LA PIERRE-SAINT-MARTIN, France (AP) — The Latest from the 10th Stage of the Tour de France (all times local):
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Chris Froome is wearing the race leader’s yellow jersey as the Tour de France pack has set off for the first of three days of tough climbs in the Pyrenees.
The Kenya-born Briton has a 12-second lead over Tejay van Garderen in what’s expected to be a shakeout among the top contenders over the 167-kilometer (104-mile) trek from southwestern Tarbes to La Pierre-Saint-Martin — the first time the 112-year-old race has visited the mountain resort.
Tuesday’s 10th stage takes riders along a rolling, hilly course until the big final climb, one of the hardest in pro cycling. Mountain-climbing specialists, including two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador, who is 1 minute, 3 seconds behind Froome in fifth, and Nairo Quintana, in ninth, will be looking for chances to wrest Froome’s yellow jersey.
Many French flags are lining the course route for France’s Bastille Day national holiday.
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