Where do you want to look? It comprises 21 stages that take place over 23 days, which consist of flat, hilly, mountainous terrain, as well as individual- and team- time trial races. The haul up begins in Culoz and amounts to 17. The last 400 metres are especially interesting as this section rises at 10%. The road to the finish climb is no walk in the park either. We'll post links to it when it's released. Posted: 4 Sep 2019 Cycling in France? The longest stage of the Tour 218km is unmissable: on July 9, the race will go from Chauvigny to Sarran Corrèze.
Another point of note is the avoidance of the race's legendary climbs. Even with about 40K of downhill and flat roads from the top of the final climb to the finish, the stage still features more than 1,600 meters of elevation gain. Discover the program of the famous Great Loop. De Col de la Loze is an ascent of 21. This will be the second occasion that the city has held the Grand Départ, the first being for the.
Instead, lesser-known climbs like the Pyramide du Bugey, Orcieres-Merlette and Puy Mary make the cut. Stage 3: Monday, June 29, Nice to Sisteron Stage 4: Tuesday, June 30, Sisteron to Orcières-Merlette Stage 5: Wednesday, July 1, Gap to Privas Stage 6: Thursday, July 2, Le Teil to Mont Aigoual Stage 7: Friday, July 3, Millau to Lavaur Stage 8: Saturday, July 4, Cazeras to Loudenvielle Stage 9: Sunday, July 5, Pau to Laruns Rest day: Monday, July 6, La Charente-Maritime The Charente-Maritime department will host two stages plus a rest day, making this an ideal place to grab some rest and relaxation and to indulge in the region's famous oysters and coastal resorts. Stage 17 is the queen stage. Read more about the of the 2020 Tour de France, or take a look at the. The city never before hosted Grand Tour. The cycling bug bit so hard he was still there when Geraint Thomas rode to victory five years later.
All nineteen are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Respectively, these go up at 11. Stage four, June 30: Sisteron to Ocières-Merlette 157km — summit finish The race makes a brief foray into the Hautes-Alps with a summit finish to the ski resort of Ocières-Merlette at 1,875m. The Madeleine amounts to 17. This is not a flat stage by any means, but it should still see a sprinter take the first yellow jersey.
Egan Bernal flourished in the mountains at the 2019 Tour de France to claim his first title. Here, riders will do two loops of the southern section through the city. Tour de France 2020 route Stage 3: Monday 29th June, Nice - Sisteron, 198km Stage 4: Tuesday 30th June, Sisteron - Orcieres-Merlette, 157km Stage 5: Wednesday 1st July, Gap - Privas, 183km Stage 6: Thursday 2nd July, Le Teil - Mont Aigoual, 191km Stage 7: Friday 3rd July, Millau - Lavaur, 168km Stage 8: Saturday 4th July, Cazeres-Sur-Garonne - Loudenvielle, 140km Stage 9: Sunday 5th July, Pau - Laruns, 154km. This will also be the 36th occasion on which the Tour de France has visited Nice, and the first time since the. Stage eight send the peloton up the Col de Menté, the Porte de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde all in one day. It will take place on the penultimate stage between Lure La Planche des Belles Filles on a distance of 36 kilometres. Stage 13, July 10: Châtel-Guyon to Puy Mary 191km — summit finish Tour de France 2020 stage 13 profile The route through the Massif Central will see a first ever summit finish to Puy Mary.
The Col du Grand Colombier is the final climb of the second week of racing — the summit finish to stage 15 on Saturday July 12. There is a real sting in the tail as the gradient approaches one-in-four near the top, however. Instead, look for riders like Simon Yates, Tim Wellens, —all of whom have strong track records at Paris—Nice—to perform well, using the hard finale to make their winning attack. After 23 days, the weary peloton will roll into Paris after 3,470 km of racing. Stage eight, July 4: Cazères to Loudenvielle 140km The first stage in the Pyrenees will see riders take on the Col de Menté followed by the Port de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde before a downhill run to the finish. Stage seven, July 3: Millau to Lavaur 168km Wind and gruelling hilly roads could ruin this stage for the sprinters and favour a breakaway.
As it heads towards its climax riders will take on a summit finish to Grand Colombier in the Jura mountains before the race heads into the Alps for finishes to Méribel and La Roche-sur-Foron. The 3,470K race rarely strays from the mountains even though there are nine flat stages. If Stage 1 does end in a sprint, it could see a smaller peloton fighting for victory on the famous Promenade des Anglais, with classics stars like , Michael Matthews, and having a better chance than guys like , , and. The new edition will leave from Nice and finish, like every year, on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. The race concludes, as ever, on the Champs-Elysees in Paris with a largely ceremonial stage ending with the traditional final sprinting battle on the famous avenue on Sunday July 19.
The descent runs onto the next climb. Stage four concludes with a summit finish on Orcières-Merlette, which last featured 30-years ago in 1989. We also see the removal of the Team Time Trial, which I quite liked. The 2020 Tour de France start in Nice on the 27th of June 2020. On the third day, the Tour de France leaves the Nice area.