Chamrousse via Col Luitel and then a shorter hill before a downhill finish in Grenoble would be pretty high on my list.I would also love to see Chamrousse via Col Luitel and Plateau des Saix for HC MTFs, and for a hard climb-easy climb doublette, Col du Coq followed by an MTF at the Station de Ski Sarcenas on the Col de Porte; Auron after Col de la Lombarde or Col de la Bonette; or Val d'Azun (Couraduque) after Aubisque.
This is a pretty accurate summary of this discussion. Even without using completely new climbs, using the smallest ski stations you can find in the Alps and Pyrenees or designing crazy hard stages, there are still many options within the current regime/practice of ASO. They just need to focus more on designing mountain stages for something more than action on the last 5k, and doing something more original than stages like the Tignes and Luz Ardiden stages this year.To sum things up, there's tons of great stuff that ASO could actually use in the Alpes without paving new climbs.
They did that in '92 when they started in San Sebastian. They actually ended up having some great stages in the medium-mountains that year, not to mention Chiappucci's epic escape to Sestrieres, and a decent green jersey battle between Jalabert and Museeuw to boot. And tbf, even after his win in '91, nobody could reasonably have predicted that Indurain could be quite so utterly dominant as he was in the TTs that year.Given that the Pyrenees has less roads to climb, why not skip them entirely some years, and keep climbs fresh (or fresher)?
I know that's going against tradition, but there are other mountain ranges in France.
That's a very similar Pyrenean stage to the 2005 one. That was the stage Hincapie won.Col du granon via saint chaffrey 11.5 km at 9.3%, 2400 m of altitude.
The sequence portillon,peyresourde, val azet ans finish on pla d'adet 9.8 km at 8.8%.
Some interesting stuff that could work on le tour.
The profiles are there. Under "2021 route" and choosing what stage you want. Scroll down and find the profiles.Am I the only one who can't find the climb profiles on the official website? The race starts in less than 2 weeks...
2013 was just possible on every single climb cause of team strength.My favourite combo in the Tour is Pailheres - Bonascre, solely for what happened there in 2003 and 2013.
Yeah, the stage profiles are there but when I click on "Mountain passes and Hill" there's no specific profile for the climbs, which is annoying.The profiles are there. Under "2021 route" and choosing what stage you want. Scroll down and find the profiles.
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Stage 8 - Saint-Méen-le-Grand > Laval Espace Mayenne - Tour de France 2025
Profile, time schedule, all informations on the stagewww.letour.fr
Yeah, the stage profiles are there but when I click on "Mountain passes and Hill" there's no specific profile for the climbs, which is annoying.