Pau → Gavarnie-Gedre

Course character

Stage preview

The most selective Pyrenean stage of the race mixes the classic with the new. If the favourites attack early on the Col d'Aspin and the Tourmalet, this is where real time could be lost. If not, it's down to the climbers in the breakaway on the long, gentle run-in (18.7 km at 4%) to the Cirque de Gavarnie.