The Tour de France enters the final stretch and this Wednesday he faces a key stage to define the podium of the competition, a day between Saint Gaudens and Peyragudes, 129 kilometers long, with three four mountain passes, one in the second category and three in the first category, the last of them at the finish line.
After about 50 flat kilometers, the peloton faces a day of constant ups and downs, without a meter of rest.
It begins with the ascent Aspin and its 12 kilometers at 6.5 percent, a not too difficult port that will serve to leave the first forces, like the Hourquette d’Ancizansecond category.
The first springboard likely to launch attacks comes at just over 30 kilometers to the finish with the irregular climb to Val-Louron, 10.7 kilometers up a rough road and an average gradient of 6.8 percent.
Its summit is located 20 kilometers from the finish line, in a rapid descent that ends at the foot of Peyragudesthe ascent to the Pyrenean aerodrome, the third reached this year by the Tour, after Megève and Mende.
The peloton will have only 8 kilometers left to climb with a gradient of 7.8 percent. A longer ascent than that of 2017, when the Frenchman Romain Bardet won, and also more complex, which can make important differences in the contenders for the general classification.
The faction had news from the beginning with the non-departure of Rafal Majka, teammate of Tadej Pogacarwho did not continue in the race due to a muscle problem in his right leg.
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