Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed A complaint launched by three châteaux demanding the cancellation of the 2012 St-Emilion classification has been heard at Bordeaux’s Administrative Tribunal La Tour du Pin Figeac and Corbin-Michotte launched the St-Emilion classification complaint in January 2013 citing numerous inconsistencies and procedural errors in how they – and other chateaux – were treated during the run-up to the publication of the new ranking in September 2012 they did not deserve the result in which Corbin Michotte lost its Grand Cru Classé status and the other two were refused promotion from Grand Cru according to papers filed by their lawyers Maitre Chloé Maisonneuve and Maitre Olivia Feschotte-Desbois were châteaux visits by members of the classification committee the application and interpretation of soil studies and late changes to the criteria upon which the wines and estates were judged that were only made apparent to the candidates after the results were published the châteaux listed 23 inconsistencies that the opposing legal team for the National Appellations Institute (INAO) that oversaw the classification and the Conseil des Vins de St-Emilion were asked to explain ‘There was transparency throughout the process,’ Maitre Dider Pinet for the INAO told the court while Maitre Miasonneuve countered that ‘big châteaux were favoured over small family structures’ ‘The INAO didn’t prove or explain anything,’ Pierre Carle ‘We have listed many clear inconsistencies and are confident that we will be successful.’ A ruling is expected by mid January at the latest A separate criminal complaint lodged by the same three châteaux with the public prosecutor in May 2013 is still ongoing This complaint suggested that the classification was subject to ‘illegal interference’ due to members of the regional INAO also being owners of châteaux that benefitted from the new classification No one has specifically been named at this stage as this type of suit is launched in France against ‘X’ until the results of the investigation are published A date for a hearing in the case is likely to be set over the coming weeks Neilson Powless of the US rides during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 164 kilometers from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans Tuesday Neilson Powless of the US speeds down the Anglards de Salers pass during the stage 13 of the Tour de France cycling race over 191 kilometers from Chatel-Guyon to Puy Mary France (AP) — A late draft to the Tour de France Neilson Powless didn’t have time to scramble together a turtle necklace the spirit animal of his Native American tribe or paint one of their wampum bead belts on the frame of the bike that he’s ridden for three punishing weeks over 3,300 kilometers (2,000 miles) of roads But although unable to carry the Oneida Tribe’s symbols with him the Tour rookie has become a powerful symbol himself as the first tribally recognized Native North American to have raced in the 117-year-old event Not only has Powless survived cycling’s greatest and most grueling race he distinguished himself in a crop of exciting young talents who helped set this Tour alight Crossing the finish in Paris on Sunday will resonate on reservations back in the United States “My main hope is that I can be a positive role model for young indigenous kids who have a lot going against them,” Powless “I think finishing the Tour de France is a testament to years of hard work and dedication to a lifelong dream Hopefully I can help drive kids to setting their mind to a goal and going after it.” “It must make it a lot easier when you can see somebody else who is doing it Word of Powless’ feats in France has already filtered back to the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin says the cyclist is blazing “a trail of journey Neilson’s journey and accomplishments I’m sure are spoken of at many gatherings here in Oneida,” Hill told the AP he did not falter or give up on his dreams,” the Oneida leader added “This is an important message not only to our youth here in Oneida “I saw him dance once or twice when I was younger but I wish I could have watched him more,” says Powless “He tried to get me into boxing for a few years and I would train at the gym he coached at sometimes when we would visit.” He distinguished himself again two days later placing fifth on the brutal Stage 8 of climbing in the Pyrenees “This Tour will be a massive point of growth for him,” Jonathan Vaughters But he certainly is coming out of the Tour a much better rider than he went in.” The Tour confirms he is its first Native North American competitor The cyclist hasn’t made a fuss of his heritage Vaughters says he only found out that Powless is one-quarter Oneida from the rider’s dad just days before he took the Tour start on Aug “The tribe has helped me financially with schooling I have family on the reservation,” he says “It’s not that I just had a blood test one day and decided ‘Oh I guess I’m Native American.’ It is something I have sort of grown up with and it has been part of my whole life and the tribe recognizes that as well.” Told just days before the Tour that he was on the team Powless says he didn’t have time to discreetly decorate his bike or source a replacement for the turtle necklace he broke last year he’ll surely be back and able to fix that at future Tours More Tour de France coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/TourdeFrance and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The 107th Tour de France cycling race—delayed more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic—began in Nice on August 29 as 22 teams of riders started their journey through central and southern France in 20 stages The entire tour covers a distance of 3,484 km and will conclude in Paris on September 20 Gathered here are images from the first 17 stages of the 2020 Tour de France We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions Director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences is the author of three books of poetry: Cusp translations from the French poet Patrice de La Tour du Pin she has recently co-translated from the Polish Everything I Don’t Know A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts she teaches poetry and translation at the University of Rochester Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences [nemus_slider id=”49133″] From September 16 to October 24 Berlin based  L’Atelier-ksr hosted  1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick an on-site installation show by  Antoine Renard and  Clémence de La Tour du Pin “The kinky environment re-created by the two artists reflects the cryptic virtual realm of online gaming its dark spaces of excess entertainment and constant trans- […] From September 16 to October 24 Berlin based  L’Atelier-ksr hosted  1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick, an on-site installation show by  Antoine Renard and  Clémence de La Tour du Pin its dark spaces of excess entertainment and constant trans- formation A collapsed consciousness drawn into its limbs” founder and director of the gallery/project space based in Berlin-Kreuzberg ATP: Your researches have many things in common How did the idea of working together on this show come about which was based on a text from a publication I released two years ago: Oh Rats a compilation of self transcribed teenager’s psychedelic experiences found online on various drug related blogs and communities 1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick follow the same idea of mapping something of a “head space” based on online material 1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick is continues our research Antoine and I started working together in 2013 in our project space Center in Berlin where we’ve been building situations and environments which are mainly based on video games and non-fiction story found on the internet When Antoine told me about the story of Luka & Jun love affair I directly thought we should use this material as it combines lots of subjects we are both interested in: identity issues and mental disorders Luka’s trans-personality was also interesting to me because he seems to be a metamorphosable character openly promoting himself and participating to discussion on bisexuality – having girls He constructed his own versions similar to avatars in games He’s been ‘adjusting’ himself through internet and tech: changing his own name modificating wikipedia pages in order to provoque rumors on him using dozens of differents accounts and ‘updating’ his shapes regularly with facial and body surgery – all those acts prove in a certain way the un-existing boundaries between on and off I am interested in the inversion in his mind that point out other limits and boundaries where killing becomes just a way to get more fans online ATP: The main inspiration for the show comes from 1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick a real snuff movie posted 3 years ago on a famous gore website that eventually led to the capture of Luka Magnotta your installation kinda reminds me a of a 3D videogame set Is it because you want to underline in a radical way the complex relationship between the online world and the real world We wanted to overlap this complexity of online/offline public/private and inside/outside by melting together various sources like the cannibal love story of Luka with spreading Jun’s body around the space situations from our private life as the moisture coffee cups a Justin Bieber doll and the B-movie Brain Damage that feature an unwilling relationship of a young man with a malevolent leech-like brain-eating parasite called ‘Aylmer’ The architecture of the show is inspired by the science fiction horror-themed video game Doom which is mess up by porn spams and 3D rendered haircut adverts I received on my e-mail AR: We decided to follow a Doom-like type of setup putting the viewer in some kind of a sculptural maze our approach on 1L1IP is the one of a developer that uses a story as a narrative background It is a first person (POV) type of experience We experienced the story through our computer screens and converted it into a physical experience which is what it ultimately was in the first place (the murder was real) Doing so enable us to drive the tension towards the works more than the story And draw a direct line between the physical objects and the subconscious narrative ATP: A main issue of the show is engaging the viewers’ sense of smell Could you tell me further about this aspect which can’t obviously be experienced online AR: The first thing we did when we entered the space was to close off the room and to seal the windows so that no air could circulate Then came the welding of the metal structures When you source materials from the internet What is the taste of that shiny eternal apple uploaded on Pinterest a year ago This is what we tried to do: scavenging digital roadkills the show smells like rotten DSL and burnout computers the blend is displayed in sealed alu cans We wanted to do something more performative rather than making a smell for the space it made sense to us that the scents came directly from the substances metals and objects we used and manipulated for the sculptures The emanations mix up spontaneously in the air – it’s basically dirt greasy metals and burned plastic which makes an acrid taste and mechanical corpse feelings to give the viewer an experience of death you’re interested in having a firsthand visceral experience with the new changes led by science Could you tell me about the connections between this show and your research AR: The show reflects my interrogations on how cultures and identities are affected by the digital world I think my work evokes a form of hysteria embedded in modernity it’s both wild and domestic at the same time your research is about the condition of the materials left behind by the Internet environment focusing on our perception of what is real that – using the words of Philipp Kleinmichel – “can neither be sufficiently reduced to digital code nor resolved in the imaginary of a networked world of unresisting digital flow.” Could you introduce us to the perspective from which you look at these objects CdLTdP: I think I always have been interested in looking at the aura of things My attention is somehow not driven towards objects – even if I make objects – but to their surroundings I usually investigate to gather datas that I manipulate and translate into forms The ‘materials left behind by the Internet’ are for me significant territories that escape from any forms of control start-to-finish coverage of the 107th Tour de France running two months later than usual due to a coronavirus pandemic-forced postponement NBCSN and CNBC combine to broadcast all 21 stages of the three-week Grand Tour which starts in Nice and finishes on Paris’ Champs-Élysées NBC Sports Gold and Peacock Premium live stream daily coverage, too, including nearly 20 bonus hours and commercial-free coverage for Gold “Cycling Pass” subscribers Gold subscribers can also live stream La Course More information on exclusive digital offerings is here Colombian Egan Bernal of Team Ineos defends his title a year after becoming the first South American winner and the youngest Bernal will not be joined by Ineos teammates and past Tour champions Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas British veterans left off the eight-man roster TOUR DE FRANCE: Standings | Stage By Stage | Favorites, Predictions the other top contenders include would-be first-time Tour winners Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Nairo Quintana of Colombia A number of riders are in contention for the podium with last year’s second- and third-place finishers -- Thomas and Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk -- absent this year Slovakian Peter Sagan looks to extend his record of seven Tour de France sprinter titles and earn at least one stage victory for a fifth straight year Longtime Tour broadcast host Phil Liggett returns They will call the race remotely from Sky Sports in Great Britain and NBC Sports in Stamford Paul Burmeister hosts daily pre- and post-race studio coverage from Stamford with past Grand Tour riders Christian Vande Velde and Chris Horner Former professional cyclist Adam Blythe serves as a reporter on-site in France OlympicTalk is on Apple News MORE: USA Cycling names Olympic team finalists 2020 TOUR DE FRANCE BROADCAST SCHEDULENote: All live coverage on NBC and NBCSN is also available on NBC Sports Gold and the NBC Sports app A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem After 21 stages of racing for 176 riders from 22 teams – over a distance of 3,483 km – this year’s Tour has come to an end in Paris Here are some of our favourite images from the last three weeks This year’s edition of the Tour de France was due to start in Nice on 27 June but in April with the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping across Europe president Emmanuel Macron announced all public events with crowds were to be banned until mid-July to fight the spread of Covid-19 There were fears it wouldn’t take place at all In the end the race was delayed for the first time during peacetime since its inception in 1903 in agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) with Nice hosting the Grand Départ on 29 August Click on an image and then the ‘i’ icon for its caption info Safety firstWith the race taking place it was important for safety measures to be put in place to protect all involved – spectators to countryside roads and mountainous peaks close-up and detail shots of the action can convey just as much to the viewer France’s sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said that Tour organisers were considering the option of going ahead without fans but with the event being postponed until August that option wasn’t explored further and despite the ongoing pandemic French authorities have allowed fans to continue the tradition of cheering on the sidelines The Tour would be a duller and quieter spectacle if it did not attract the thousands of fans who gather along the route of each stage Frenchman forced to leave the race for eight days He regularly hosts special guests in the car, and has continued to do so during the 2020 Tour de France, with French prime minister Jean Castex in there on Saturday’s stage 8 in the Pyrenees. Le Parisien has since reported that Castex will now undergo a test and will not be