Route, profile and timetable of stage 17 of the Tour: Saint Paul Trois Châteaux–Superdévoluy (177.8 km)
Basque: 2024k Tours 17th stage profile and destination: Saint Paul Trois Chateaux-Superdevoluy (177.8 km)
177.8 kilometers of travel, between Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and Superdevolutionwith three scoring ports, one of them 1st category, in the last 30 kilometers of the day; the seventeenth stage of the 2024 Tour de Francewhich is the one that presents the data to which we refer, has its dispute scheduled for Wednesday, July 17will begin at 12:35 hoursand the organization estimates that the winner will cross under the finish line banner between 4:58 p.m. and 5:26 p.m. It is a mountain day, with a summit finish, as a prelude to what awaits the cyclists in the final and decisive stages of the 111th Tour de France.
The profile of the day is upward from the start, and the last third of the stage is when the main difficulties for the riders come. At kilometre 145.7, the banner of the Col Bayard, 2nd; It is a 6.8 kilometer climb, with an average gradient of 7.3%. Col du Noyer, 1stwhich comes next at kilometre 166.3, is even tougher: with a length of 7.5 kilometres, its slopes have a gradient of 8.1%. And finally, at the end of the day, the participants will climb Superdevoluy, 3rd category; it is 3.8 kilometers, at 5.9%, which will decide who wins this stage.
At this stage of the Tour, anyone who wants to claim victory will have to be very strong, as well as clever in strategy, because the margin is already small. The Noyer is difficult enough for the men in the general classification to unleash the battle; there is a lot at stake, no less than the definitive yellow jersey, and there are only four more stages ahead, of the highest level and demanding.
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STAGE PROFILE
Profile of the 17th stage of the Tour de France. Image: letour.fr
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DATA SHEET
Stage: 17th stage (July 17)
Route: Saint Paul Trois Châteaux – Superdevoluy
Distance: 177.8 km
Cumulative upward gradient: 2850 m
Closing hour: 12:35
Arrival schedule: 16:58 (42 km/h) | 17:11 (40 km/h) | 17:26 (38 km/h).
Mountain Prize: Col Bayard (2nd), at kilometre 145.7; Col du Noyer (1st), at kilometre 166.3; Superdévoluy (3rd), at kilometre 177.8.
CLIMBING THE COL DU NOYER (1st category)
Ascent of the Col du Noyer, during the 17th stage of the Tour. Image: letour.fr.
Source: Eitb
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