Live Streaming of Stage 17, the shortest

The shortest online stage in just over 30 years in the Tour de France, the seventeenth of the 105th edition, will have an exceptional level of demand this Wednesday with the consecutive rise of three giants of the Pyrenees. The second day on the Pyrenean roads of the Galician race has raised as much criticism as praise and it is especially feared to enter a terrain completely unknown to all.

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This short but intense journey of the seventeenth stage will bring the platoon of Bagnères de Luchon to Col du Portet, in the city of Saint Lary Soulan, with 65 kilometers of road and the ascent of the two first ports first clbad and the third and last special category.

The level of effort will be maximized from the start for cyclists over the next two years. and four that should last the stage.

In fact, a new start was included with the cyclists grouped from twenty to twenty according to the overall clbadification and a few kilometers of neutralized exit. The top twenty will line up in the form of an exit grid, in the style of the world car racing trials.

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For the director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, it is "a dynamic format for what should be an explosive stage with an unprecedented goal, "while acknowledging that this distance" will surely surprise many people "

" With its 16 kilometers with an average elevation of 8% and an altitude of 2215 meters, the port of Portet has all the characteristics to become a new Tourmalet, "he explains.

Another novelty that includes This seventeenth step is that calculating the maximum time that cyclists can lose to not lose control is considered a time trial and will be 25%.

The bonuses at the finish line will be 10, 6 and 4 seconds for the first three ranked

This will be the road to the 17th stage.

The 17th stage of the 2018 Tour data:

Departure: Bagneres de Luchon
Arrival: Mende
Kms: 65
Average high: 28 km / h
Intermediate Sprint: Loudenvielle (27.5 km)

Highlights of the stage:

Montee de Peyragudes 1st (15 km) 14.9 km at 6.7% with one kilometer at 8, 5% in its final part and another four kilometers to 8%. At kilometers 2 and 5, there are rest areas with ramps of 3 and 4% respectively, while the last two kilometers soften to 5.7 and 5.2%.

Col de Val Louron-Azet 1st (37 km) 7.4 km at 8.3% with ramps at kilometer 3 at 10.1% and at km 2 and 4 at 9.2 and 9% respectively.

Col Portet HC (outside category) (65 km) 16 km to 8.7%, with two kilometers at the start at 10.3%, followed by another 9.8% and the last kilometer is 10.2%.

EFE – Colombia.com