Col de Turini (15.3km at 7.2%) Stage eight send the peloton up the Col de Menté, the Porte de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde all in one day.Following the rest day, stage 10 from Château d’Oleron to Saint-Martin-de-Ré is flat, but the 170km route may be enlivened by strong winds at the coast.Stage 17 is the queen stage. L’Etape du Tour 2020 riders will take on the 16.3km ascent from La Bollinette, where the climb boasts an average gradient of 6.3 per cent. With 4,400m of climbing on the stage, riders will have to tackled the Col de Ceyssat and the Col de Neronne before the summit finish.There’s no easy reintroduction into the race following the second rest day with a mountainous stage that includes the Col de Porte ahead of the finish.With over 4,000m of climbing, the race take on the Cormet de Roseland which was omitted in 2019 following landslides. Etape du Tour 2020 route announced | Sportive to start in Nice and tackle three climbs in Southern Alps
By entering your details, you are agreeing to BikeRadar Don't miss out on MBUK – get your next 3 issues for just £5Get the next 3 issues of the UK's number one cycling magazine for just £5 Subscribe today and get the next 3 issues of your favourite cycling magazine for just £5! Being the only time trial stage of the race, the draw for traditional testers may be limited.The first stage will be a 170km route suited to the sprinters, starting and finishing in Nice.But it will not be a straight run for the fast men, with four tough climbs scattered along the way and a fast finishing circuit to conclude.Taking in many of the same roads as Paris-Nice, the opening stage will finish on the famous Promenade des Anglais on the seafront.Stage two will be a major departure from the traditional opening of the Tour, heading to the mountains on only the second day.Over 190km, the peloton will race over four cols, including the high summits of the Col de la Colmiane and the Col de Turini.The first summit finish will most likely give us the first real look at who the top riders will be.Likely to be a sprint, but may suit the stronger riders with the finish on an uphill ramp.The penultimate climb also has bonus seconds available so may encourage an earlier move.Another brutal climbing day in the Pyrenees comes straight after the last, with a stage that takes in the Col de la Hourcère, the Col de Soudet and the steep Col de Marie Blanque before heading down to Laruns for the finish.The route through the Massif Central will see a first ever summit finish to Puy Mary. Already have an account with us? If that wasn’t enough, riders will also climb the Col de la Madeleine on their way to the final ascent.The following day sees the riders tackle a string of climbs: the Cormet de Roseland, Col des Saisies, Col des Aravis and Plateau de Glières and La-Roche-sur-ForonEven the time trial will be one for the mountain goats, covering 36km and concluding at the peak of the Planche de Belles Filles. Much more comfortable writing about other people riding bikes than doing so himself, he remains unconvinced of the merits of shaving his legs and his Cube Peloton Race still bears the scars of his first battles with clipless pedals. It will then head west through central France and down to the Pyrenees for two mountainous stages to Loudenvielle and Laruns.The race will then transfer north to Le Charente Maritime for its first rest day before resuming on the west coast where crosswinds could feature. The meat of the stage will be the climb, which is 5.9km long and averages at 8.5 per cent.With the race against the clock taking place on stage 20, the fight for the yellow jersey could be ongoing until the very end. The stage then heads over the Col des Saisies, Les Aravis and the Plateau des Glières before the line in La Roche-sur-Foron.Here are the stages for the Tour de France 2020 route Tour de France 2020 - Parcours Détaillé Profil Itinéraire TDF 2020 - Détail étape par étape Villes Tracé - Circuit Carte des étapes du Tour de France 2020 This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Tour de France 2020: Six things to look out for during the first weekNice on red alert while Lotto-Soudal return Tour’s first two ‘non-negatives’Dave Brailsford: Relationship with Chris Froome ‘as good as ever’
While he counts the (lower slopes of the) Alps and Pyrenees among the places he has ridden, family life means his body is best suited to dragging a children’s trailer along a coastal path than conquering mountains… The climb featured as a summit finish in the 2019 edition.The race will conclude with its traditional run in to Paris and the Champs-Élysées.The race will traverse every one of France’s mountain ranges, routing up and over 29 categorised climbs along the way.There will be a total of six mountain finishes, and the organisers have shoehorned in some gravel on the Plateau de Glières, during stage 18.The nature of the race shows its true colours early, too – with the first mountain stage as early as day two, during the Grand Depart in Nice.There’s no letting up. La Route d'Occitanie du 1er au 4 août 2020: 2021 Giro Route Rumours: Virtual Tour de France: Tour de France Tour de France 2020: Tour de France 2021 - The 3 stages in Denmark: The 29th Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route (2020) Rate the 2020 Giro d'Italia route: 2020 Vuelta rumors Stage four concludes with a summit finish on Orcières-Merlette, which last featured 30-years ago in 1989.
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