Stage 10 - Here come the Alps...

Stage 10 of the Tour De France will take place today.

Lance Armstrong lost the yellow jersey to Jens Voigt on stage 9. Armstrong is currently third but Voigt and Moreau (currently 2nd) are not mountain climbers and are expected to drop in the coming days. Armstrong maintains his lead over Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Ullrich (T-Mobile) and Basso (CSC).

Today's stage (192.5 Kms) is extremely grueling. First real test on the Alps and sorting of the front-runners is expected to start. There are two category 1 climbs with the second one leading right up to the finish. Here are the details of the climb they are both longer than 20Kms and have a gradient of about 6%.

Km 118 - Cormet-de-Roselend (D.217-D.902) - 20.1 km climb to 6 % - 1 Category
Km 192.5 - COURCHEVEL (Altiport) - 22.2 km climb to 6.2 % - 1 Category

Very exciting day in the tour…