TDF 2018, Stage 11: Albertville > La Rosière Espace San Bernardo 18/07/2018 - 108,5 km *Spoilers
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Albertville > La Rosière Espace San Bernardo 18/07/2018 - Stage 11 - 108,5 km
At 108.5 kilometres, the 11th stage of the Tour de France runs to a summit finish in ski resort La Rosière. The riders start in Albertville to tackle Montée de Bisanne, Col du Pré and Cormet de Roselend as intermediate climbs. The final ascent to La Rosière is 17.6 kilometres at 5.8%. Expect fireworks to ignite!
In 2014, the 6th stage of the Tour de l’Avenir finished in La Rosière. Miguel Ángel López laid the foundation for his overall win by climbing to victory in the ski resort. The next year the Tour de l’Avenir once again visited La Rosière. It was a dramatic day for Gregor Mühlberger, as the Austrian was leading the race when he took a wrong turn in the last kilometre. Guillaume Martin said thank you, and climbed to victory.
Basically, the 11th stage boils down to three huge climbs. The first one is the Montée de Bisanne, which is a 12.4 kilometres toil at 8.2%. The summit is crested at kilometre 26.
Next up is the Col du Pré. The climb up the pass is 12.6 kilometres and averaging 7.7%, so it is similar to the Montée de Bisanne. Yet this time there is an encore in the shape of the Cormet de Roselend. After cresting the Pré a short descent and 4 rolling kilometres run to the foot of the climb, which is 5.7 kilometres and averaging 6.5%. At an elevation of 1,986 metres, the Cormet de Roselend is as high as today’s stage gets.
The riders move over the top before a drop of almost 20 kilometres leads to the departure place of stage 12, Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Job done then? On the contrary. The long and gruelling climb to La Rosière is still waiting. The last ascent amounts to 17.6 kilometres, while the average gradient is 5.8%. The middle section is the most arduous part. Starting at kilometre 7 the road rises at 8.2% for 6 kilometres before the slope flattens out to 4.6% in the last 4.3 kilometres.
The 6th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné was played out on the same parcours. Pello Bilbao took the day honours, while overall leader Geraint Thomas finished second after an attack in the last kilometre. Daniel Martin, Romain Bardet and Adam Yates rounded out the stage’s top 5.
Video of the final 5kms.
https://youtu.be/rr-_iHJYohQ
The 11th stage of the 2018 Tour de France starts at 14:05 and the finish is expected around 17:23cet.
The team hotels for this stage.
Albertville
3 previous stages
Sub-prefecture of Savoie (73)
19,714 inhabitants (Albertvillois)
62,284 inhabitants for the 39 communes of the Arlysere community of communes
Twenty-six years after the 1992 Winter Olympics, Albertville proudly preserves the heritage of a fortnight during which the whole world turned its eyes towards its slopes and tracks. From the adventure led by Jean-Claude Killy and Michel Barnier remain the Henry Dujol Olympic Park, the Olympic Hall, whose renovation was completed in 2015 (9,000 capacity in concert configuration, 6,500 for sports events, a 300 seats ice rink and a climbing wall), the Olympic bowl designed by Philippe Starck, lit again for big occasions, the 53-metres-high Olympic mast installed for the opening ceremony choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and the Museum of the Olympic House. The Games also made it possible to develop the French ski teams national training centre (see below). And an economic cluster is about to be launched close to the Olympic compound for companies specialised in the sport industry.
ALBERTVILLE AND CYCLING
Tour de France riders often rode through Albertville to access the Tarentaise or Beaufortain valleys but they rarely stopped in town before the 2010s. The last two starts from the Olympic city were favourable to Frenchmen. In 2012, Pierre Rolland made the best of the dynamic format of the stage to win in La Toussuire. In 2016, Romain Bardet attempted a coup in the finale to St Gervais to win the stage and finish second in the GC. Several riders have close links with Albertville like Paul Guiguet, who died here in 1993. Dubbed “the philosopher rider”, he rode six Tours between 1947 and 1952 and was a faithful domestique of Louison Bobet before chairing the local cycling club and running a bike shop. A street is named after him. Joseph « Pino » Carletti (1973) and Michel Bibollet (1985 and1988) were also Tour de France riders.
Specialities: diots (sausage), polenta. Beaufort, tome des Bauges (cheese), .
