Escaldes-Engordany / Revel

Stage 10 - Tuesday, July 12th - 197 km

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The Stage

A final Pyrenee climb and then it's a long downhill to Revel with a short climb a few kilometres before the finish. This is the kind of stage made for long escapes. If Jens Voigt was still riding, today would have been his day and I would have been willing him to win every step of the way.

Jens retired however, so who does have a chance? Rui Costa maybe?

Winner: Michael Matthews

Tour Touristique

The Canal du Midi (Occitan: Canal de las Doas Mars, meaning canal of the two seas) is a 241 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France (French: le Midi). It was originally named the Canal royal en Languedoc (Royal Canal in Languedoc) but the French revolutionaries renamed it to Canal du Midi in 1789. It was considered at the time to be one of the greatest construction works of the 17th century.

The canal connects the Garonne River to the Étang de Thau on the Mediterranean and along with the 193 km (120 mi) long Canal de Garonne forms the Canal des Deux Mers joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

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