Stage 15 featured a 185km mountain ride from limoux to foix prat dalbis in france on july 21. At last might say the relieved enthusiasts of what is also known as the bugey pyramid who had been requiring a summit finish there for quite some time. Stage 15 finished in the ancient city of carcassonne. Jul 17, 2016 see you tomorrow for stage 16 as the tour heads to switzerland. We recommend you open our twitter feed in a separate window now. With stages in the alps, the cevennes, the pyrenees, the massif central, the jura and. A sprint stage but with a three kilometre climb to tackle 15km from the finish, its a long drag up out the moselle valley and for powerful riders rather than mountain. Oene thing to remember for this edition is that the race will start a week earlier than usual due to the summer olympic games. If its caught and were looking at a reduced bunch sprint, things could get a little zestier. Full dates have been updated on the stage details and on the map below. If the finish to yesterdays stage was exciting, stage 15 to foix was a thriller from start to finish and leaves everyone going into the second rest day still wondering who is. The entire race consists of 21 stages and is 3,472.
Chris froome managed to retain his yellow jersey, but the stage was. Bbc radio coverage on 5 live sports extra andor website from 14. Both start and finish are at jaarbeurs for an individual time trial of. Live text commentary of every stage on the bbc sport website. This lumpy stage will have many riders thankful for the rest day monday. Early attacker simon yates takes the stage win ahead of thibaut pinot and mikel landa. And itll almost be an entire climb of the grand colombier that will be organised for this 15th stage with. Not an easy stage to predict after a tourmalet stage that really screwed with our.
Laissacseverac leglise le puyenvelay sunday 16th july 2017 classification. Bauke mollema attacks in the front group 7 kilometres before the line in carcassonne. Watch nfl nhl nba mlb soccer nascar motors golf ncaa bk oly skating ncaa fb horses. Standout onbike footage from 2019 tdf ambient sound, 01. The action from millau to carcassonne will be broadcast live on nbc sports network. If ever we have a server outage, we will update on twitter and direct you to. Limoux foixprat dalbis 185 km suddenly things get more complicated. Temperatures are expected to hover around the mid80s throughout the stage. Riders must get themselves over four categorized climbs before theyre able to get themselves into a fast run towards the finish line. Magnus cort and ion izagirre jump to his wheel before the dane powers to victory in the ensuing sprint ahead of the basque and dutchman. Riders will set off from nice on 29th august instead of 27th june. Yates simon won the stage in foix prat dalbis before pinot thibaut and landa meana mikel. Lionel bonaventureafpgetty images much of the stage ran over roads known as the route of the.