If the mountain can’t make a difference, the clock has to. A 22.4 km time trial between the great alpine colossiwith a final climb to a second-rate port, is designed to stretch the margins in and Tour very tight.
The 22.4 kilometers between Passy-y-Comblouxthe only ones on the 2023 Tour against the clock, have gained essential relevance in an edition in which the two favorites for the final victory, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard and the slovenian Tadej Pogacarseparated by 10 kilometers, fail to get off the hook in the classic stages.
A little less than half an hour of unceremonious effort to manage to tame the clock and put the general on the side of one or the other claimant to the final victory.
If the first part appears not very fast, with the level of the Cascade, short but steep, the bikes will speed up in the middle of the day, before running smack into Domancy’s maila second-category port of 2.5 kilometers with an average gradient of 9.4%, but with a ramp that exceeds a 15% gradient.
Strategies will be key between those looking to tackle everything with the same bike and those who prefer to lose a few seconds to make a change.
a tour similar to the one in 2016 Sallanches and Megève joined, who was already climbing Domancy at that time and where the British Chris Froome showed that he was the strongest at the moment.
Among the typical forests of the Alps, the region that will host the World Cups in 2027 will decide a good part of the options for the general.
One day after the second and last rest day and one before facing the final alpine day on the slopes of Col de la Loze, the Tour will reach its most decisive moments.
Stage 16: Passy – Combloux, 22.4 km CRI
Departure of the first participant: 1:05 p.m. (11:05 GMT)
Estimated arrival of the last participant: 17:36 (15:36 GMT)
Mountain:
Domancy level (2a), 2.5 km at 9.4% to 3.5 from the finish line.
2023-07-18 06:00:13
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