First in the Tour de France. Start the stage as in Formula 1!



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The 17th stage of the Tour de France, planned between Bagneres de Luchon and Saint Lary Soulan on a course of 65 kilometers, is unprecedented.

For the first time in the history of the Tour de France, race without the fictitious start and the real start, but placed in a grid starting from the MotoGP and Formula 1.

The ten first in the overall standings were placed in the starting grid, then the next ten in the series

The setting up of the starting grid was a pure marketing because in just a few meters, the peloton was in the lead. was compacted and the first attacks were not long

. 65 km, Wednesday began to climb directly, with no less than three climbs of the first category, the climb of Peyragudes, the pass of Val Louron-Azet and the Col du Portet for a total of 38.3 km from the sea. climbing and 3 126 meters

This is one of the shortest stages in the history of the Tour de France. The shortest steps are as follows:

1972: Cyrille Guimard defeats Eddy Merckx within 28km
1985: Stephen Roche wins the 52 km Aubisque Pass
1996: Bjarne Riis secures his yellow shirt after a victory in Sestriere in a shortened stage at only 46 km because of the snow