Antxon Pascual recommends a forecast for stage 16 of the Tour de France.
The Pyrenees arrive and with them the first of the three stages that should clarify the general classification of the Tour de France. The initial stretch is conducive to leaks, but the end will bring a fight between the roosters, as they string together two top-notch ports. The second of them, the Mur de Péguère, 27 km from the finish and with the last three more than 10%.
In this context, David Goudou, who is going from less to more and on Saturday he was already stronger than Nairo Quintana in Mende, may have a favorable day to continue his climb in the classification. The Colombian cyclist from Arquea started the Tour and the mountain very well, but in the last days fatigue has been noticed. In addition, in case of arriving together the French is faster.
Therefore, I opt for David Goudou to finish ahead of Nairo Quintana.
The Pyrenees are coming and Enric Mas has to attack if he wants to finish the Gala round in the top five. The Balearic is in tenth position, 7 minutes from the podium, so his realistic goal is to try to win a stage and finish as high as possible in the final standings.
But for this you need to be ambitious and courageous. You have lost time, so you can count on room to jump. Adam Yates, on the other hand, will be on the lookout for the strongest. It is true that the Briton is better placed, but it is because of the bad day that Enric Mas had in the first stage of the Alps, since since then he has shown himself strong, going to more, while Yates is suffering more and more.
For all these reasons, I am opting for the better classification of Enric Mas compared to Adam Yates on stage 16 of the Tour de France.