able to attend a government seminar in person on Wednesday. The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999 and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling A woman smiling in a professional headshot Professor of French and Women and Gender Studies Catherine Montfort received the 2019 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association’s (PAMLA) Distinguished Service Award The award is meant to honor long-standing members who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary service to the organization “The 2019 PAMLA Distinguished Service Award was presented to Catherine R Professor of French and Women and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University Professor Catherine Montfort was born in Marseille France and received her PhD from Stanford University serving the community as PAMLA President (2003-2004) as a member of PAMLA’s Executive Committee as presiding officer for many years of vibrant Women in French sessions at the annual PAMLA conference and as Conference Host with Santa Clara University in 2001 Her service to PAMLA and the discipline is truly impressive Professor Montfort is the author of several books (among them Les Fortunes de Mme de Sévigné au XVIIème et XVIIIème siècle) and has written more than forty articles and chapters on various French literary notables including Agrippa d’Aubigné She edited a book entitled Literate Women and the French Revolution of 1789 and has been editor of Simone de Beauvoir Studies She has also edited or co-edited a number of Special Issues for Women in French Studies: 1) French and Francophone Women Culture and Society with Biographical and Media Resources 2) French/Francophone Culture and Literature Through Film; 3) Les femmes et la lecture; and 4) Les femmes et le voyage Her current scholarly work is on Paula Dumont and Irène Némirovsky.” Map & DirectionsContact Us half-moon shaped castle unlike any other we’d seen before tucked away in the quiet warmth of Bordeaux’s countryside Something in our gut told us that this castle was to be different from the rest – and we were right The “Château du Bouilh” was tailor made for the last King of France and has been left virtually untouched since the country’s Revolution from dusty armchairs to the cobwebbed curtains It’s been the keeper of the most intimate secrets of Marie Antoinette’s court with roots going back even to the Middle Ages But it’s stayed the sands of time – and isolation – long enough “The main logis has not been lived in for nearly a century,” says Linda Matthew the agent representing the home for Leggett who gave us the full dossier of its storied past The most magical thing about the castle is that it doesn’t just consist of one grand building vaulted ceilings and vineyard; a neo-gothic chapel and seven hectares of caves for stashing your treasures (aka wine) The entirety of the lot is a whopping 700,000 m² – to give you a bit of perspective on that your average studio apartment in Paris is about 35 m² The noble house of Bouilh was owned by its first family since the 1300s and eventually ownership shifted to another aristocratic family in the 17th century – one that was also in extremely high standing The many titles of the maître (master) of the château gives a good idea of the clout they carried across France: Monsieur le Count of Paulin and lieutenant-général of the Kings armies in 1781 “The chateau has been in two families since its construction by Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin [and] owned the estate from 1524,” said Linda “is that the current family cannot afford to run and maintain the château.” No kidding “The Château du Bouilh [also] has an ‘escape or keep’ which is all that is left of the medieval part of the chateau,” says Linda This last piece of the old manor would make a charming cottage today; it consists of an upper and lower level The elegant crescent-shaped castle you see today was built mostly in the 18th century – and funnily enough it all started with a one comment from the peanut gallery Jean-Frédéric invited his pal King Louis XVI to visit him in the south of France “But there’s no château to welcome me!” he said of his friend’s then modest home So Jean-Frédéric started working with a hip architect on plans that would blow his socks off Everything was right on track for the Neoclassical castle until the Revolution got under way there should be another house to bookend the demi-moon gallery but building came to a screeching halt during the trial of Marie-Antoinette when Jean-Frédéric was arrested as a suspect in assisting the monarch he insisted on calling Marie Antoinette “Your Majesty.” Sadly it cost him his powdered little head in 1794 Jean-Frédéric is but one amongst the many players in the castle’s saga which was partially declared a historic monument and operated as a museum from the 1940s into 2014 There are stories from the castle linked to Versailles’ infamous mistress who hid there for a time and even has a bedroom named after her the château has been the set of numerous films Cousine Bette (1996) Monsieur Léon (2006) and La Maison des Rocheville (2010) welcoming actors like Jessica Lang and Hugh Laurie to wander its halls But we fell in love with the story of a former owner named Lucy de La Tour du Pin “She was a friend of Marie Antoinette surrounded by all the riches of the aristocracy.” She was known to be simple fought beside La Fayette in the American War for Independence Lucy had one of the most intimate positions of all Marie-Antoinette’s attendants Journal d’une femme de 50 ans (Diary of a 50-year-old Woman) endures as a precious historical relic of a then drastically changing France It’s the little things she mentions that haunt you like the fact that she had to receive notes from her husband-in-hiding inside a loaf of bread or that she actually fled to America for a hot second before returning to Bouilh How strange it is to think of that improbable transition – in the court of Versailles one day Lucy’s last relative sold off the family property in 1835 to a sharp politician and Governor of the tropical French commune island Réunion it’s the same family who are looking to sell “The left-hand side of the hemicycle is currently occupied by [Delisle ancestor] Elisabeth de Feuilhade de Chauvin,” Linda tells us “One brother lives in a house near the entrance to the chateau and the other in the farmhouse.” So if you have a chunk of change to spare and a hankering for a new passion project we hope you might be the one to consider taking Château de Bouilh under your wing It’s a once in a lifetime (or three) opportunity to join the fabric of one of history’s greatest stories And invite us round for tea if all goes to plan You can learn more about the sale castle through Patrice Besse here. Last Updated on December 15, 2020 by Pauline Harboe Honored as this year’s Florie Gale Arons Poet alumna Jennifer Grotz got the chance to revisit her roots at Tulane University in September 2016 Grotz is a 1993 graduate of Newcomb College “I feel like I became a poet here,” said Grotz “The world needs poetry; there’s never been a society or culture or language without it.” A professor of English at the University of Rochester Grotz has written three books of poetry and has been published in The New Yorker The celebrated poet is also known for her French and Polish translation work “I translated a book of contemporary psalms by Patrice de La Tour du Pin from French and I also recently published a novel that I translated from French by Tunisian-born writer Hubert Haddad,” said Grotz “I always find inspiration from reading in French and Polish traditions but my new book of poetry was largely influenced by spending time at this former Franciscan monastery in the Alps,” she said Grotz’s work flourished at the annual writer’s retreat hosted by the former abbey located in the Alpes-Maritimes region of France She spent a month there every summer over a six year period and the landscape became a kind of vocabulary for my poetry,” said Grotz At an event organized by Newcomb College Institute Grotz read selections from Window Left Open the collection influenced by her summer sojourns within the Woldenberg Art Center’s Freeman Auditorium Grotz described the event as a full circle experience as she reminisced about attending many poetry readings as a Tulane student Grotz also attended a community writing workshop and discussed poetry with professor of English Peter Cooley and his students When asked if she had words of wisdom for budding poets currently studying at Tulane “The tried and true advice is read everything you can and not to give up because poetry seems old fashioned The world needs poetry; there’s never been a society or culture or language without it.” The 24-year-old German won his first Grand Tour stage while Primoz Roglic kept a tight grip on the maillot jaune 40 seconds ahead of his compatriot Tadej Pogacar 15 Sept 202017.50 CESTThe birthday boy takes over: Wout van Aert moves ahead of De La Cruz and Kagacar, while Primoz Roglic sits on his young compatriot’s wheel. 15 Sept 202017.49 CESTPogacar attacks! David De La Cruz and Tadej Pogacar move to the front of the yellow jersey group, forcing a strong tempo. Nairo Quintana is dropped. 15 Sept 202017.47 CESTOnwards and upwards: The yellow jersey groups starts the final climb, which is 2.2 kilometres in length. 15 Sept 202017.45 CESTEgan Bernal: The reigning champion is having another bad day and is not in the yellow jersey group. I’m not sure he’s particularly bothered - his chances of retaining his title ended on Sunday. 15 Sept 202017.44 CESTBack out on the road: Jumbo-Visma continue to make the pace as the peloton rolls towards the finish. They have five kilometres to go and the riders of Team Movistar are keeping tabs on them at the front of the bunch. 15 Sept 202017.36 CESTCarapaz finishes second: Richard Carapaz, last year’s Giro d’Italia rider, comes second for Team Ineos, well over a minute behind the winner. It’s another bad day for the British team, who had three riders in the breakaway, but couldn’t manage to win the stage 15 Sept 202017.35 CESTLennard Kamna wins stage 16The 24-year-old German gets a wonderful welcome to Villard de Lans as he wins his first ever stage in the Tour de France He beats his chest and throws an arm in the air as he crosses the line 15 Sept 202017.31 CEST1.6km to go: Lennard Kamna leads Richard Carapaz by 1min 17sec and looks set to win the stage barring an accident. 15 Sept 202017.29 CEST2km to go: The gap between the stage leader and the yellow jersey group is now 16 minutes. 15 Sept 202017.28 CEST3km to go: Kamna increases his lead to 1min 09sec. A further 25 seconds back, Reichenbach bunny-hops a traffic island rather than riding around it. Every little helps. 15 Sept 202017.26 CEST4km to go: Lennard Kamna leads the stage by 55 seconds from Richard Carapaz. Sebastien Reichenbach is a further 22 seconds back. The Barguil group are a little under a minute behind him. 15 Sept 202017.23 CEST8km to go: Warren Barguil is in a group of seven riders including Roche, Sivakov, Geschke, Pacher and Benoot that is 2min 04sec behind Kamner. 15 Sept 202017.20 CEST10km to go: Bora Hansgrohe rider Lennard Kamna has a lead of 34 seconds over Richard Carapaz from Team Ineos. The 33-year-old is something of a time trial specialist and may well fancy his chances of staying away. 15 Sept 202017.16 CEST15km to go: Today’s finish is at the top of the category three Villard de Lens, the finish line at a height of 1,152m above sea level. The climb to the top is 2.2km and the gradient is a calf-burning 6.5%. 15 Sept 202017.10 CEST21km to go: Alaphilippe looks to have shot his bolt today. Richard Carapaz leads the stage with Lennard Kamna on his wheel. Reichenbach is struggling to stay in touch. The gap from the leaders to the yellow jerset group is 13min 30sec. 15 Sept 202017.08 CEST22km to go: Richard Carapaz attacks off the front of the lead group, but is quickly reeled in by Julian Alaphilippe. Lennard Kamna and Sebastien Reichenbach hang on. 15 Sept 202017.04 CEST25km to go: Quentin Bacher is caught by four pursuers at the head of the course. Alaphilippe, Kämna, Carapaz and Reichenbach lead today’s stage as the Frenchman is dropped and there are three kilometres to the penultimate summit of the day. 15 Sept 202016.59 CEST25km to go: Martin Guillaume and another Cofidis rider attack off the front of the peloton. 15 Sept 202016.56 CEST26km to go: Quentin Pacher leads from a group of nine riders including Warren Barguil, Richard Carapaz, Julian Alaphilippe, Nicolas Roche and Pavel Sivakov. 15 Sept 202016.54 CEST27km to go: Here are the time gaps .. 15 Sept 202016.47 CEST30km to go: Quentin Pacher has a lead of 55 seconds over the rest of the breakaway group as the long ascent continues. The peloton are 13 minutes behind. 15 Sept 202016.39 CEST34km to go: Daniel Oss cracks, his work done for the day in the breakaway. B&B Hotels rider Quentin Pacher has attacked off the front of the breakaway and put a bit of distance between him and the chasing posse as he begins the climb to the snappily titled Montee de Saint Nizier du Moucherotte. 15 Sept 202016.36 CEST35km to go: Wout van Aert, who turned 26 today, gives a thumbs-up to a camera rolling alongside him on the back of a motorbike. Happy birthday, Wout! 15 Sept 202016.32 CEST36km to go: The apparently tireless Daniel Oss continues to crank out the rhythm at the front of the breakaway group. 15 Sept 202016.28 CEST40km to go: Jumbo-Visma continue to control the peloton, while the breakaway group of 23 riders lead by 12min 39sec. 15 Sept 202016.13 CEST55km to go: The next summit the Montee de Saint Nizier du Moucherotte is at the 20.9km-to-go mark It’s a Category 1 climb at 1,169m that’s 11.1km in length There is a group of 23 riders in the lead over the peloton Five of our lead group have won Tour de France stages before: Julian Alaphilippe, Warren Barguil, Matteo Trentin, Simon Geschke and Pierre Rolland. 15 Sept 202015.56 CEST66km to go: The riders pass through the feed station, sling their musettes over their shoulders and start emptying the contents into their pockets. 15 Sept 202015.47 CEST70km to go: With 1.5km to go to the summit of Cote de Revel, Pierre Rolland jumps off the front of the lead group to snaffle up a few more King of the Mountains points. Currently in the polka-dot jersey, Benoit Cosnefroy is back in the peloton. 15 Sept 202015.39 CEST73km to go: All eight riders from Jumbo-Visma are lined up in single file at the front of the peloton as they tow the bunch along. They’re travelling uphill, towards the Cote de Revel. Bora Hansgrohe rider Daniel Oss continues to lead the breakaway group. 15 Sept 202015.36 CEST73km to go: Julian Alaphilippe gets another new bike (or possibly his old one back after being repaired) as the chase group joins the breakaway to make it 23 in number. the gap to the peloton is just over 10 minutes. 15 Sept 202015.30 CEST76km to go: In the lead group, Julian Alaphilippe has a mechanical, has to wait briefly for a new bike and ends up back in the chase group. THey’re 37 seconds behind the stage leaders. Chartreuse is a glorious green gear and a gift from the Gods – what with it being made by monks (Carthusian) up in the mountains near Grenoble “The Chartreuse recipe rests in the hands of just three monks and each one only knows two-thirds of a formula They’re sworn to secrecy – which is easy as they’re also not allowed to talk too much after the addition of honey and golden syrup aged in giant oak casks for between three and five years “Most commonly consumed chilled over ice as a digestif Chartreuse’s most illustrious imbibers include Hunter S Thompson It’s also used by local farmers to cure flatulence in cows and racing horses have been known to perk-up a bit after an elixir-soaked sugar lump or two The Queen Mother also enjoyed it when she went to Ascot – presumably not to reduce ‘windypops’ though “More of this kind of thing, and less, can be discovered on our Pour de France podcast – part of Around The World in 80 Drinks.” 15 Sept 202015.07 CEST96km to go: Rolland collects the points unopposed by Roche and the rest of the breakaway crest the Col de Porte soon afterwards. 