SERIES. The 13th stage of the Tour de France is a time trial that will please climbers and will disgust all the other runners. 11km of climb between Loudenvielle and Peyragudes and a final on the Altiport 007 with 500m at 16 % average.
They will make them nightmares. The Altiport 007 of Peyragudes will be the justice of the peace of the 13th stage of the Tour de France. It is at this place where Tadej Pogacar had ahead of Vingegaard preceded during a memorable Mano Mano during the 2022 Tour. It is also in this place where, in 2017, Romain Bardet had raised his arms while in his wake, the yellow jersey Chris Froome made zig-zag and finished in a reel, paralyzed by the effort that this portion requires (470 m at 16 %).
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But this year, it is each that their turn that the runners will appear at the foot of this slope of hell. Before the passage of the runners, the dispatch went to test the route of this time trial which links Loudenvielle, the city located below in the Lourou valley at the Peyragudes ski resort and its Altiport, at an altitude of 1580m.
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A hillcating race whose justice of the peace will have wreaked havoc. Just imagine it. If the first four kilometers of the stage allow you to get into legs, then enter the hard from the pin turn which allows you to reach the real road to the Peyresourde pass. A regular climb that rises to the train, without any particular difficulty … Except for his exhibition: full sun. And with the temperature of July, eating will be essential.
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But things are really tough from the right turn towards the Peyragudes station. Over the last three kilometers the passages between 9 and 15 % are linked until the arrival at the foot of the Altiport. The body is suffering, the legs too and morale will not speak … because we know that the hardest is to come.
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By deporting to the left, here we are at the foot of the unspeakable: the Altiport 007. A wall straight which does not even allow to discern the finish sign as the inclination of the slope is important. The legs turn, the body empties what it has of energy. Fortunately, a compote ingested in anticipation a few minutes before this bituminated scarecrow allows us to have the necessary boost to put the last pedal strokes. Arrival at the top after 660 meters of elevation gain (10.9 km ascent) in 53 minutes of effort. Of which 3’01 ” to climb the 500m of the Altiport. By way of comparison, Romain Bardet (his passage in 2017 is always the fastest according to the Strava application) had climbed this wall in 1’13 ”… There is still work.
