The longest stage of the tour at just over 138 miles, coming out of the alps with two cat 3 climbs before the intermediate sprint, then one more cat 3 and a quick run downhill and across the flats to the finish which includes three 90’ corners in the last half-mile. Usually this would be …
112 miles: The final mountain stage: rolling hills followed by a cat 3, then the intermediate sprint, then a Cat one and an HC mountain top finish. The first part will probably go relatively quickly then they’ll drag themselves up the final climb. The GC riders need to claw back some time from Froome today, …
113.7 miles: we reach the Alps! Category 2 mountain, then downhill to the intermediate sprint, then an HC climb, a descent to the feed zone, then a Cat 1, another HC with a final summit of 8500 feet, then right downhill to the finish. Oh, and everyone is exhausted from yesterday! 20 green jersey points …
This stage of 102 miles started with a 12-mile uphill climb cat 3 then a cat 4, then crossed the Rhone Valley through the intermediate sprint point. This was a sprinter’s stage with a downhill finish with a bunch of turns and roundabouts that will cause the wind to change direction again and again, great …
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As I said in yesterday's column - which I wrote on Friday - I didn't expect much from the weekend's stages and yesterday was another "rest day." Was I wrong! Both Saturday and Sunday had their exciting points, highlighting the importance of strategy and tactics. Although I hadn't planned to post them, I was blogging …
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