Tour de France 2018 ONLINE: Stage 17 – Petra Sagana awaits a difficult climb

All cycling fans have a nice Wednesday afternoon. We welcome you to a direct transfer of the seventeenth stage of the 105th Old Lady. This is a highly anticipated question because such a revision has not been part of the famous races of the last thirty years. The Pyrenean mountain scene leads from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan and measures 65 kilometers

An unusual scene has the potential to offer a great cycling theater

The first Pyrenean stage at 39 Result of the triumph of the Tour de France 2018 has enjoyed the French Borec Julian Alaphilippe, making no change in the top ten overall standings. But the next can be expected.

The seventh stage is remarkable only by its beginning, in front of which the bikers will be classified in groups of twenty according to the position in the general classification. Another specific is the length. Runners run 65 kilometers, more than half of them uphill.

Just after the start, the hill of the first category of the Montée de Peyragudes, which measures fifteen kilometers without meters, begins to roll. There will be a downhill, a speed bonus and an additional mountain premium of the first category of the Col de Val Louron-Azet. After that, the descent and the arrival pass of the special Saint-Lary-Soulan are proposed. It is sixteen kilometers long, has an average slope of 8.7% and is labeled with the heaviest HC category. It is also the culmination of the current edition of the Tour de France

The organizers promise an active and attractive run from a seventeenth short stage, but more intense and dynamic. The road is made for attacks from a greater distance. We will wonder if the Sky team will be able to think of the dominant British stage. We will also look at the answer to the question of how such a situation will develop and between the team's colleagues and the first two men of the general rankings of Geraint Thomas and Chris Froom

Mountain Premium Climb from Peyragudes (15 km)
LOUDENVILLE Speed ​​Premium (27.5 km)
Premium First Class Mountain Val Louron-Azet Pass (37 km)
HC Saint-Lary-Soulan Target Mountain Premium (65 km)