Re:
Glandon - (Sarenne) - Galibier (- finish at Valloire)Libertine Seguros said:A downhill finish to Briançon is a 1000% improvement on an Izoard MTF. Climbing up through the citadel after a day of tough mountains is a great way to finish a stage.
I am dead set against the Galibier MTF (from the north, it's a super climb to append to a descent finish or tempt longer moves because of its brutal two-stepped nature and high altitude, and from the south, if they can't do Izoard cos they're doing it the following day, it leaves few options for actually good stage design). We can probably do some easy guesses as to the passes in the Pyrenees, the repetitiousness of which has gone past the point of annoyance to the point of almost comedy. Let's take a nice guess: four climbs preceding Peyragudes = Portet d'Apset, Menté, Port de Balès, Peyresourde! Three climbs preceding Luz Ardiden = probably Loudenvielle as stage town? If so: Azet, Hourquette d'Ancizan or Aspin, Tourmalet!
SSDD.