end of stage 17 Tour de France 2022 Offers a variety of attack possibilitiesAn important rendezvous with high mountains, with arrival at the summit and ascent to three first-class ports.
After about 50 straight kilometers, the peloton faces a day. steady up and down without one meter rest.
It starts with a climb to Aspin and its 12 kilometers of 6.5% is a not too difficult pass that will serve to leave the first power and the second category Hourquette d’Ancizan.
The first springboard capable of launching an attack takes just over 30 kilometers to arrive. Rough climb to Val-Louron10.7 kilometers of rough roads and an average of 6.8% incline.
In a rapid descent that ends at the foot of the Peyragudes, the summit 20 kilometers from the finish, the Pyrenean airport ascent was reached this year by the Tour third after Megève and Mende.
The peloton will only have 8 kilometers left to climb at an incline of 7.8%.. It’s a longer rise than 2017, when France’s Romain Bardet won, and it’s also more complex, which could make a significant difference to the overall contenders.
The roads in this part of the Pyrenees do not climb as high as in the Alps, but the terrain is conducive to making a difference.
It is possible to imagine a separatist coming to fight for stage victory, with those playing for the general running a parallel race.