15 Sept 202015.06 CEST98km to go: Pierre Rolland jumps from the front of the breakaway group a little over a kilometre from the top of the Col de Porte Nicolas Roche gets on his wheel and the pair have a conversation If Rolland gets the five points at the top he’ll half the deficit between himself and Benoit Cosnefroy in the battle for the King of the Mountains jersey to five points All the race action as we head back into the mountains Tour de France podcast Hello and welcome back to our live race coverage from the Tour de France I hope you're all rested from your day off and that you're ready for another blockbuster day in the mountains as we head from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans It's a Gerard Butler of Tour de France stages except it's probably got more depth to it when it comes to possible performance.  More damage can be done in the repetitive obstacles of the middle mountains than at high altitude Jeff Bernard won the Mont Ventoux time trial building what looked like a race-winning lead of 2:34 over Stephen Roche including the finish atop Villard-de-Lans - Côte 2000 The mountaintop finish is preceded by the 14.6km category 1 Montée de Sainte-Nizier-du-Moucherotte which then provides a rolling downhill section of approximately 20km to set up the final 2.3km climb Riders wishing to emulate Roche will have identified today’s stage as the ideal territory on which to overturn leads there’s a warning from history that there’s a fine line between success and failure - the République du Vercors lasted less than a month And someone in GC always comes out of the second rest day with bad legs and that will be exploited on a stage like this especially as we should expect a lightening quick start as Peter Sagan goes all out on the first climb in a bit to drop Bennett and take points at the intermediate sprint that comes just before the main climbs Not to be controversial but the  battle for green has been more entertaining than the race for yellow until this point in the race we're about 35 minutes from the roll out with riders still signing on and doing the odd interview in the mix zone Roglic has just ridden by and he's still in yellow and holding a 40-second advantage over Pogacar Here's what the Jumbo rider had to say on the second rest-day “Every day we see some guys going home the main thing is to stay focussed,” commented Roglič through a recorded interview He opted out of doing a traditional rest day press conference and preferred to limit his comments to a team video it’s easy to lose your concentration stupid things can happen all the time and you can't afford that Read the full story here The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star We can see Bernal leaving the Ineos bus and heading to the start area Late last night his team released a video in which he talked about his GC collapse on stage 15 and how he plans to come back stronger next season and win the Tour It will be interesting to see how Ineos race over the next few days as they adjust and look for stage wins in order to salvage their race.  Here's what Bernal had to say in green as he rides to the start line as well The Irishman should ride into Paris and take green but Sagan will probably throw everything at him today ahead of the intermediate sprint.  You can read Barry Ryan's story on Bennett, right here There are the last six stages and there are three really hard stages and then perhaps after there’s another opportunity for a sprint or something Then we have to survive the time trial and then we’re going to Paris every year is different and every race is different I had all the team working for me but I had some bad luck in the finale and that’s what’s missing for me,” the three-time world champion said Here's Stephen Farrand's full story it's almost uphill from the very start as the riders tackle an uncategorized climb Then it's that short 4th cat Côte de Virieu We're going to have attacks from the gun and it will be interesting to see if Bennett lets Sagan go up the road or if the Irishman spends energy on trying to chase things down with the use of his QuickStep team We're just about 10 minutes away from the roll out and most of the peloton are making their way to the startline Prudhomme is back at the race after a week of isolation but no sign of him just yet The full yarn, is just here 2 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:40 3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling 00:01:34 4 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team 00:01:45 5 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 00:02:03 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 00:02:13 7 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 00:02:16 8 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:03:15 9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:05:08 10 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:05:12 Looks like JV expect some early action https://t.co/fXsJo3H9BpSeptember 15, 2020 through the neutralized zone on stage 16 of the Tour de France Stay with us for complete live coverage from the race throughout the stage Lets see who is on the front as that's a giveaway in term of who wants to be in the break as we see Bernal is near the back and chatting with Chaves Griepel is near the front but surely he's not going on the attack today we've not seen a lot of the veteran in the race so far waving his arms from the sunroof as we continue through the neutralized zone blue skies and very little wind out there right now.  Van Baarle is near the front and so is Pinot and we could expect both of those riders to go on the attack Van Baarle won a mountain stage in the Dauphine last year after all but we could see Ineos send a few riders up the road today Just under 3km to go until Prudhomme stands up again and starts the stage as we see Ewan just at the back of the peloton as he settles in for complete survival mode.  Kevin Reza is also near the front and he's been on the attack already having been in break during the first week He can make it over the early climbs and could be crucial in setting up one of his teammates Bernal is right at the back and on his own so a day of recovery and contemplation for last year's winner If it's a back injury it's hard to see him trying to win a stage as it's unlikely to improve without complete rest Today would have  been a good one for him.  Tony Martin moves up and he'll chase down anything dangerous as we see Luke Rowe next to him waves a flag and we're off on stage 16 of the Tour de France And it is Van Baarle who goes first with Asgreen on his wheel In fact there are about 30 riders on his wheel as Pacher goes next Already some big gaps as we look back but Pacher is clear and ahead of a group of around 30 as we continue to climb This is a brutal way to start a race after a rest day.  The bunch reform on a short descent but Pacher has about 8 seconds on the peloton Bennett is just marking Sagan's every move a five more riders clip off the front Van Avermaet is leading a small group but the race is about to come back together Powless is also up there but Movistar are marking him Sivakov goes and Alaphilippe is on his wheel Then the Frechman goes for a second time and he has a small gap almost immediately Chaves is chasing and so too his Trentin and Sagan Team Sunweb then toss a rider up the road and he joins Alphilippe with Trentin attacking on this 4th cat climb 153km to go and it's all back together but off the back Gaudu is suffering as we see Sivakov try again Sorry we're just over that unclassified climb Pinot is attacking but Sivakov is trying to match every move at the moment but with 157km we have a huge group of about 25 off the front with Mitchelton driving the pace on the descent so it's going to kick off again on the climb that's coming up and Carapaz are both there but the gap is at 31 seconds Right now Bora are leading the break and the peloton.  No Sagan or Bennett in the front group as we see GVA leading a counter attack Alaphilippe is currently driving the break at the moment as Bauer takes a turn for Chaves The gap is up to 45 seconds ad this move could be quite dangerous 1km to go on the climb and the total number in the  break is 35 as Bora lead the chase at the front of the peloton This hasn't gone to plan for Sagan as we see Ewan being dropped from the back of the peloton.  There are too many riders in the break but this could get interesting for Sagan if he can go clear and join the leaders because he has men up the road as we see the Bora leader look back to see Bennett on his wheel Now Jumbo Visma have moved up and started to set the pace They're chasing things down right now as Cofidis and Rolland try and hit them hard There's no control and Wout Van Aert is forced to the front already 149km to go and it's briefly back together but immediately Ineos and Cofidis try and jump clear Ineos are making this really hard for Jumbo Visma but once more Van Aert pushes on the pedals and closes it all down.  Carapaz and Roche are the next to ping off the front with 146km to go.  They have quality in their legs but they need more firepower from the bunch as the gap holds at 8 seconds Sagan has gone and Bennett has to make a huge effort because he was caught napping and let Sagan's wheel go Carapaz and Roche have just been joined bit a large group that includes Trentin and Alaphilippe Bora have a couple of riders in the move and they have 17 seconds 140km to go and the gap is up to 25 seconds and it will be interesting to see who chases this down Jumbo have moved up and they might let this one go The only rider intent on shutting this down is KOM leader Benoit Cosnefroy but he's left it too late The gap is only 26 seconds but there are more attacks There is a chase group at 47 seconds but they're going to find it hard to make it to the leaders We're still 10km from the intermediate as once again we see attacks from the peloton There was some calm in the bunch but ISN missed the move so they fire two riders up the road George Bennett is now forced into marking moves as AG2R go again We're not on a classified climb but the road  is still rolling and these little digs are slowly hurting the bunch Right at the back we see Bernal hanging on with Dan Martin Sivakov leads another massive attack from the front and that will close the gap on the chasing group that includes Bauer and Boasson Hagen Hirschi reaches the second group as more and more riders go on the attack Other than Bernal and D Martin I think everyone has attacked now Jumbo are back on the  front and Robert Gesink take control Jumbo just want a steady pace so that everything just settles down They don't mind the 15 up the road going clear but they don't want any more accelerations but Rolland didn't get the memo and he's attacked.  123km to go and the 15 leaders have 1'03 on the yellow jersey.  with a group containing three EF Pro Cycling riders jumping away Rolland is 57 seconds behind the leaders but now we see two Sunweb riders attacking in tandem At the intermediate Trentin takes the maximum of 20 points.  Rolland has been caught by Pedersen and Benoot from Sunweb with 118km to go as we hear that Gaudu has quit the race.  All of this means that Sagan and Bennett don't pick up any points So that's a win for Bennett in the green jersey competition.  115km to go and finally the bunch sit up for a natural break as the gap goes out to 2'21 That should allow Ewan a chance to come back because he lost three minutes in that first hour of racing We're about to start climbing even though we're well off the next climb of the Col de Porte The gap to the leading 15 is at 3'16 but there are still several chase groups in between them and the peloton Mads Pedersen, the current world champion, has sent in his latest blog from the Tour and you can read it, right here But the Rolland group are closing at 47 seconds Then we have another group of 8 at 1'52 as the road starts to climb.  At the front of the peloton Tony Martin is just tapping out a steady but manageable pace Rolland and the two Sunweb riders are at 35 seconds and they can just about see the 15 leaders up ahead Rolland and Benoot make it across so we have 18 leaders now with 108km to go.  the second group on the road are about 1'15 away from the main break  so they're closing as we approach the Col de Porte Onto the climb and Bennett (S) starts to slip back with the 18 leaders now 7'18 ahead and the pace starting to settle after a truly breathtaking start to the stage today.  We're 4.5km from the summit for the break but the peloton are still near the base of the climb as Daniel Oss sits at the the front of the break He's getting his in work early as he knows  he'll struggle on the  later climbs when the pace goes up 100km to go and the 18 leaders have 7'59 over the main field as Alaphilippe goes back to the team car for a chat and some fresh bottles He's the main favourite for today but there are some really good climbers in this and the Sivakov group.  At the back of the peloton Kwiatkowski is on Bernal duty once again as Jumbo Visma once more set the pace so the winner is going to come from the break at this rate.  1.3km to go until the summit and Rolland takes off as he wants the KOM points Roche is going after him though but this is a long way to hit out from.  Roche has made it up to Rolland's wheel but Rolland takes 5 points and he's closing on the KOM jersey They'll sit up as we see Bernal go back for bottles He's shaking his head as we continue to climb as back down the climb Ewan has been dropped again This is going to be a really though day for the Australian.  This Nieve group could link up with the leaders on this long descent as the peloton drift out to 9'16 with 93km to go Tony Martin is still tapping away as we see Bennett start to drift towards the back of the peloton Up ahead and Roche and Rolland have 15 seconds on the Alaphilippe group 83km to go and the Sivakov/Nieve group are 45 seconds as Roche and Rolland are caught by the rest of the break We'll have 23 riders in the lead before the next climb Alaphilippe has a mechanicacl and it looks like he will take a new bike in the next few kilometers He's at the back of the break and hasn't worked because his teammate Nieve has been chasing but that will all change soon enough The Dane will be on the front for the next climb if his teammate can make the juncture.  🤩 Another postcard from France: the Fort du Saint-Eynard🤩 Une nouvelle carte postale de la France: le Fort du Saint-Eynard.#TDF2020 #TDFunited pic.twitter.com/A5VzPAJqETSeptember 15, 2020 As the riders near the summit of the Col de Revel  Jumbo continue to lead the chase and set the pace.  They are again dragging  the peloton around France today but have allowed the break to extend their lead to over 10:00 The Frenchman kicks again to try to maximum points on the Col de Revel ⚡ Et @PierroooRolland se dresse sur les pédales !#TDF2020 l #ThereIsNoTry pic.twitter.com/Uv2dGIIEN8September 15, 2020 Rolland takes the KOM and a further five points He is now equal on 36 points with long-time KOM leader Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R) ⛰ Five more points for @PierroooRolland!⛰ 5 points de plus pour Pierre Rolland !⚪🔴 @BenoitCosnefroy: 36 ptsPierre Rolland: 36 pts#TDF2020 #TDFunited pic.twitter.com/V539XcRjgzSeptember 15, 2020 They are 11:50 back on Rolland but do not seem concerned It is almost certain the breakaways will fight for the stage victory today while there could be some late attack on the last climb However Jumbo-Visma  now seem to have the race under control after Bernal's time loss.  Ewan is nw back in the main field after losing time on the first couple of climb as he digs deep for the final couple of sprint friendly stages to come Oss is still here and tapping away at the front of the main break he's done a huge job but he could be slipping back here as there are a number of tired riders in this move We're still some way off the Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte which is the final climb of the day as Oss once more comes back to the front to set the pace Pressure on the three Ineos rider in the break as they need to rescue the team's Tour Pavel Sivakov and have the capacity to win today.  