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This Sunday’s second Pyrenean stage in the Tour de France presents two attack options, a distant one, for the most daring adventurers, and the other more classic, on the ascent ramps to Marie Blanque, whose summit is 18 kilometers from the finish line.
The 153 kilometers between Pau and Laruns have a traditionally Pyrenean profile that invite to the offensive among the suitors to the general on the eve of the first day of rest, when cyclists will have less need to save strength.
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To end the first third of the race, the peloton faces a terrain with two great attack options. A first in Hourcère, an unprecedented port, one of the few that remained to be discovered on the Tour in the Pyrenees.
Its ramps, which extend for 11.1 kilometers with an average slope of 8.8 per belt, They climb a slope of the now classic Pierre Saint-Martin, which is well reminiscent of Chris Froome’s feat in 2015.
On this occasion, cyclists will do so on an unknown road that includes sections above 10 percent “comparable to those of the Alpe d’Huez, says the sporting director of the race, Thierry Gouvenou.
A scenario that can inspire a great offensive, unless those who aspire to surprise do not prefer to wait to attack on the hard ramps of Marie Blanque, with its 7.7 kilometers at an 8.6 percent average slope, which is mainly concentrated in its final section with almost invariable percentages of 12 percent.
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Whoever achieves an income at its peak, in addition to a bonus, You will have the advantage to complete the 18 kilometers that will remain until Laruns.
EFE
