What Actually Happened
Tour de France 2026 · Stage 10
Pertus & Font de Cere — The Power Numbers
CoachCat Analysis
Pogačar's winning ride
Time
W/kg
Watts
First 3 km of the Pertus, in the GC group
8:28
~6.2
~410
The attack: final 1.4 km at 9.6%
3:25
8.2
~540
Full Pertus (4.4 km at 8.5%)
11:53
6.8
~450
Font de Cere (3.3 km at 5.8%)
6:37
~6.8
~450
Versus our 7.9 W/kg prediction: the measured attack came in at 8.2 W/kg, right on what we called, just for the final 1.4 km instead of the full climb. With a 2:42 GC cushion Pogačar only needed to spend what the winning move required. The attack itself was the prediction; the average was tactics.
Train These Watts — Copy This Into CoachCat
CoachCat, build me a 60-minute workout modeled on how Pogačar won Tour de France Stage 10 over the Col de Pertus and Font de Cere to Le Lioran. Give me 2 Crescendo Climbing Intervals: 10 minutes for the Pertus as 8 min Sweet Spot into 2 min Zone 5.5 at 130% of FTP over the top, just like Pogačar's attack; then 10 minutes Zone 2 through the valley; then 6 minutes supra-threshold at 103 to 110% of FTP for the Font de Cere climb to the line at Le Lioran. Scaled to my FTP, current LEVEL and OTS, and tell me how to pace it.
Sweet Spot into Pogačar's Zone 5.5 attack over the Pertus, Zone 2 through the valley, then 6 minutes supra-threshold to the line at Le Lioran, scaled to your FTP.
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