All of his Grand Tour stage wins have come in the second half of races although he's never won a stage in the Tour He's looking good though and is just riding in the wheel as we see Pinot at the back of the main field with Yates Mads Pedersen is near the front and has Richie Porte on his wheel Will the GC riderst attack today or will they wait for stage 17 The gap to the break though is going out and it's now at 12'26 to the leaders as the peloton take it easy after a super quick start We are closing on the Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte It's 11.1km in length with an average gradient of 6.5 per cent Jumbo are just setting a steady pace for now but that could change later on once the main field reaches the climb Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) and Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) In the Giro Rosa, it was Vos who won today's stage. You can find our report and results, right here He's quickly built up 30 second  as Sunweb lead the chase through Pedersen The  break line out and a number of riders are fueling before the last major climb starts The bunch are at 13'10 as Bernal simply chats at the back of the bunch and Pacher holds his 30 second gap with 32km to go as Carapaz takes over and all of a sudden the pace is lifted.  Riders are about to be dropped and  few swing over as Anacona takes over at the front.  The peloton are just racing through Le Drac but they continue to lose time Pacher is riding well though and holding his own as he tries to set up Rolland for later on Sunweb again come to the front and they're looking to set up either Benoot or Roche on this climb as Pedersen just keeps the pace going Back in the bunch and Bernal is stretching his back The bunch are climbing and Bernal is going backwards with Bennett Did not think that we'd be saying that a few days ago as up ahead Amador goes on the attack.  Pacher is holding his own right now as Sicard and Trentin are both dropped.  Lets hope he can continue  and just try something in the  final few days Up ahead his domestiques are fighting for the stage as we see Bernal pick up  a feed He's on domestique duties today and doing a good job Amador's pace setting has reduced this lead group to around 12 riders as Powless and a few others are dropped as Bernal shares  a joke with Knaven about the pace in the gruppetto.  Barguil is  hanging on as Carapaz attacks with 26km to go and 6.2km to the summit Roche has been dropped and it's just four riders left at the front Pacher  is pushing on the pedals but we're about to have five riders having been dropped after Carapaz attacked it's kicking off in the bunch and Martin has attacked from the bunch for Cofidis Lets see if this sticks but it's a good move as he goes away with a teammate And now we have those five riders with 25km at the front as Pacher just sits in We're 4,5km from the summit as Carapaz lifts the pace once more Edet is still leading Martin on the climb but no time gap yet for the Cofidis pair as Gesink sets the pace for the yellow jersey group 20 seconds for Martin right now as Pacher is dropped with 23km to go Sunweb are driving the chase behind them at about 31 seconds.  Touch of wheels for Roglic and Kuss and the American almost crashes but just about saves it Gesink still setting the pace and doing all the work for the yellow jersey.  22km to go and 2.2km from the summit on this climb The winner is likely to come from our  leading four but now it's five because Pacher is back to make it a five man group but then Carapaz attacks with 22.3km to go Was it a mechanical or is it just his legs bad legs as Carapaz goes once more and only Kamna can go with him this time Kamna is just holding on and he wont take a turn with 500m to go until the summit as Martin is caught by the bunch Nw Kamna attacks and it's Carapaz' time too chase He's attacked over the summit and the Bora rider has a gap here Alaphilippe is hoping to chase on the descent and he's still in this Kamna has five seconds on Carapaz as he moves into TT mode Still 19km to go and Carapaz will be hoping for some help with the chase if Reichenbach and Alaphilippe can come back Kamna was close to a stage earlier in the race but this is a hug chance to take the win so the Ineos rider is losing ground and losing ground quickly.  30 seconds now for the Bora rider and he's well on course for a stage win in the Tour de France but we do still have that 2.2km climb to the finish.   nothing but there  might still be some attacks close to the finish.  11km to go for Kamna and he's still extending his lead on this flat section before the final climb to the  line Now less than 10km go and Kamna  has 30 seconds on Caparaz so it's advantage Kamna as he time trials to the finish he's caught by Sunweb and they're 1'50 down.  unless he cracks then this stage win is going to Bora including all the accelerations from Carapaz and then hit him just over the summit He even refused to take a turn when the Ineos rider called him through Carapaz just couldn't react when the Bora rider stamped on the pedals And now Kamna is on the final climb and he's out of the saddle right away He's got a minute on the Giro winner as the road rises to around 9 per cent.  so there's no way back for Carapaz who will be hanging onto second as Reichenbach chases him down Lennard Kämna heading to the biggest win of his career now as he heads into the final 800m of the race He was close when Martinez won a few days ago but he's about to take the win this time Lennard Kämna wins stage 16 of the 2020 Tour de France And it's Reichenbach who takes third on the stage Sivakov comes over the line and takes fourth Another good result considering his falls on stage 1 Back down the road and the GC riders are approaching the final climbing Adam Yates is right at the back of this group Movistar have brought Mas up towards the front Quintana is there too as Yates makes his way up The Roglic group haven't started climbing just yet And now the GC riders are on the climb with Jumbo setting the pace De La Cruz is leading with Pogacar on his wheel Porte is following too with the other GC riders Roglic has his team around him as Van Aert takes over 1.1km to go and they're trying to nullify Pogacar It's still Van Aert on the front with 600m to go Pogacar goes with 400m to go and Roglic goes with him No gaps but Lopez goes and Pogacar looks to respond as the main contenders wait for the massive summit finish on stage 17.  You can find our brief and full report, right here Julian Alaphiippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) - tenth on the stage It’s a pity how it worked out but the race exploded early and went away from me I was beaten by better riders today. It’s going to be hard to win a stage but there’s still some that suit me but now I’m thinking of recovering from today first. I know the Col de la Loze and it’s very hard It’s the first time we finish up there The 107th edition of the classic features a Grand Départ on the Riviera and eight mountain days on the 21-stage route Mon 24 Aug 2020 13.59 CESTLast modified on Mon 24 Aug 2020 14.44 CESTShareStage one Two loops north of Nice over a serious-looking climb with a finish on the Promenade des Anglais; with 38km between the last bit of uphill and the finish there is time for the peloton to regroup if it splits on the climb Will favour sprinters who can climb a bit such as the Italian Elia Viviani The toughest opening weekend stage in 40 years First category Cols de la Colmiane and Turini will show immediately if any favourites are off form and should cause a selection of maybe 50 riders; a final little climb 9km from the end is tailor-made for home hopefuls Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot Immensely scenic run north partly using the Route Napoléon through towns like Grasse and Digne les Bains but a mainly downhill final 80km means unless it’s full-on all the way this should be one for the pure sprinters such as the Aussie Caleb Ewan or Ireland’s Sam Bennett An unusually tough summit finish for this early in the Tour at a ski resort famed for a 1971 duel between Eddy Merckx and Luis Ocaña at the end of a long drag to 1,825m above sea level There will be a sort-out among the favourites or a strong finisher such as Rigoberto Urán This could be a day for Julian Alaphilippe Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesStage five this is another one earmarked for the sprinters climbing gradually in the final eight kilometres Might favour a “punchy” finisher such as the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet or Milan-San Remo winner Wout van Aert The second tough summit finish in three days: a 12km ascent to the Col de la Lusette a brief downhill and an 8km drag to the finish a break will get here well before the main men sort each other out One for climbers with no aspirations overall such as the Frenchmen Pierre Rolland or Kenny Elissonde Brutally lumpy and baking-hot roads in the Massif Central and a meaty 14.5km climb in the middle The finale will see a classic battle between a break and the sprinters’ teams A day for a strong all-terrain rider such as the Belgian Tiesj Benoot or France’s Lilian Calmejane A classic Pyrenean stage: two first-category mountains and the super-category Port de Balès There should be a pattern to the racing now and a strong team such as Jumbo or Ineos should control the pace It’s a tricky downhill to the finish so while the overall contenders test each other the stage will suit a climber with descending skills such as the Slovenian Matej Mohoric The Port de Balès in the recent Route d’Occitanie Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesStage nine A break should succeed today: there will be an intense battle until it forms and it will get whittled down on the Col de Marie-Blanque 19 km from the finish and isn’t high up overall: if Ireland’s Daniel Martin or Uran are not in the top 20 they will target this one A transfer up the Atlantic coast for the flattest stage of the race Bound to be a sprint finish so one for the likes of Bennett or Ewan or Viviani but the question is whether the wind blows strongly off the sea in which case the race is likely to split and the outcome is anyone’s guess The only truly innocuous stage in the first 10 days and there should be a westerly so this will be rapid By now it will be obvious which sprinters are in the mix so there will be pressure on the second-stringers such as Nacer Bouhanni of France and Giacomo Nizzolo of Italy if they haven’t landed one yet Lumpy roads into the fiefdom of ex-president Chirac and tired legs will make this another day for a break while the select group of favourites wait for the Alps Wise money will go on a clever one-day specialist such as the young world champion Mads Pedersen or a strongman like Thomas De Gendt with seven climbs ending with the highest pass of the Massif Central It’s a day that should decide the polka-dot best-climber’s jersey while the finish will show who is looking good for the Alps Will favour a pure climber such as Mikel Landa or Nairo Quintana but anyone wanting to win has to show well here A second category climb after 68.5km will see off many of the sprinters while a couple of short late hills will favour an attack from the likes of France’s Benoît Cosnefroy The overall contenders will want to stay out of trouble as the Alps loom A super-category uphill finish on a super-steep climb in the southern Jura; this is where GC riders such as Egan Bernal or Primoz Roglic will have to show what they have left The concentrated climbing in the final 80km will make it difficult for a break to succeed so an overall contender such as Bernal might win here and with an 11km climb into the Vercors Massif and the winner will probably escape on the ascent 20km from the finish It’s the sort of stage that suits a climber who isn’t afraid to go solo such as the Dutchman Bauke Mollema if he isn’t in the overall mix 2,304m above sea level after 21.5km climbing The final pecking order should be all but settled here The initial sort-out will come on the super-category Col de la Madeleine and the finish has Bernal written all over it The Col de la Madeleine during the recent Dauphiné Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesStage 18 The last of eight Alpine stages: a saw-tooth profile with the partly gravel Plateau de Glières 32km from the finish None of the favourites can afford a bad day here but it doesn’t have the scary look of the day before a last chance for a rider like Romain Bardet or Warren Barguil to shine if he has had a poor three weeks The last day when a team that haven’t won a stage can break their duck; in recent years a handful of teams have dominated in the Tour so the pressure could be on half the field it’s likely to be a bunch sprint for whoever has survived the Alps Time was the Tour had up to 120km of time trials but that has been whittled down to create more exciting racing for television A steep uphill finish like this one should confirm what we’ve seen on the climbs in the past few days; France will be praying for a good Tour from Pinot whose home village of Melisey features early on today The final competitive stage should be a thrilling time trial Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty ImagesStage 21 Mantes-la-Jolie – Paris Champs Élysées 122km so expect the usual bunch sprint – last year won by Ewen – but with two provisos The first is how the race has weathered the Covid-19 storm – will riders and teams have dropped out along the way how the riders have coped with relatively little competition time in this condensed All the demoted chateaux from 2006 have made it through the St Emilion classification this time Chateau Magdeleine – a Premier Grand Cru Classé which has caused some confusion by its non-appearance on the list – has been merged into its sister property ‘This estate will now effectively fall under the name of the new property Chateau Bélair-Monange,’ owners JP Moeuix said and so are no longer in the list are Chateau Cadet-Piola (now part of Soutard) Chateau Haut-Corbin (now in Grand Corbin) and Chateau Matras (now partly in Canon) has been promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé B without passing first to Grand Cru Classé Chateau Mondotte has also jumped straight to Premier Grand Cru Classé from its previous classification AOC Saint Emilion The full list of the 2012 St Emilion classification was unveiled last night with 82 Saint Emilion properties anointed either Grand Cru Classé or Premier Grand Cru Classé – the highest number since the second classification in 1969 (when there were 84) Of the four which mounted a legal challenge against their demotions in 2006 – Chateau La Tour du Pin Figeac Chateau Guadet and Chateau de la Marzelle – only La Tour du Pin Figeac has not been reinstated One other estate lost its Grand Cru Classé status – Chateau Corbin Michotte of improved standards and greater consistency across the judging process The initial 2006 classification had 15 Premiers Grands Crus Classés and 46 Grands Crus Classés After demoted chateaux took the process to a legal battle with the newly-promoted chateaux being allowed to keep their status This 2012 edition sees 18 Premiers Grands Crus Classés and 64 Grands Crus Classés – 82 in total The headline changes are inevitably the inclusion for the first time two new Premiers Grands Crus Classés A estates – with Chateau Pavie and Angelus joining Ausone and Cheval Blanc Decanter contributing editor Stephen Brook said the promotion of two wines to Premier (A) ‘is a bold move though it may seem surprising that Angelus and Pavie are the lucky beneficiaries ‘The new Premiers are well deserved promotions: La Mondotte Overall the jury seems to have rewarded power over finesse but the controversial Pavie has been making far better wines in recent vintages.’ The jury comprised seven wine professionals all members or former members of the INAO and all from outside the Bordeaux region methods of vineyard and cellar work and through a blind tasting of ten vintages (15 for Premier Grand Crus) chateaux had to score at least 14 out of 20 INAO also brought in two independent bodies – Qualisud for organising the tasting and Veritas-certification for ensuring the application process was correctly carried out director of the Saint Emilion Wine Council told decanter.com that the high number of classified wines made sense ‘A number of chateaux were rejected in 2006 and this must have been an electro-shock to them – the quality we see now is a result of improved standards It shows the force of the classification – that winemakers are encouraged to do their very best. and that Saint Emilion is a modern appellation where nothing is set in stone – anything is possible for those who work hard.’ The Ministry of Agriculture now has to ratify the classification Full list with new classifications in bold: Lopez tries to steal a few seconds as Roglic remains in yellow jumping away from a fractured early breakaway 20km from the finish to take a solo win at Villard-de-Lans who impressed at the 2019 Tour and took his first pro victory last month at the Critérium du Dauphiné had dropped Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) over the top of the Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte and was never seen again the Ecuadorian trailing in over a minute down with the combativity prize as a consolation Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) was the best of the rest taking third at 1:56 ahead of the remainder of the 23-man break Among them was B&B Hotels-Vital Concept climber who moved into second place in the mountain classification level on points with Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R La Mondiale) It was an absolutely awesome day for me," Kämna said after the finish "It was a fight from the beginning on and I knew I had to make it to the finish alone "When I saw that Carapaz was dropping the speed I thought now it's the time to go and went all-in to the end It's a big relief also for the team and for me The step I made this year is huge and I'm so blessed to win today." The GC group crossed the line 17 minutes after Kämna had celebrated his win though once again on a mountain stage there was to be no separation among the favourites Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar had their Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates teams set a high pace on the short climb Former contender Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) did dropping back on the penultimate climb of the day The Colombian is reportedly suffering a recurrance of the back pain suffered at the Dauphiné Stage 16 would see a return to the mountain after the rest day though far from the toughest test remaining in the Tour Five classified climbs lay in wait on the 164km route to Villard-de-Lans including the second category climbs of the Col de Porte (7.4km at 6.8 per cent 98km to go) and Côte de Revel (6km at 8 per cent 94km to go) then the first category Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Mouchrotte (11.1km at 6.5 per cent the early stages were dominated by riders fighting to make the breakaway on a day where the break was always going to have a good chance of succeeding The early battle saw Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) kick off the move getting brought back before making the move proper after 20km of racing The Frenchman was joined out front by Alberto Bettiol (EF Pro Cycling) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) Bora-Hansgrohe were attempting to get green jersey contender Peter Sagan in the move and kept working to grab him some points at the intermediate sprint after 40 kilometres They would eventually concede defeat though Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) Tiesj Benoot (Team Sunweb) were chasing in between Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) and Romain Sicard (Total Direct Energie) joined the leaders later on to make it 23 up front The gap to the break ballooned on the Col de Porte Rolland – who lay sixth in the KOM standings 10 points down on AG2R La Mondiale's Benoît Cosnefroy – grabbed five points in his quest to take over polka dots He was off again on the Côte de Revel making his move 2km from the top to secure another five points going level with Cosnefroy at the top of the standings He and the rest of the break had made it to 12 minutes clear as they passed the 50km to go mark racing through the valley ahead of the penultimate climb of the day Rolland's teammate Pacher jumped away from the break at the base of the Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Mouchrotte The Frenchman was quick to gain a minute on the climb prompting a response from Carapaz and Sivakov behind as the break slimmed down to nine riders Alaphilippe and Kämna - and quickly caught Pacher to make it five at the head of the race The group wouldn't stick together for long with Pacher dropping under the pace before Alaphilippe also fell back after attempting to follow a Carapaz attack.  getting away alone ahead of the final 20km as Carapaz chased ahead of Reichenbach It looked as though it might be a man-vs-man solo fight over the closing section of the race though Kämna never looked back once he was away He only gained time on the shallow downhill run to the final climb the Colombian in turn not giving up second place to Reichenbach leading a small group across the line 2:34 down competing GC trains formed on the run to the final climb David De La Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) led out teammate Pogačar before Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) took over setting a tempo too high for any attacks to go but Roglič and the rest of the GC men were right there Miguel Ángel López (Astana) managed to njump away just before the line meaning no changes at the top of the GC ahead of stage 17's summit finish on the Col de la Loze Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia who has been associated with the Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences since 1995 has been named the seventh director of the renowned gathering of writers founded in 1926 by Robert Frost and others Grotz, 45, will replace Michael Collier, the director from 1995 through 2017, who announced his retirement effective October 1 of this year She is the first woman to lead the cluster of Conferences that now includes the original Writers’ Conference (the oldest in the country) the Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference and the Bread Loaf in Sicily Conference A professor in the Department of English at the University of Rochester Grotz has published three volumes of poetry: Cusp (Houghton Mifflin She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and her poems have been included in numerous anthologies including The Best American Poetry for the years 2000 Her translations from French include the poetry of Patrice de La Tour du Pin The Psalms of All My Days (Carnegie Mellon University Press Grotz is translating from Polish the volume Everything I Don’t Know: Selected Poems of Jerzy Ficowski (work in progress) The new director’s poetry has appeared in the New York Times and on NPR’s the Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and French at Tulane University a master’s degree in English literature and Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry at Indiana University and her PhD in literature and creative writing at University of Houston Middlebury’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the schools (which includes the writers’ conferences) said Grotz was selected after a national search “We are delighted that Jennifer will be leading the Bread Loaf Conferences in the upcoming years,” he said “Not only is she an incredibly accomplished poet and translator given the breadth of her experiences with them She is the ideal person to help us manage the growth that the Conferences have experienced in recent years Grotz attended her first Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1995 as a waiter/scholar and has attended every summer session since was promoted to assistant director in 2005 and has served in that capacity and as the director of the Translators’ Conference since its inception in 2014 It was at the helm of the new Translators’ Conference that Grotz discovered something about herself “The experience of building the Translators’ Conference from the ground up developing innovative ways to adapt the writing workshop to literary translation and creating a conference that fosters both training and community have all invigorated my interest in taking on more responsibility and leadership of the Conferences,” she explains Grotz also credits her predecessor for preparing her for the directorship of the Conferences “I benefitted greatly from over a decade of shadowing – so to speak – Michael Collier and for his willingness to allow me to play a consultative and supportive role to the director.” Grotz also points to the administrative skills she gained as the associate director of an independent writing program in Portland and as one of the organizers of a weeklong poetry seminar in Krakow, Poland “It might seem like administrative activity would draw away from my life work as a writer but in fact I have found my writing to be deeply inspired by and reflective of the work I do for Bread Loaf and elsewhere as a teacher.” She added “Everything I do fulfills my life’s two great passions: writing and the teaching of writing I see my work at Bread Loaf and in all my teaching as strengthening a writer’s grasp of literary craft and tradition.” The Writers’ Conference’s first director in 1926 was John C the Vermont-born writer and editor who later founded the publishing company Farrar He was succeeded as director by Robert Gay in 1929 who was a faculty member or speaker at nearly every Writers’ Conference until his death in 1963 the list of attendees has included Sinclair Lewis The Conference has also welcomed Jessamyn West and scores of other poets and authors to share their insights at the Bread Loaf Mountain campus A community celebrating Black voices Beautycon is a global platform that brings together beauty enthusiasts and industry leaders to explore the latest trends and conversations shaping the future of beauty This empathic and nuanced biography of Mussolini’s favoured child casts her as both villain and victim Caroline Moorehead has created an oeuvre that is varied and yet also thematically coherent As well as writing about trailblazing women – Freya Stark Martha Gellhorn and Lucie de la Tour du Pin – she has also focused on pacifists Her books are scholarly and readable because she always seems able to find stories that combine history and human rights female bravery and antifascism (or else nonconformity) Benito Mussolini’s first child with Rachele Guidi and her early years were marked by poverty Edda was apparently taught to hug him so that he could pass his incendiary articles to his wife She later said of herself: “I was barefoot and as she witnessed repeated fights between them (invariably about her father’s infidelities) She had her father’s bullet eyes and stern features “I managed to bend Italy to my will,” Mussolini once said she found herself – in her teens – the daughter not of a destitute fanatic but of Italy’s dictatorial Duce Mussolini and Edda had a close relationship – she was very clearly his favoured child – but she was competing with hundreds of other women for his attentions By 19 she was married to a man who was himself a compulsive womaniser where their vices became very apparent: Ciano repeatedly chasing women and Edda drinking gin through the night and losing huge sums at poker and there was much gossip about her own flings and affairs Ciano and Edda were the regime’s golden couple but behind the fashionable facade they were the opposite of fascist gender roles: Ciano was indecisive Edda untamed and unmaternal – “a wild cat… wilful She binged because she was smart enough to know the denouement of the regime was bound to be dark: “We must deprive ourselves of nothing because we know that the guillotine awaits us.” ‘I managed to bend Italy to my will,’ Mussolini once said but throughout the book there’s an attempt to understand this mercurial She was always most at ease either thousands of miles from Rome rising only at lunchtime after another heavy night but was also energised by working as a nurse “That is the tragedy of the children of great men,” wrote one contemporary observer of Edda “They are either imitations or wretched wanderers.” prone to digestive problems and violent mood swings a German resident in Rome who joined the SS in 1937 said of her that she was “tartly intelligent capricious as a wild mare and endowed with a thoroughbred ugliness” Most of all she had “Mussolini eyes that irradiated everything and everyone they looked at” Ciano became Mussolini’s minister for press and propaganda in June 1935 and then Ciano and Edda weren’t just a glamorous power couple; they were at the very centre of Italian decision-making in a crucial period of European history Part of the pleasure of this absorbing book is observing a familiar story from a different perspective: we see both Ciano and Mussolini dithering while Edda herself urges them to throw in their lot with Germany: “This neutrality looks so like dishonour,” she berated her father The narrative trajectory is something like a cross between a Martin Scorsese film and a Greek tragedy: the omnipotence partying and carnal escapades slowly give way to feuding at the 187th and last meeting of the “grand council” of fascism as the war was turning the way of the allies who was duly arrested and imprisoned in the Abruzzo mountains Mussolini was subsequently rescued by German paratroopers and installed as a puppet dictator in northern Italy governing over the ruthless Repubblica di Salò despite Edda’s pleas for mercy (she accused her father of being Pontius Pilate) “had effectively killed the husband of the child he loved.” (One of Edda’s son’s wrote a memoir with the unsurpassable title When Grandpa Had Daddy Shot.) where she remained in hiding under an assumed name She tried to rescue and sell Ciano’s eloquent diaries detailing years of negotiations with Italy’s allies and enemies In April 1945 her father was arrested and swiftly executed “In the space of 15 months,” Moorehead writes executed with the connivance of her father; and her father The book almost concludes with the end of the war There are two dozen pages about the remainder of Edda’s life: her heartfelt affair with a communist years as a “normal” citizen and the subtle maintenance of the family’s standing in neo-fascist circles Mussolini’s corpse was finally buried in the family crypt in Predappio Tobias Jones lives in Italy. His latest book is The Po: An Elegy for Italy’s Longest River (Head of Zeus Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead is published by Chatto & Windus (£20). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media Tom Dumoulin and Primoz Roglic – pictured at the Critérium du Dauphiné – will combine for Jumbo-Visma in an attempt to derail the powerful Team Ineos train at the 2020 Tour de France Can Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Julian Alaphilippe repeat his 2019 Tour de France exploits when he wore the yellow jersey for two weeks or will he really 'only' chase stage victories plus all the other details you need to know The world has changed dramatically since the route of the 2020 Tour de France was unveiled last October The 3,470-kilometre route remains the same but the global COVID-19 pandemic means that it will be a Tour de France like no other The race dates have changed from July to late August/September and the riders' preparation and teams' selections have changed on form and hungrier then ever to win during the short but intense rescheduled season Everyone on the race will have to respect strict medical protocols to limit the risk of the COVID-19 virus emerging in the peloton and possibly stopping the whole race but there is a real sense that the riders will race as if there's no tomorrow The number of COVID-19 cases in France has grown enormously in recent weeks and could keep increasing over the next few weeks as the Tour de France rolls through the country the French government and even the sponsor-dependent teams and riders seem convinced that the show must go on If the race manages to reach Paris with a limited number of cases in the 'race bubble' the sport will have pulled off a high-stakes If something happens along the route and the race has to be cancelled the damage to the sport could be irreparable Victory could see the Colombian really begin a new era of team leadership at Ineos and a run at multiple Tour victories while failing to defend his title could perhaps mark the start of the decline of Dave Brailsford's super team to break Team Ineos' grip on the Tour de France ASO have come up with an unconventional and mountainous route with just a 36km time trial on the penultimate stage up to La Planche des Belles Filles no team time trial and a number of stages that seem to offer opportunities to attack and limit any sense of control La Planche des Belles Filles is close to Groupama-FDJ leader Thibaut Pinot's home in the Vosges mountains and so could finally inspire a moment of French cycling glory before a final coronation in Paris – or another year of defeat and regret there is likely to be emotions on show from Pinot's team manager Marc Madiot. Allez les gars