Tour de France 2024: stage 11 from Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran – live

Key events

According to the Tour de France’s NTT predictor, Pello Bilbao, Maxim Van Gils, Richard Carapaz, Enric Mas and Santiago Buitrago are the riders to watch for attacks today.

💥 5 attackers to watch
Today’s stage has all the looks of an attacking fest. Here are five attackers to watch according to the NTT Predictor, starting with an Ecuadorian history maker!

💥 5 attaquants à suivre
Le profil du jour inspire tout particulièrement les attaquants.… pic.twitter.com/Y65wIoYbpo

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 10, 2024

They’re off! The peloton will have an 4.5 km neutralised sector before the official start of today’s race.

  • Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 40hr 2min 48sec

  • Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) +33sec

  • Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 15sec

  • Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 36sec

  • Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) +2min 16sec

  • João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +2min 17sec

  • Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +2min 31sec

  • Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quick-Step) +3min 35sec

  • Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) +4min 2sec

  • Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +4min 3sec

William Fotheringham on stage 11: There is no respite in this Tour; this is a brutal day out in the Massif Central: 4,000m of climbing, culminating in a wicked final 60km including the super-steep Puy Mary climb, and two shorter ascents before the finish. There should be a big break from the off to contest the stage win – the finale suits a punchy rider like Ireland’s Ben Healy – while the favourites watch each other closely for signs of weakness.

Tour de France race director, Christian Prudhomme, on stage 11:

There’s only one stage across the rugged Massif Central, but what a stage it is!

With 4,350 metres of vertical gain, the riders will have to be on their mettle at all times, and particularly in the final 50km, when the degree of difficulty rises a level with a series of very challenging obstacles: the climb to the Col de Néronne, then to the Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol with its fearsome final two kilometres, then continuing on to the Col de Pertus, the Col de Font de Cère and the ascent to Le Lioran.

They provide all manner of opportunities for eager climbers to attack.

Welcome to the Guardian’s latest Tour de France live blog. The riders will face a 211km mountain stage today, which promises to be an exciting day for us spectators. It’s likely that there will be breakaways going from the start, plus stage 11 will be a good test of the GC contenders credentials ahead of the Pyrenees and Alps later in the Tour.

It’s also a pretty long stage considering the elevation gain (4,350 metres) so the peloton will be rolling out earlier than usual (10.20am BST/11.20am CET).

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Neutralised start: 10.20am BST/11.20am CET

Stage 11