With six days to go before the Tour de France ends, the cyclists will enter the Pyrenees on July 19 on the sixteenth day. Although at first the route seems flat and accessible, the ports of Port de Lers and Mur de Péguère will complicate the journey after a hundred kilometres.
The runners will enter the Pyrenees from Carcassonne. As soon as you start, you will find two mountain passes, accessible at first sight, of third and fourth category. Before you get to Foix and finish the 178.5kmthe two mountain passes mentioned above, both of first category, will put the participants to the test.
can be followed the race live on EITB at the following times: eitb.eus it will be issued The phase from the 1:55 p.m. ETB4 will connect from 2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.to then go to ETB1 from 15:00 until the end of the stage.
DATA SHEET:
Stage: 16th stage (July 19)
Route: Carcassonne – Foix
Distance: 178.5km
Closing hour: 12:40.
Arrival schedule: 16:58 (41km/h) | 17:11 (39km/h) | 17:27 (37km/h).
Mountain Award: Côte de Saint-Hilaire (4th), at kilometer 13.7; Col de L’espinas (3rd), at kilometer 36.6; Port de Lers (1st), at kilometer 125.1; Mur de Péguère (1st), at kilometer 151.3.
Source: Eitb
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