Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. With many of our tours, we offer the chance for you to ride on some of the roads used in the stage that day. This collates all stage maps and race times into one booklet. Stage by stage guide of the routes, profiles, rest days, dates and more. Up to the final kilometers, cyclists take the opportunity.
It always sells out and it can be very hard to find quality carbon road bikes closer to the time. The route takes in cobbles and a number of promising mountain stages. Chris froome is one of the leading contenders as he chases history, hoping to join a elite band of. John degenkolb wins crashfilled, cobblestoned stage 9 of. He is also the author of the sunday times bestseller, skys the limit, which went behind the. The route took in everything that makes cycling such an exciting sport cobbles, sprint stages, summit finish in alpe dhuez, dust road, explosive 65 kilometres stage in the pyrenees, hilly time trial, and the queen stage over the aspin, tourmalet and aubisque. In the stage, the teams agree on a truce that extends to the last section, where the sprinters break the tranquility by launching at great speed for the last glory of the tour. A new poster every day for every stage of the tour. Sports travel international is an official premium tour operator. Its a stage that is completely different, a lot of long hours climbing, with steep grades, more. Over the course of 21 days, usually in july, cyclists cover a race course extending 3,500 kilometers.
A bunch sprint, wherein the general classification leader is traditionally. Simon yates solos to victory as julian alaphilippe shows. Thomas profits from alaphilippes late struggle as simon. I believe sunday is the hardest stage of the tour, contador said at the start thursday. Social riders aside from watching key stages of the race, youll enjoy guided rides with. Yates simon won the stage in foix prat dalbis before. It always sells out and it can be hard to find quality carbon road bikes closer to the time.
How to watch live tv coverage, listen to the cycling podcast and follow the final stages save the road to paris has turned yellow for july as the tour dominates the. You have the choice to book 1, 2 or 3 nights at the hotel and a great addition to your weekend. Foix, france ap when one french rider starts to fade, another comes to the fore. Defending champion geraint thomas finishes in the peloton.