The first level from Tour of France Gather all the ingredients this Saturday in Bilbao ignite the race with a layout of 182 kilometers full of climbs and a formidable final wall.
“In the last 50 years, it is certainly the most difficult phase proposal to the riders for the start of the Tour de France”, summarizes race director Thierry Gouvenou for AFP.
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phase It gets complicated especially in the last forty kilometers with three climbs in high from the morgue (3.9 kilometers at 4.1%), the the top of the children’s room (4.2 kilometers at 7.3%) i the pike is tall (2 kilometers at 10%), which is located less than ten kilometers from the goal.
“The last kilometer of Pike High has ramps up to 20%reminds the wall of Huy. There will probably be a big fight and it is expected that there will be big favorites there”, stresses Gouvenou, who hopes that there will be a big selection at that place.
“From the first stage, great leaders will have to do their best. You have to be ready and face this first day like it’s a classic because there’s a lot to lose in this stage that has a drop of 3,300 meters,” he insists.
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Before returning to Bilbao, the stage will take a long tour of the province of Vizcaya, along the Cantabrian coast and through the city of Guernica, where there will be an intermediate sprint.
Departure from Bilbao at 05:30 from Ecuador, arriving in Bilbao around 10:28, a time calculated from the average 40 kilometers per hour that the peloton rolls. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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