‘hors categorie’

Stage 9 has two ‘hors categorie’ climbs in it.

That means the mountain climb the riders are about to undertake is so hard that the judges cannot even catogorize it. Sort of self-explanatory, but there it is.

By the way, looking at the way things shook out two days ago - a bunch of riders OUT OUT OUT and Rasmussen firmly in command - I think only more riders will be dropped today and that Rasmussen will either cement his place or end up with a position precariously close to sharing the Yellow at the end of the day.

YES, I am writing this without any knowledge of the resutls. Let's see how far off I am...