The 21 stages of the 2020 route visit all five of France's mountain ranges and include 29 categorised climbs and five summit finishes The COVID-19 protocols mean that crowds will be stopped from filling the roadside in the mountains Jura and Vosges will again reveal who is the strongest in the race There are no iconic ascents such as Alpe d'Huez or Mount Ventoux but there are more minor climbs and testing finishes forcing the overall contenders and teams to stay vigilant for the entire race This year's Tour de France offers the sprinters a chance to fight for the first yellow leader's jersey on Saturday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice but they will then have to fight for every other opportunity along the route on the final stage on the Champs-Elysées in Paris The first mountain finish comes as soon as stage 4 to Orcières-Merlette with another testing finale on stage 6 to Mont Aigoual the two stages in the Pyrenees seem suited to breakaways The risk of crosswinds along the Atlantic coast on stage 10 to Ile de Ré will mean a restless first rest day with the haul across the Massif Central also offering chances to attack The decisive mountain stages will be in the Alps starting with stage 15 to the Grand Colombier With two other climbs in the final 70km of the stage and then the 17.4km haul to the hors-catégorie finish the Grand Colombier will give a real indication of how the next five stages will unfold Stage 17 to Méribel is without doubt the 'queen stage' of the 2020 Tour de France with the 2,304-metre-high finish also awarding the Henri Desgrange prize as the highest point of the race The Col de la Loze that leads up to and beyond the ski resort is a new addition to the race The first 17 kilometres climb steadily up to Méribel with some sections even at 20 per cent on a narrow Stage 18 has lower peaks but more climbing the Col des Saisies and Col des Aravis before the Plateau de Glières It is a perfect stage for long-range attacks Depending on the time gaps after all the mountains the 36.2km stage 20 time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles offers a final chance to shake up the general classification and perhaps snatch or lose the yellow jersey It could be a perfect platform for Roglic or Dumoulin to overhaul Bernal or Pinot or to see a totally unexpected rider emerge for the victory parade into Paris nerve-racking route of this year's Tour de France have influenced team selections more than ever and will make predicting the outcome of each stage harder then ever Time gaps amongst the top 10 are expected to be measured in minutes rather than seconds The 22 eight-rider squads include virtually all the best Grand Tour riders in the peloton with otherwise only Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) absent as they focus on the Giro d'Italia is the battle between Team Ineos and Jumbo-Visma It could spark one of the biggest team battles ever seen in modern cycling as the Dutch 'killer wasps' take on the soulless 'built-for-purpose' SUV that the Team Ineos outfit has become after a decade of success in their former guise as Team Sky while Team Ineos opted to go all-in with Egan Bernal and select dedicated support riders instead of taking Thomas and Froome It means that Bernal is the only previous race winner in the 2020 Tour de France Andrey Amador and Pavel Sivakov to help him take on Roglic and Dumoulin Ineos versus Jumbo-Visma will not be the only bout on the fight card Pinot left the Tour injured and in tears last year He blew his chances at the Critérium du Dauphiné and could best placed to take advantage if Ineos and Jumbo-Visma focus on each other too much and allow their rivals to gain time All of France would love to see Deceuninck-QuickStep's Julian Alaphilippe repeat his exploits of 2019 and spend even more time in the yellow jersey and reiterated he is only targeting stage victories but could be an early race leader if he wins stage 2 to Nice or the first mountain finish at Orcières-Merlette on stage 4 Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) has also promised to target stage victories after giving up on his Giro d'Italia ambitions while Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) seems ready to join the highest French echelon and become a top-five contender France has never had a better chance to end their 35-year draught Nairo Quintana has become an honorary Frenchman after his move to Arkéa-Samsic The 30-year-old Colombian climber was on fire before the lockdown seemingly rediscovering the motivation and determination that was so obviously lacking in his final years at Movistar Quintana has yet to find the same form after the lockdown but this year's race route suits him better than ever before and offers him a real chance of overall victory If you prefer an underdog and outsider for a podium spot Starting with Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) Critérium du Dauphiné winner Dani Martinez and his EF Pro Cycling teammates Rigoberto Uran and Sergio Higuita Tour debutant Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and even Bernal's Ineos understudy Pavel Sivakov Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is chasing his eighth green points jersey and will take on Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and new Italian national champion Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling) in the sprint finishes Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R La Mondiale) Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) are also all likely to be in the thick of the action at this year's Tour de France buckle up – it's going to be one hell of a race Worn by the leader of the general classification The maillot jaune is awarded to the overall race leader after each stage and the rider who takes it to Paris is crowned Tour de France champion It's yellow because the newspaper that ran the race The classification is based on the time taken to complete the whole course but there are bonus seconds on offer to encourage attacking racing 4 seconds are awarded on the finish line to the top three riders on each stage there will also be bonus seconds on offer on the top of certain climbs.  All riders must finish within the time limit - a certain percentage (ranging from 3 to 20 per cent depending on the stage and average speed) of the stage winner's time each day in order to continue in the race This is a perennial problem for sprinters when it comes to the high mountains Worn by the leader of the points classification Points are awarded at stage finishes and intermediate sprints (one per road stage) and while the sprinters are the main candidates it's the more versatile among them - the ones who can compete on a variety of terrain and also get into breakaways - who have the best chance Peter Sagan is one such rider and has won green in seven of the past eight Tours - that's every one he's finished Points are awarded to the first 15 riders at stage finishes or intermediate sprints with different allocations depending on the nature of the stage Worn by the leader of the mountains classification Mountains points are on offer at the top of every classified climb ranging from the hardest - 'hors catégorie' to the easiest - category 4 Worn by the the leader of the youth classification A 'young rider' is anyone who was born after January 1 so anyone under 25 or who turned 25 in 2020 The 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selection process. St Emilion: ‘a pity for everyone’ Chateau Croque-Michotte has joined Château La Tour du Pin Figeac and Château Corbin-Michotte to take their grievances before an administrative tribunal in Bordeaux. Tension has been simmering since France’s appellation body, the INAO, published the long-awaited new Classification for Saint Emilion in September last year. ‘We have been forced to resort to the law,’ said Sylvie Giraud of Chateau La Tour du Pin Figeac, the only one of four Chateaux to challenge its demotion in the disputed 2006 classification and not to be reinstated in 2012. Alongside La Tour du Pin Figeac this time around is Corbin-Michotte, which lost is Grand Cru Classé status, and Croque-Michotte, which was refused promotion from Grand Cru to Grand Cru Classé The three claim there were procedural errors in the selection process, and particularly at the tastings. ‘We don’t agree with the tastings panel,’ said Giraud, adding that information on tasting conditions and quality has been withheld. ‘We have a rich history of terroir here, and we are well-established,’ she said, referring to criteria on which the 18 Premiers Grands Crus Classés et 64 Grands Crus Classés of 2012 were selected. ‘This is a pity for everyone in Saint Emilion,’ said Franck Binard, director of the Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion, of the legal action. ‘It’s not really a surprise for us, because when the classification came out in September, those chateaux said that they were not happy,’ he told Decanter.com. He added that the Council plans to defend the selection process, but has not yet received official word that the Bordeaux tribunal is looking in to the issue. ‘For now, the classification is still alive,’ said Binard. Steak tartare with pommes gaufrettes (waffle fries) Slow roast lamb shoulder and crispy Kipfler potatoes Poire Belle Helène with warm chocolate sauce Twice-baked cheese soufflé with Roquefort cream Sydney Rock oysters with Mignonette dressing Whole king prawns with Cafe de Paris butter pommes Pont Neuf and beurre maître d’hôtel Ile flottante with praline and lavender crème anglaise Château Cheval Blanc will release its first white wine later this month following nearly a decade of trials at the highly regarded Bordeaux estate Château Cheval Blanc in St-Emilion will launch its first Bordeaux white wine, Le Petit Cheval Blanc 2014 It’s taken eight years of experiments to get to this stage There are 4,500 bottles of the 2014 wine, a 100% Sauvignon Blanc Production is expected to reach 20,000 bottles annually within a few years It is expected to sell for around £100 per bottle in the UK The move comes amid a resurgence for Bordeaux dry white wine The vines come from plots that were formerly within Château La Tour du Pin Figeac (Moueix) bought the vines in 2006 after La Tour du Pin Figeac lost its classified ranking in St-Emilion Experiments with white wine on a small area began in 2008 The Cheval Blanc team field-grafted three different clones of Sauvignon Blanc In the most recent 2012 St-Emilion re-classification 1.38 hectares of the vineyard was redrawn to be included within the footprint of Château Cheval Blanc itself That left 6.5 hectares for the white wine plan Cheval Blanc re-planted some parts of the vineyard and field-grafted others giving some plants up to 40 years of age in terms of their rootstock The vineyard is 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon The estate plans to add Semillon to the wine from the 2018 vintage ‘We spent several years understanding what the terroir would give us and testing everything from clones to yeast strains for the vinification,’ Cheval Blanc technical director Pierre-Olivier Clouet told Decanter.com ‘It is very important to us that this is a classical Bordeaux white tasting more of our terroir than any overtly varietal flavours.’ A forgotten castle in the rolling hills of Bordeaux which was built for the last king of France and untouched since the country's revolution has gone on sale for €7,000,000 boasting 30 bedrooms and a courtroom privy to the secrets of Marie Antoinette was built in 1786 for Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet lieutenant general of the armies of king Louis XVI who wanted a castle grand enough to welcome his friend some of the inner plans for the build were never completed after Jean-Frédéric was appointed minister of war and five years later the stunning castle went forgotten by all except its admirers and those closest to the family A forgotten castle in the rolling hills of Bordeaux which was built for the last king of France and untouched since the country's revolution has gone on sale for €7,000,000 the Bouilh remains one of the jewels of 18th century architecture and represents a unique piece of French history for one wealthy buyer 'The main logis has not been lived in for nearly a century,' says Linda Matthew the agent representing the home for Leggett who told Messynessychic that the castle isn't just one building but rather a compound of structures and follies that span back hundreds and even thousands of years in some cases The sweeping grounds offers 700,000 square-metres complete with numerous grand salons and seven hectares of caves for storing hidden treasures 'The chateau has been in two families since its construction by Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin [and] owned the estate from 1524,' said Linda 'is that the current family cannot afford to run and maintain the château.'  The elegant crescent-shaped building that still stands today was built largely in the 18th century after Jean-Frédéric invited his friend King Louis XVI to visit him in the south of France 'But there's no château to welcome me!' he said of his friend's then modest home So Jean-Frédéric started working with the architect who designed the famous Grand Theater of Bordeaux and ordered a castle with two main building connected by a grand main gallery the castle is passed on to the family Feuilhade de Chauvin Jean-Frédéric is but one of many figures linked to the stunning property partially declared a historic monument by the French government There are stories linking the castle to Versailles’ infamous mistress Jean-Frédéric was arrested as a suspect in assisting the monarch and There are stories linking the castle to Versailles’ infamous mistress The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group The 24-year-old almost won from a breakaway in the second week Lennard Kämna finally emerged as the strongest rider on stage 16 of the Tour de France 2020 riding to a emotional solo victory in Villard-de-Lans The 24-year-old Bora-Hansgrohe rider has been fighting for a stage victory throughout the first two weeks of the Tour Despite an attack from Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in the dying metres of the stage the GC favourites stuck together and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) holds his race lead into the pivotal stage 17 The return to racing after the first rest day at the Tour de France 2020  looked to be a clear opportunity the breakaway riders - with enough climbs to challenge the sprinters but just not enough for GC attacks particularly with a huge climbing day to come on stage 17.  Stage 16 was a 164km stage from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans with five categorised climbs to tackle on the way The first climb was a fourth category climb which came at 13km with two second category climbs following over the next 80km.  Then into the final phase of the race and riders would have to get over the first category Montée de Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte at 130km before an easy run into the uphill finish - the third category The first part of the stage was a rapid battle to get into the breakaway with multiple attacks being closed down before more than 30 riders finally got away and led up the first categorised climb of the day But that move was closed down and more attacks came immediately which results in a 15-rider group finally making the escape after 30km of racing.  That group included the likes of Kämna Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) Matteo Trentin (CCC Team) and Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) and they pulled out a 90-second advantage over the bunch with a number of riders trying to chase up in between.  Eventually the group swelled as Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) and others bridge across from the peloton to the break which then resulted in attack from Rolland with just under 100km left on the Col de Porte taking the maximum KoM points at the summit.  The break then came back together shortly after having swelled to 23 riders with the peloton now more than 10 minutes behind - it was starting to become clear the stage victory would come from this front group.   Rolland attacked again on the Côte de Revel to become joint leader in the mountains classification with Benoit Cosneyfroy (AG2R La Mondiale) with two climbs left to tackle.  