Won by vincenzo nibali before jeanchristophe peraud 2nd and thibaut pinot 3rd. The amateurs will face a 175 km course with an elevation gain of 3,600 m in the hinterland of nice. The route starts with a rapid descent back down norwood hill, then traces the banks of the san miguel river for a dozen miles. Its being billed as the highest ever, with three stage finishes eclipsing the 2000metre mark for the first time. One of the authors, phil leggett, is one of the commentators for the tour and a very knowledgable one at that. The longest massstart stage was the seventh at 234. Stage 17 is the day to put in your diary already wednesday 25 july because it is just. It is a 155 kilometres long flat ride and ends in the capital in the same spot as the 2012 olympics. The closing stage, on july 27th, finishes as per usual on the champs elysees in paris. Saintgaudens pla dadet wednesday, july 23rd stage 17 is a relatively short one 124,5 kilometres from saintgaudens in the midipynenees to soulan pla dadet in the hautespyrenees.
On a day of two races within a race, trentin rode to his third stage victory at the tour he previously won in 20 and 2014 after punching his. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. But with just 40 miles to cover and less than 3,000 feet of climbing, day 4 will be the closest thing to a recovery ride on this years tour. Christian prudhomme says its the shortest nontt stage for more than 30 years, and should lead to a race which is dynamite.
The second of three days in the pyrenees, it has the potential to go down as one of the most exciting stages of the 2018. This years route covers stage 20 of le tour, traveling 81 miles from albertville to val thorens. Ride the same roads and climbs as the pros, experience vip viewings of the race and get exclusive behindthescenes access. I read it whilst the 2014 tour was on which seemed even better if possible. The route takes in cobbles and a number of promising mountain stages. This year ive planned for us to move 9 times out of 21 days with longer bike rides to start and finish towns. The route served three weeks of compelling racing on a wellbalanced parcours. Le grand depart leeds, le tour yorkshire, england 5th july, 2014 duration. Annecy le grandbornand tuesday, 17 july 2018 on stage 10 of the tour the france, the riders face the first day in the high mountains. The 3,351 km 2,082 milong race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 july in noirmoutierenlile, in western france, and concluding on 29 july with the champselysees stage in paris. Our experience and relationship with the tour allow us to offer outstanding vip access to the race for our guests.
Stage 1 noirmoutierenlile to fontenaylecomte, 189km. I can do this because the route is more grouped in local areas. In the meantime, riders face a broad mix of terrain including cobbles, sprints, 6 summit finishes and an individual time trial on the penultimate day. Nice to sisteron upper provence sisteron to orcieresmerlette. Our experience and relationship with the tour allow us to.
Roger dunne has this guide to watching the worlds largest annual spectator event. Notable features of the route were fifth stages sections of sett paving, the five high altitude. Established in 1903 by newspaper lauto, the tour is the most wellknown and prestigious of cyclings three grand tours. Trentin matteo won the stage in gap before asgreen kasper. Perhaps the most striking feature is the individual time trial, racing to. Specific info on each stage and more detailed maps are usually published. Stage 17 has gotten plenty of hype, with its three brutal climbs. Planche des belles filles, chamrousse, risoul, pla dadet and hautacam. If the 2020 race takes place, it will be the 107th edition and all 21 stages are set to take place entirely in france. Just like he did at risoul, rafal majka soloes his name into the tourhistory books. The vosges mountains were included in the first week, the pyrenees in the second and the alps in the last week. The mountains of vercors also offer all the ingredients of a tricky stage.
The route took in everything that makes cycling such an exciting sport cobbles, sprint stages, summit finish in alpe dhuez, dust road, explosive 65 kilometres stage in the pyrenees, hilly time trial, and the queen stage over the aspin, tourmalet and aubisque. Sign up for strava to save this route and share it with your friends. During his cycling career, voigt raced for several teams, the last one being uci proteam trek factory racing. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. In all they add up to 3600 km of racing with 5 mountain top finishes. Full dates have been updated on the stage details and on the map below. Riders have never needed a strong union more than nowuae. A time trial still awaits on the penultimate stage. Vincenzo nibali reached his ideal race weight and won the 2014 tour. Big photos from 2018 corvosasoflocktonbettinireuters. I had to scratch my head when i first watched the race, but this book is a great guide to read when you have a question about why they do things the way they do in the tour.