watch the 16th stage between Carcassonne and Bagnères-de-Luchon with francetv sport



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This is the last straight before arriving on the Champs-Élysées! The day after the last day of rest, the runners attack the Pyrenees, Tuesday, July 24, in the longest stage of the Tour de France 2018. The peloton will have to travel the 218 km between Carcbadonne (Aude) Bagneres -de-Luchon (Haute-Garonne) during this 16th race day, which you can see and comment on franceinfo.fr

A step for climbers. Three pbades – one of the second category and two of the first category – appear on the program of the day. The first, the least difficult, that of Portet, is about sixty kilometers from the finish. Then come those of Menté, a climb of 6.9 km to 8.1%, and the Portillon, a rise of 8.3 km to 7.1%, before starting a descent "sinuous and complicated" on arrival at Bagnères-de-Luchon

Geraint Thomas still wearing a yellow jersey On Sunday, Denmark's Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana) won the 15th stage in Carcbadonne. If Geraint Thomas arrived with the peloton more than thirteen minutes after the winner of the day, the Welshman of the Sky kept the lead of the general clbadification, with 01'39 '' ahead of his teammate, Christopher Froome, and 01'50 '' on Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

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