VIDEO: Highlights from brutal cobblestone stage at 2010 Tour de France that could prove similar to gravel stage included at 2024 edition
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Much has been made of the inclusion of gravel on stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France and the possible damage the stage could cause to the general classification. A similar stage came back in 2010 when another much-discussed stage saw the inclusion of cobblestones.
On that day, there were indeed both winners and losers regarding the general classification challengers as Alberto Contador lost over a minute to Maillot Jaune rivals Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck.
Both Evans and Schleck came home in the leading group of six alongside stage winner Thor Hushovd, Ryder Hesjedal, the man who'd take over the Maillot Jaune at the end of the stage Fabian Cancellara and a man who could be involved on the gravel in 2024, Geraint Thomas.
Whilst the day was truly chaotic and four riders DNF'd including Andy Schleck's brother Frank, Contador would eventually more than make up the 1:13 difference he lost by the time the race rolled into Paris, although he would be retroactively disqualified for a failed drugs test, giving Schleck the win in the record books.
Look back on one of the all-time most dramatic Tour stages in the video below!
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