2023 Tour de France route
Organisers unveiled the whole 2023 Tour de France route on October 27, 2022.
The 110th edition of cycling’s biggest race involves just a solitary 22km hilly time trial in the Alps and mountain levels in all five of France’s mountain ranges on the road amongst the Grand Départ in the Basque Nation and the end in Paris.
The extremely restricted amount of money of time trialling and preponderance of mountains no doubt fits French riders Thibaut Pinot, David Gaudu and Romain Bardet. As a consequence, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglič and Geraint Thomas are more probable to focus on the Giro d’Italia, which has 3 instances the volume of time trialling and fewer mountains.
Formal information from race organiser ASO claimed the 3,404km route involves eight flat phases for the sprinters, four hilly stages suited to breakaways and 8 mountain phases. 4 of these involve summit finishes: in the Pyrenees at Cauterets-Cambasque, on the legendary Puy de Dôme volcano in the Massif Central, on the Grand Colombier in the Jura and at Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc in the Alps.
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The other mountain levels are also particularly difficult, even if some are shorter and excess powerful.
Phase 14 to Morzine includes the mighty Col de Joux Airplane and its testing descent to the complete. Stage 15 finishes with the 11% ‘wall’ of Côte des Amerands and then the 7km 7.7% climb up to Saint-Gervais in look at of Mont-Blanc.
Phase 17 to Courchevel climbs the 2,304m-superior Col de la Loze and then descends to complete on the altiport runway. Phase 20 is a ultimate brutal multi-mountain stage in the Vosges amongst Belfort and Le Markstein ski vacation resort.
The only time demo is on stage 16 in the Arve valley in the vicinity of Sallanches just after the second relaxation working day, but the 22km route among Passy and Combloux will take a look at riders’ bike handling capabilities and climbing as significantly as their time trialling. The stage includes the Côte de Domancy, where Bernard Hinault forged his 1980 Worlds victory, and which also featured as element of the final week time trial in the 2016 Tour.
2022 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was arguably the greatest climber of the past two editions of the Tour and he seems to have plenty of chances to go on the attack on the steep ascents in 2023.
Two-time winner Tadej Pogačar will no doubt relish the route on offer you for subsequent July’s obstacle from Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma, Ineos Grenadiers and everyone else.
For an in-depth evaluation of this year’s key contenders, check our routinely current information to the favourites of the 2023 Tour de France.
