"Good evening, viewers and cycling fans!
Welcome to China Sports' live broadcast of the 111th Tour de France in 2024!
Today, we'll be bringing you live coverage of Stage 11 of the Tour de France.
Everyone has surely been looking forward to this stage for a long time, since it's the first mountain stage of the Tour's second week.
What everyone cares about most is whether Huang Chong can keep hold of the Yellow Jersey he has now worn for a full eight race days!
To answer that question, we've invited two professional cycling commentators joining us for today's broadcast to analyze it before the race.
What are your views on this issue?"
"I think Huang Chong still has a chance of keeping the Yellow Jersey in Stage 11, but it will undoubtedly be very difficult.
Especially since his lead over Pogačar is now down to just five seconds.
In a mountain stage, that gap is practically negligible.
If he gets dropped by even ten-odd meters, that could mean a gap of seven or eight seconds.
And the climbing difficulty of Stage 11 is basically concentrated in the final 40 kilometers.
Especially the ultra-difficult Category 1 climb, Mary Mountain."
There were only around 30 kilometers left to the finish.
This distance was truly ideal for Pogačar to attack alone.
We could see from the Col du Galibier in the first week that Pogačar's explosiveness on long, steep climbs had clearly improved again this year. He had successfully dropped both Vingegaard and Huang Chong there.
It was only because Stage 4 had another 20 kilometers of long descent and flat roads after the Col du Galibier that he ultimately failed to shake Huang Chong and Vingegaard.
But Stage 11 was entirely different, because after the Category 1 climb, there would still