 70.9 km (Cat 3: 5.1km @ 6.3%)
• Côte d’Orioko Benta 102.0 km (Cat 4: 4.6km @ 6.3%)

The intermediate sprint is 65.7 km from the start at Deba.

Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Yellow] 13h 52′ 33″
Victor Lafay (COF – 125) [Green] 80 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 18 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 06″

Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106)
Combative: Laurent Pichon (ARK – 178) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

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Vitoria-Gasteiz > Saint-Sébastien

Distance: 209.0 kilometers.

The longest stage on this Tour it is a Hilly stage with 5 Category climbs, it ends with a 440 meter drop in altitude and an 8 km sprint.

• Col d’Udana 81.3 km (Cat 3: 4.5km @ 5.1%)
• Côte d’Aztiria 87.6 km (Cat 4: 2.7km @ 5.3%)
• Côte d’Alkiza 140.9 km (Cat 3: 4.2km @ 5.7%)
• Côte de Gurutze 174.2 km (Cat 4: 2.6km @ 4.7%)
• Jaizkibel 192.4 km (Cat 2: 8.1km @ 5.3%)

The intermediate sprint is 40.6 km from the start at Legutio.

Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Yellow] 09h 09′ 18″
Victor Lafay (COF – 125) [Green] 65 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 11 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 06″

Stage winner: Victor Lafay (COF – 125)
Combative: Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Tan numbers]

Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

Did not start:
Richard Carapaz (EFE – 041)
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Bilbao > Bilbao

Distance: 182.0 kilometers.

A Hilly stage with 5 Category climbs, it ends with a downhill sprint.

• Côte de Laukiz 13.8 km (Cat 3: 2.2km @ 6.9%)
• Côte de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe 67.8 km (Cat 3: 3.5km @ 7.6%)
• Col de Morga 140.9 km (Cat 4: 3.9km @ 4.1%)
• Côte de Vivero 154.9 km (Cat 2: 4.2km @ 7.3%)
• Côte de Pike 172.4 km (Cat 3: 2.0km @ 10.0%)

The intermediate sprint is 88.2 km from the start at Gernika-Lumo.

Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Yellow] 4h 22′ 00″
Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Green] 30 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 5 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 3

Stage winner: Adam Yates (UAD – 019)
Combative: Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Tan numbers]

Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]

Withdrew:

Enric Mas (131 – MOV)
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La fête du
Canada
Day

Thank you for not yet building a fence along your southern or western border, and for brewing great beer.

This is the 156th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution Act of 1867.

Schedule of Ottawa events and some background.

The race starts with the Grand Départ on the 1^st of July in Bilbao, Spain and will finish on the 23^rd of July in Paris, so I thought I should explain some of what I’ll be ranting about.

The cartoon characters from my header are wearing the various colored jerseys that indicate the leader in the different classifications in the race.

The Maillot Jaune, Yellow Jersey is worn by the rider with the lowest time overall in the race. The eventual winner of the race may never have come in first in any stage, but was near the lead throughout the race and achieved the lowest time over the entire course of the event. The winner is normally an “all-arounder”, someone is very good at the sprints and the hill climbing, even if they aren’t the best. “All-arounders” show up on the lists of the sprinters and the climbers, while staying in the top ten for overall time.

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Position: 22.8N 60.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northwest [315°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1011 mb ↑.

Currently about 375 miles [ 605 km] North-Northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands.

The National Hurricane Center has issued its last public advisory on this system.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

Position: 18.7N 55.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northwest [315°] near 17 mph [28 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 70 mph [110 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 60 miles ( 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.

Currently about 435 miles [ 700 km] East-Northeast of the Lesser Antilles

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]