Croziflette: Like for tartiflette, you need reblochon, ham and bacon, dairy cream and onions, but potatoes are replaced by crozets, local square pasta which are a must of Savoy cuisine.
La Rosière Espace San Bernardo
No previous stage
Tourist resort on the commune of Montvalezan, Savoie (73)
705 inhabitants (Roserains, Montvalezanais)
With its Franco-Italian ski area, La Rosière-Espace San Bernardo is as popular with thrill-seekers as it is with beginners who enjoy gentle slopes. Perched at an altitude of 1,850 m and facing south towards the Mont Blanc, La Rosière is in the sun all day. Espace San Bernardo (the only Franco-Italian ski domain in the Northern Alps) enjoys excellent snow conditions from mid-December to the end of April, making it the most snow-covered area in France with more than 10 m of cumulative snow this winter. In December 2018, the ski area expanded to offer five new red level pistes, two new chairlift lines and a new summit, Mont Valaisan at 2,800 m. La Rosière has preserved its charm and authenticity while offering luxury accommodation in traditional chalets and residences made of wood and stone for the most part. Holidaymakers appreciate the warm atmosphere of the resort and the welcome reserved by the locals. The resort is also full of treasures in the summer: hikes with views of the Mont Blanc, Italy within 10 minutes, a 9-hole golf course, the highest in Europe.
LA ROSIÈRE AND CYCLING
La Rosiere never received the Tour de France yet but has already revealed talents during the Tour de l'Avenir, which stopped in the resort twice. In 2014, Miguel Angel Lopez, a two-time stage winner in the last Tour of Spain, clinched the most popular under-25 race thanks to his stage win in La Rosière. The following year, France’s Guillaume Martin also came to light by winning the stage. The resort also has a partnership with Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, the reserve of the AG2R-La Mondiale team.
Specialities: tartiflette, fondue, truffle pasta, croziflette, diots à la polenta, blood sausage (pork + potato), Beaufort cheese, génépi, limoncello.
At 108.5 kilometres, the 11th stage of the Tour de France runs to a summit finish in ski resort La Rosière. The riders start in Albertville to tackle Montée de Bisanne, Col du Pré and Cormet de Roselend as intermediate climbs. The final ascent to La Rosière is 17.6 kilometres at 5.8%. Expect fireworks to ignite!
In 2014, the 6th stage of the Tour de l’Avenir finished in La Rosière. Miguel Ángel López laid the foundation for his overall win by climbing to victory in the ski resort. The next year the Tour de l’Avenir once again visited La Rosière. It was a dramatic day for Gregor Mühlberger, as the Austrian was leading the race when he took a wrong turn in the last kilometre. Guillaume Martin said thank you, and climbed to victory.
Basically, the 11th stage boils down to three huge climbs. The first one is the Montée de Bisanne, which is a 12.4 kilometres toil at 8.2%. The summit is crested at kilometre 26.
Next up is the Col du Pré. The climb up the pass is 12.6 kilometres and averaging 7.7%, so it is similar to the Montée de Bisanne. Yet this time there is an encore in the shape of the Cormet de Roselend. After cresting the Pré a short descent and 4 rolling kilometres run to the foot of the climb, which is 5.7 kilometres and averaging 6.5%. At an elevation of 1,986 metres, the Cormet de Roselend is as high as today’s stage gets.
The riders move over the top before a drop of almost 20 kilometres leads to the departure place of stage 12, Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Job done then? On the contrary. The long and gruelling climb to La Rosière is still waiting. The last ascent amounts to 17.6 kilometres, while the average gradient is 5.8%. The middle section is the most arduous part. Starting at kilometre 7 the road rises at 8.2% for 6 kilometres before the slope flattens out to 4.6% in the last 4.3 kilometres.
The 6th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné was played out on the same parcours. Pello Bilbao took the day honours, while overall leader Geraint Thomas finished second after an attack in the last kilometre. Daniel Martin, Romain Bardet and Adam Yates rounded out the stage’s top 5.
Video of the final 5kms.
https://youtu.be/rr-_iHJYohQ
The 11th stage of the 2018 Tour de France starts at 14:05 and the finish is expected around 17:23cet.
The team hotels for this stage.