On the slopes of the penultimate climb and it was Rolland’s team-mate Quentin Pacher who took off from the breakaway to ride solo at the front of the race as the escapees were whittled down to just nine chasers.  With 4km left to the top of the Moucherotte Pacher was swept up by a four-rider chasing group of Alaphilippe Kämna and Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) with Pacher getting dropped shortly after.   Approaching the top of the climb and Carapaz launched a stinging attack with Alaphilippe but Alaphilippe blew and dropped off the back very quickly.  Reichenbach also lost contact under Carapaz’s pace but Kämna was then strong enough to launch his own attack on the climb and break free of the Giro d’Italia champion building up a 30-second advantage with 10km left to race.  Kämna only continued to extend his advantage on the final climb to the line crossing the line to take his second career win,  1-27 ahead of Carapaz in second.  Reichenbach was a further 30 seconds behind Carapaz to finish third the race was effectively neutralised for the second half of the stage aside from a speculative attack from Guillaume Martin from Cofidis on the Moucherotte But as Jumbo-Visma led the bunch onto the final ramp to the finish Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates companions David De La Cruz launched an attack almost immediately with the rest of his entourage in tow.  Jumbo took control once agains with Wout van Aert hitting the front just over kilometre from the line.  Pogačar fired again 400m from the line but Roglič was tied to his wheel with Miguel Ángel López countering but unable to get away.  All the GC favourites crossed the line together Roglič leads Pogačar by 40 seconds as the race heads into arguably the toughest stage of the race so far - 170km from Grenoble to the summit of the Col de la Loze stage 16: La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans (164km) Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick-Step Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates Miguel Ángel López (Col) Astana Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 the leading publication for the UK cycle industry and is the former digital news editor for CyclingWeekly.com After gaining experience in local newsrooms national newspapers and in digital journalism then as news editor responsible for Cycling Weekly's online news output Since pro cycling first captured his heart during the 2010 Tour de France (specifically the Contador-Schleck battle) Alex covered three Tours de France while both writing and video 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Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb the Côte d’Azur city of Nice will host the Grand Départ of the 107th edition of the Tour de France a week on Saturday two months after the originally scheduled date – and in this most unprecedented of years it could be the most exciting and open races in decades With the UCI WorldTour only resuming at the start of the month rider form and fitness is still near-impossible to gauge; at the Criterium du Dauphiné last week Jumbo-Visma showed signs of threatening the hegemony of Team Sky who have won seven of the past eight editions of the Tour de France But with Steven Kruijswijk – third behind Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas last year – out after crashing on the penultimate day and Primoz Roglic abandoning the race before the start of the final stage the Dutch team’s plans have been thrown into disarray Defending champion Bernal also pulled out of the Dauphiné with a back injury – and the rumours are that he may not even be at the start in Nice with last year’s Giro d’Italia winner Richard Carapaz is still clearly way off peak form after his career threatening injuries that kept him out of last year’s race and Geraint Thomas does not seem to be at the level he was when he clinched the yellow jersey two years ago Could that pave the way for a surprise winner or even – whisper it softly – a home winner 35 years after Bernard Hinault’s fifth and final victory Add in the usual subplots of a three-week race usually held mostly in July but this year in September – the sprints and the days when we watch on the edge of our seats willing a lone escapee to outrun the chasing pack – and we are in for a compelling three weeks’ racing There aren’t too many opportunities for the sprinters in this year’s race but one of them should be in yellow come the end of today’s opening stage – although given the profile it’s possible some may be dropped on the later climbs as the race loops north out of Nice then back three times Once the riders hit the coast near the airport on the final approach to the line on the Promenade des Anglais there is not a corner in sight for the last 5 kilometres and the pace will be frantic ahead of the final sprint – but if the wind is blowing in off the Med that finishing straight could be a long slog with day two featuring a stage that even this early could affect the GC the Col de la Colmiane and the Col de Turini the latter crested with 86.5 kilometres remaining ahead of a long descent towards the coast sandwiching a full ascent of the Col d’Eze the first time round Time bonuses at the top of the Col des Quatre Chemins on the second climb and a summit 9km from the finish promise a cracking finale but there are still four categorised climbs including the Category 3 Col des Lèques 6.9 kilometres at 5.4 per cent – watch out for riders who are within touching distance of the polka dot jersey trying to sneak into the day’s break Quite how the stage pans out may depend on who is in the yellow jersey this morning – if it’s one of the overall contenders their team may be inclined to let the break go ahead of tomorrow’s first summit finish expect their team to go all out to defend it There are some interesting official stage descriptions in this year’s race – today we have a “hilly” stage that ends with the Category 1 climb to Orcières-Merlette 7.1km at an average gradient of 6.7 per cent and a steady climb rather than one with big ramps along the way each less taxing than the final ascent according to their assigned categories This looks like a day when the remnants of the break will be swept up by a large GC group early on the last climb with an overall contender then trying to steal time on his rivals but with an uphill drag over the final few kilometres it’s one that may suit the more punchy riders rather than the out-and-out speed merchants – and there’s also the prospect someone may launch a late solo attack on the last climb The profile may provide a disincentive to teams with pure sprinters to actively play a part in chasing down the day’s break especially with that Category 4 climb of the Côte de Saint Vincent de Barrès coming late on; could one of them stay out Today’s stage sees the race head into the Massif Central with a summit finish on Mont Aigoual the final climb averaging a non-too-taxing 4 per cent over 8.3 kilometres – but it is the preceding climb where today’s stage is likely to explode into life Crested with 13.5km remaining and with bonus seconds available at the top the ascent covers 11.3km and has an average gradient of 7.3 per cent hitting 11 per cent over a 2km section towards the top there’s a short descent then a false flat before the closing climb Essentially a transitional stage ahead of the Pyrenees this should be a day for the sprinters with the main obstacle after racing begins underneath the soaring Millau Viaduct being the Category 3 Col de Peyronnenc the summit coming with 94.5km left to ride those plus the exposed roads could change the entire complexion of the stage and even the race as so often happens in this part of France – remember the echelons forming on the stage to Albi last year this is the shortest road stage of this year’s race but it’s one that packs a punch on the first of two days in the Pyrenees the Port de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde the latter’s summit coming just 8km before the finish in Loudenvielle While perhaps not the most influential stage in terms of the final overall standings bonus seconds at the top of the final climb may see the break brought back before the summit ahead of a helter-skelter descent to the line and it is certainly a day in which someone’s GC hopes could be dented With a relatively flat opening 50 kilometres and the strong prospect that today’s winner will come from the break it’s likely to take a while for an escape group to form and it could be a fairly large one ahead of the ascent of the Col de la Hourcère That’s followed by the descent towards the Category 3 Col d’Ichère ahead of the day’s main test – the Col de Marie Blanque covering 7.7km at an average gradient of 8.6 per cent but never dipping below 10 per cent on the second half of the climb now – a “flat” stage that actually does what it says on the tin to follow yesterday’s first rest day the weather could have a major influence on how the stage which unusually starts and finishes on islands we should see the break reeled in ahead of a bunch sprint But if the wind is blowing off the coast – well look at the twists and turns on the map; that is going to be a very nervous peloton with the GC contenders staying close to the front in case echelons form pretty flat stage that will be ridden at a fair old pace if there is the cross-tailwind that often blows here and one that should end in a bunch sprint especially since even at the midpoint of the race there is only two other stages presenting such an opportunity before the final day in Paris and the slight uphill kick that follows it could be used as a springboard for a surprise late attack – although with the final 1.5km raced on a wide boulevard it would take a huge effort to stay clear of the chasing bunch The longest stage of this year’s race – indeed the only one that goes beyond 200km – passes through the home town of the greatest Tour de France rider never to have won the race eight times a podium finisher and three times runner-up crested 26km out and averaging 7.7 per cent over its 3.8km length A tough medium mountain stage with a summit finish tomorrow means the break will almost certainly contain today’s winner With 4,400m of climbing and seven categorised ascents through the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne this is billed as the hardest stage of this year’s race and could see a big shake-up in the overall standings – it’s certainly the kind of day when someone’s GC hopes could end The summit finish on the Puy Mary follows a final climb of 5.4km at 8.1 per cent but the gradient really kicks up in the final 2km it’s likely to be a select group and one that will be missing a number of big-name sprinters The final 10km in Lyon will be explosive with three short sharp climbs potentially causing splits among the overall contenders – and moreover technical descents which heightens the risk of crashes Making its Tour de France debut as recently as 2012 today sees the first-ever summit finish on the Grand Colombier covering 17.4km with an average gradient of 7.1 per cent and some sections of 12 per cent but there’s some even tougher terrain beforehand the Montée de la Selle de Fromentel rears up – 11.1km at 8.1 per cent That’s immediately followed by the Col de la Biche Some will be struggling even before the final climb this stage looks set to be contested by members of the break and indeed may well be the best remaining chance in the race for an escapee to snatch a stage win – so there will be no shortage of candidates to be part of the group should see a selection in the escape group as should the Category 1 Montée de Sainte-Nizier-du-Moucherotte which is followed by an often windswept plateau ahead of the final kick uphill to the line with two Hors-Categorie climbs – the Col de la Madeleine and a summit finish in Méribel on the Col de la Loze there will be frantic racing from the start as the break fights to establish itself but it seems unlikely it will produce today’s winner It should be a compelling battle among the GC contenders with a variety of tactics open to their teams – do they put men in the break who can drop back to help the protected rider late on or will we even see someone go for an all-out save Saturday’s unprecedented time trial to La Planches des Belles Filles and one with four categorised climbs including the Cormet de Roselend – 18.6km at 6.1 per cent – and the tough Hors-Categorie Montée du Plateau des Gilères The 6km climb averages 11.2 per cent and even once the gradient eases off after the bonus seconds and mountain points have been settled there is a 1.5km gravel section ahead of the summit of the Col de Gilères itself then a descent to the finish punctuated by the uncategorised Col des Fleuries when the final mountain stage takes place on the third Thursday of the Tour de France and there’s a time trial on the Saturday organisers will throw in a stage tailor-made for the sprinters – but once again while this one may be described as “flat,” there’s no guarantee of a bunch finish There will be a lot of fighting to get into the break as some teams and riders seize their last chance to gain something from the race and with a lumpy profile after the halfway point and plenty of twists and turns late on it could be hard for the peloton to organise itself to chase down the break The only stage against the clock this year and one with a summit finish that promises an intriguing battle between the stronger time triallers and the pure climbers and raises the issue of bike selection – many will switch from a time trial to a road bike ahead of the climb La Planche des Belles Filles has quickly carved a place in Tour de France history Today’s stage doesn’t take in the gravel section introduced last year but it could well be decisive for the overall nine years after the last time the yellow jersey changed hands on the penultimate day the day when the riders roll away from the start at a relaxed pace led by the four jersey wearers with the usual photocalls and clinking of glasses of Champagne as the peloton rolls gently towards Paris there’s a Category 4 climb to contend with early on After a helicopter-shot friendly route past the Sany-Cyr military academy and the Chateau de Versailles racing will begin in earnest on the first of eight laps of the iconic Champs-Elysées circuit with the break almost certain to be reeled in ahead of the final sprint and the podium celebrations please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly As a subscriber you can read road.cc ad-free The revenue from adverts helps to fund our 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Terms and conditions of use who led the race until the stage 20 time trial and Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) rounded out the podium Green jersey winner Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quickstep) cemented his status as the race's top sprinter taking out the final sprint on the Champs Elysees ahead of world champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and seven-time green jersey winner Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) Pogacar stood atop the final podium through most of the ceremonies It's really crazy," Pogacar said after finishing "Even if I didn't win - even if I came second or last I cannot describe this feeling with words.  "Today was very special - special moments with my teammates Finally I had some time to talk with them on the bike Every single one of them congratulated me today which took place from August 29 to September 20 after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic made it to Paris without any riders testing positive for the virus Click or swipe through the gallery above to see who won each stage After delays due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic the 107th edition of the Grande Boucle is scheduled to begin in Nice on August 29 and conclude on September 20 in Paris The Grand Départ will take place in and around the coastal mediterranean city of Nice It will begin with a 156km road stage on Saturday followed by a 190km road stage the next day ASO have routed the race through five mountain ranges: Alps It will be an unconventional and mountainous route that will include includes 29 categorised climbs and five mountain finishes There will be no finishes on iconic ascents such as L'Alpe d'Huez and Mount Ventoux The stand-out mountain finishes in this edition will happen on the ascents of the Puy Mary in Massif Central on stage 13 and on the Col de la Loze at Méribel in the Alps on stage 17 There will be the introduction of four new climbs: Col de la Lusette and Suc au May in the Massif Central Col de la Hourcère in the Pyrenees and summit of the Col de la Loze Pyramide du Bugey and Mont Aigoual There will be no team time trial in this year's edition of the race but there is one 36km individual time trial between Lure and La Planche des Belles Filles on stage 20 The route is designed for the best climbers in the world to contest the overall title at the 2020 Tour de France.  