The Alps arrive at FRancia Tour and favorites should start showing their cards | Tour de France

There will be three days when climbers will come on stage and in which the individual general will give a complete tour and, besides, the names of the cyclists who will fight for the title of "Great Curly" will be known.

The moment of truth begins in the field all those who dream of podium in Paris are waiting at all times.The Tour shows teeth with three days of high mountain, including two arrivals in high.The fight is served and the cyclists, ready to fight ..

To start the alpine triptych, today It will be a short day of 158 kilometers between Annecy and Le Grand Bornand, with 4 mountain prices, including a special category, the Plateau de Glières, with 2 kilometers without asphalt, and also with the Col de la Colombière (first ), with the top at 14 goal.

Tomorrow will be a short leg, 108 kilometers with three colossi of trembling: Montée de Bisanne and Col de Pré, both of special category, then the Cormet de Roselend (2a), and the final novel, not too demanding, at the resort of La Rosière , with a 17-kilometer climb to 5.8

And Thursday, one of those days that marks any edition. It will be step 12 between Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs and Alpe d'Huez, a fire test that accumulates 5000 meters of irregularities and ends with the mythical 21 curves horseshoe. Before the feast of this ascent, two legendary promotions: The Madeleine and The Iron Cross

Thus, the aspirants to the title will have three days of hard and intense struggles to begin to forge their triumph and the defeat of their rivals

For lost time in the first week, Nairo Quintana, Rigoberto Urán and Romain Bardet are called to "blow up". the group in the climb.

However, Christopher Froom has the habit of giving the first shot when the mountain will appear, and I am sure you will try it today. Another man to consider for this first mountainous fraction is Vincenzo Nibali, who, in addition to being a good climber, is one of the best climbers in the world.

Of course, we must also take into account today men like Geraint Thomas and even at the same time Urán, as well as Alejandro Valverde.