There will be stages that favour the sprinters Flat parcours are schedule on stage 1 and 3 in Nice stage 19 in Champagnole and the stage 21 finale in Paris who got a great start to the year with Arkéa-Samsic and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First) No matter if it's held in July or September the Tour de France will always be a hotbed of tech Teams' sponsors utilise the rigorous environment to test their products at the highest level and use the international stage to launch their latest tech.  Our Tour de France tech preview gives a run down on everything we're expecting to see at this year's race features and interviews as the racing continues.  Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts More than 2,000 square metres of Flexlight Advanced 902 S2 fabric used for the project Construction London-based practice Wilkinson Eyre Architects relied on the expertise of Serge Ferrari Group to wrap the canopies covering the newly-developed corner stands of Lord’s Cricket Ground in London —  the historical arena that has been home to the England and Wales Cricket Board since 1814 more than 2,000 square metres of Flexlight Advanced 902 S2 fabric was used for the project complementing the 1,200 square metres of the company’s Précontraint 1002 T2 canvas previously installed in 2006 when the stand canopies were reclothed The original brief was to design a canopy for the corner stands on both sides of the Media Centre to keep spectators sheltered from weather conditions during matches The use of Serge Ferrari’s membranes has contributed to overall design consistency throughout the stadium “The design is very much a response to the Media Centre which sits between the two stands and was something we wanted to engage and work with – we wanted to treat that end of the ground as a single composition.” explained lead project architect James Perry “The Flexlight Advanced 902S2 fabric was selected following sample review and recommendations from the specialist sub-contractor building the canopies I believe we used the fabric in a slightly unusual way by shaping it over a double curved frame and tensioning it at relatively small intervals.” To reduce the weight and dimensions of the framework supporting the stands the canopy needed to be as light as possible The project’s designers opted for Flexlight Advanced 902 S2 – a fabric developed specifically for tensile architecture applications – to make the wood and metal structure lighter and thinner high mechanical resistance and ease of maintenance along with its translucency and flexibility make it a particularly valuable solution for large-scale construction projects The membrane was able to be adapted perfectly to the contours of the project enabling great architectural freedom with the design’s double curved frame and hugging the shape of the wooden framework tightly “The Lord’s Cricket Ground project is indisputably a stunning example of textile architecture,” said Thomas Bonneville tensile architecture envelope and acoustic comfort product manager at Serge Ferrari “The choice of Flexlight Advanced 902 S2 for the canopy meets both the aesthetic and technical requirements of the project flexibility and resistance have enabled unfettered creativity while also preserving the identity of this iconic venue.” www.sergeferrari.com Lord introduces new fast cure polyurethane adhesive Redelease named Lord’s Preferred Distributor in South America It is generally accepted that Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum inaugurated the great tradition of modern Catholic Social Teaching calling as it did for state action to regulate working conditions However, there is uncertainty about what inspired its publication Conventional wisdom holds that Rerum Novarum was a response to European campaigns for social reform from great aristocrats such as Bishop von Kettler in Germany and the Comte de Mun and the Marquis de la Tour du Pin in France They argued for the restoration of the feudal rights of the Church (and those of great lords) and proposed to meet the increasing pauperisation of the population by a return to some kind of medieval guild system.  Yet Pope Leo in 1891 rejected this obsolete and completely unrealistic solution a rejection which begs the question as to what did inspire the more progressive and pragmatic programme he adopted My answer to this question is Henry Manning Archbishop of Westminster 1865-1892 (and a cardinal from 1875) whose massive contribution to the development of Catholic Social Teaching (and social progress in England) is unjustly overlooked I therefore suggest that we are now approaching the 150th anniversary of the real origins of Catholic Social Teaching not in Rome or Paris – but in Leeds!  The key date is 28 January 1874 when Manning went to the Leeds Mechanics Institute to lecture on “The Dignity and Rights of Labour”.  Manning noted that industrialists were fond of quoting Thessalonians 2:10 – “If a man will not work neither will he eat” – but that they ignored Luke 10:7 – “The labourer is worthy of his hire” He made compelling arguments that capital without labour is worthless.  Manning made certain key recommendations: employers should not pay starvation wages which turned the worker into a wage-slave for a free society demanded that labour should have some choice where and how it worked He asked that recognition should be given to associations of working men and pointed out the work of mutual support which had been carried out by the medieval guilds.  Manning was also one of the first people to call for state regulation of the hours of work he requested some consideration for the family pointing out how large families were huddled together in one room usually in appalling sanitary conditions.  (In 1884 the cardinal became a senior member of a royal commission investigating housing for the working classes.) he was keen to warn against emerging Marxist ideas which were then gaining currency: “When I see the word ‘proletariat’ in a book All these ideas: the need for decent wages, the right to form trade unions, and the obligation for the state to step in – despite the free-market ideology of the age – to regulate hours of work are exactly the major themes running through Rerum Novarum itself The encyclical is also noticeable for its denunciation of “Socialism” –meaning revolutionary Communism – just as in Manning’s lecture the huge auditorium in Victorian London that launched many of the progressive campaigns of the day a small college providing adult education to working men based in Leeds one of the great cities of the Industrial Revolution The lecture was given when trade union activity such as striking and picketing were criminal offences punishable by 12 months’ hard labour Gladstone’s Liberal government of 1868-1874 was progressive in many ways but its laissez-faire ideology was against trade unions Disraeli’s new Conservative government did legalise trade union activity in 1875 to general surprise – perhaps he was influenced by Manning Throughout his public life Manning campaigned for the poor and the weak In December 1872 a large meeting was held at Exeter Hall to call attention to the desperate plight of agricultural labourers was prepared to stand up publicly for farm workers.  Perhaps the high point of his social activism was the way he single-handedly settled the Great Dock Strike of 1889 In the mid-Victorian period the terrible famine in Ireland in the 1840s was generally attributed to Irish laziness and fecklessness In 1868 the recently-appointed Archbishop Manning violently disagreed in an open Letter to Earl Grey: “Did Ireland suicidally strip itself of all its lands and its manufactures by Acts of Parliament If poverty was ever inflicted by one nation on another it has been inflicted on Ireland by England.” is Manning’s social activism and huge contribution to Catholic Social Teaching so little known?  Two reasons The first is that Manning’s reputation was savaged shortly after his death by Edmund Purcell a journalist known to have a grudge against him and whose tendentious biography does not mention Rerum Novarum even though Manning was its official translator into English from Latin (The Tablet I suspect that the core works on Catholic Social Teaching have a continental European bias which means that they tend to ignore the great English cardinal We can perhaps still learn from Manning today he campaigned against water supply being in the hands of private monopolies arguing that they should be taken over by local authorities and the system worked well for ninety years until Margaret Thatcher privatised it for ideological reasons in 1989 Now we hear about water companies cutting back on investment whilst paying huge dividends to their owners resulting in sewage being dumped into our rivers and seas Get the latest news and special offers delivered to your inbox Subscribe Advertise Jobs About us Permissions Help Contact us Having been largely forgotten since the French Revolution have put the château and its contents up for sale for €7,350,000 Some of the buildings on the property date back to the Middle Ages which has been the site of a noble house since the 1300s was built in 1786 by architect Victor Louis for Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet an army lieutenant general for King Louis XVI seeking to provide a suitably lavish château to accommodate the monarch The property comes complete with 30 bedrooms not to mention the buildings and follies that take up the remaining 700,000 metre-squared lot – including a chapel the Château du Bouilh was all regal French opulence While it was under the ownership of Jean-Frédéric that the château underwent its biggest developments some of its internal work was never completed Building ceased on account of the trial of Marie Antoinette during which Jean-Frédéric was accused of assisting the French royals Jean-Frédéric held tight to his royalist values insisting on addressing Marie Antoinette as ‘Your Majesty’ even in the courtroom He was sentenced to death and sent to the guillotine in 1794 after which the castle was abandoned by its owning family for some generations Château du BouilhWikimediaIn more recent years the castle has operated as a museum and a film set It ‘has been in two families since its construction by Jean-Frédéric’ and it is now the Feuilhade de Chauvin family who are selling the property as they ‘cannot afford to run and maintain the château.’ The wealthy few who may have a chance of restoring the Château du Bouilh to its former glory should snap up the property while they can ByTom BennettUpdated 02/09/2020 at 18:20 GMT+1 Egan Bernal et le Team Ineos sur les Champs-Elysées à l'arrivée du Tour de France 2019 AdvertisementHow was your experience today Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe one of the leading content providers for the European plastics industry We offer daily updated business news and reports polymer prices and other services for the international plastics industry News | Polymer Prices | Suppliers Guide | Jobs | Register | Advertising Hubert de Bouard and Philippe Casteja have been named as having conflicts of interest in the beleagured classification in Saint Emilion as three disaffected chateaux lodged a legal complaint with the public prosecutor against the ranking Hubert de Bouard: conflict of interest? [pic: newbordeaux.com] The papers were filed last week by the owners of Chateaux Croque Michotte who had warned a few months ago that they were to contest the 2012 ranking which saw 82 chateaux rewarded out of 96 that submitted an application The complaint specifically took issue with the roles of Hubert de Bouard and Philippe Casteja who were members of the national INAO commission that oversaw the classification and were at the same time owners of Chateau Angelus and Chateau Trotte Vielle respectively It will now be up to the Procureur de la Republique – the public prosecutor – to decide if there is a case to pursue ‘I couldn’t say if this will shock Saint Emilion but I was shocked by the manner that this classification was carried out,’ Francois de Contencin both men had influence over the parameters for deciding the new ranking and helped select who would be on the tasting commission they at no point stepped back from the process This is a clear conflict of interest.’ He denied that this was in any way defamatory ‘This is nothing against the men personally They are cited as an example of incorrect process In a further sign of tension in Saint Emilion the Groupement de Premier Grand Cru Classés a marketing group to raise the profile of these wines is facing an uncertain future following the resignation of Cheval Blanc said that her father [Hubert de Bouard] would comment in due course but was abroad at the moment my father and M Casteja were asked to leave the room It was all recorded that they never took part in a vote The judge will have access to all the records de Bouard stressed that she was speaking personally and not officially for her father Philippe Casteja is travelling in China and could not immediately be reached for comment Contencin confirmed that there were now up to three months for the public prosecutor to investigate and potentially bring charges Entrance of the jardins Boviès ©YesICannes.com the Fete du Citron is 15 days of jubilation spread over the streets and the Biovès Gardens in the form of giant structures and floats accompanied by brass bands and street performers MP Mayor Jean-Claude Guibal and officals at the opening ceremony ©YesICannes.com has cut the ribbon and conducted the visits into the Bioviès Gardens transformed into Forbidden City full of gigantic citrus motives followed by many personalities including Ms Ambassador of France to Monaco and many elected officials March 4: Exhibition of citrus motives in the Biovès Gardens www.fete-du-citron.com Click on pictures to enlarge – ©YesICannes.com – All rights reserved and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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Powered by WordPress Viewport Theme by ThemeZilla This Page Has Washed AwayLooks like this page has disappeared with the tide — perhaps it’s buried in the sand at Vazon or drifting off Petit Port Team Bora rider Germany's Lennard Kamna rides during the 16th stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 164 km between La Tour du Pin and Villard-de-Lans France (AFP) – Primoz Roglic maintained the overall lead in the Tour de France on Tuesday with eyes now nervously turning to the high altitude showdown awaiting the elite on Wednesday’s high altitude Meribel climb Bora-hansgrohe’s German all-rounder Lennard Kamna won stage 16 after the Tour’s first large escape group was allowed to get away over some medium mountains Kamna came good on the 164-kilometer run through the Alps by defeating Ineos rider Richard Carapaz over the final stretch after the pair had been part of the escape group The victory was just reward for the 24-year-old who was pipped to the line on the Puy Mary volcano last week “I saw Carapaz wasn’t feeling too good and I went all in and it worked out,” said Kamna also a talented time-trialist who may have a big future ”I was so disappointed on the Puy Mary the yellow jersey group ascended together with only Tadej Pogacar trying to upset Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma teammates Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez powered past them all over the final 200m but was followed closely over the line with no change at the top except for Nairo Quintana losing a little time Roglic leads Pogacar by 40 seconds with five stages remaining while Lopez and Briton Adam Yates round out the top five the pair who had been supposed to help their leader on the summits The British team’s captain Egan Bernal suffered a shocking meltdown on Sunday and fell out of contention © 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme © 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.