Albertville
3 previous stages
Sub-prefecture of Savoie (73)
19,714 inhabitants (Albertvillois)
62,284 inhabitants for the 39 communes of the Arlysere community of communes
Twenty-six years after the 1992 Winter Olympics, Albertville proudly preserves the heritage of a fortnight during which the whole world turned its eyes towards its slopes and tracks. From the adventure led by Jean-Claude Killy and Michel Barnier remain the Henry Dujol Olympic Park, the Olympic Hall, whose renovation was completed in 2015 (9,000 capacity in concert configuration, 6,500 for sports events, a 300 seats ice rink and a climbing wall), the Olympic bowl designed by Philippe Starck, lit again for big occasions, the 53-metres-high Olympic mast installed for the opening ceremony choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and the Museum of the Olympic House. The Games also made it possible to develop the French ski teams national training centre (see below). And an economic cluster is about to be launched close to the Olympic compound for companies specialised in the sport industry.
ALBERTVILLE AND CYCLING
Tour de France riders often rode through Albertville to access the Tarentaise or Beaufortain valleys but they rarely stopped in town before the 2010s. The last two starts from the Olympic city were favourable to Frenchmen. In 2012, Pierre Rolland made the best of the dynamic format of the stage to win in La Toussuire. In 2016, Romain Bardet attempted a coup in the finale to St Gervais to win the stage and finish second in the GC. Several riders have close links with Albertville like Paul Guiguet, who died here in 1993. Dubbed “the philosopher rider”, he rode six Tours between 1947 and 1952 and was a faithful domestique of Louison Bobet before chairing the local cycling club and running a bike shop. A street is named after him. Joseph « Pino » Carletti (1973) and Michel Bibollet (1985 and1988) were also Tour de France riders.
Specialities: diots (sausage), polenta. Beaufort, tome des Bauges (cheese), .
Croziflette: Like for tartiflette, you need reblochon, ham and bacon, dairy cream and onions, but potatoes are replaced by crozets, local square pasta which are a must of Savoy cuisine.
La Rosière Espace San Bernardo
No previous stage
Tourist resort on the commune of Montvalezan, Savoie (73)
705 inhabitants (Roserains, Montvalezanais)
With its Franco-Italian ski area, La Rosière-Espace San Bernardo is as popular with thrill-seekers as it is with beginners who enjoy gentle slopes. Perched at an altitude of 1,850 m and facing south towards the Mont Blanc, La Rosière is in the sun all day. Espace San Bernardo (the only Franco-Italian ski domain in the Northern Alps) enjoys excellent snow conditions from mid-December to the end of April, making it the most snow-covered area in France with more than 10 m of cumulative snow this winter. In December 2018, the ski area expanded to offer five new red level pistes, two new chairlift lines and a new summit, Mont Valaisan at 2,800 m. La Rosière has preserved its charm and authenticity while offering luxury accommodation in traditional chalets and residences made of wood and stone for the most part. Holidaymakers appreciate the warm atmosphere of the resort and the welcome reserved by the locals. The resort is also full of treasures in the summer: hikes with views of the Mont Blanc, Italy within 10 minutes, a 9-hole golf course, the highest in Europe.
LA ROSIÈRE AND CYCLING
La Rosiere never received the Tour de France yet but has already revealed talents during the Tour de l'Avenir, which stopped in the resort twice. In 2014, Miguel Angel Lopez, a two-time stage winner in the last Tour of Spain, clinched the most popular under-25 race thanks to his stage win in La Rosière. The following year, France’s Guillaume Martin also came to light by winning the stage. The resort also has a partnership with Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, the reserve of the AG2R-La Mondiale team.
Specialities: tartiflette, fondue, truffle pasta, croziflette, diots à la polenta, blood sausage (pork + potato), Beaufort cheese, génépi, limoncello.
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You're as excited by our first mountain stage as I am then?0
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I could murder a croziflette and a glass of cold génépi right now.
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I spent the summer season there last year.
I think because, in winter, Bourg St. Maurice is just an awful transit point for so many ski resorts (the SuperU there is the most profitable in france, serving as it does, L'espace Killy, ParidisSki, La Rosiere and a few other smaller resorts - it has a poor reputation. However in summer it is a really nice place for a holiday. there are col's galore both famous and non-famous. The non-famous of which lead up into empty valleys full of nothing except cows and farm huts making their own Beaufort.
Thanks to Les Arcs it has more of a reputation for MTBers but roadies should not discount it for that. Some people to google...Bike Village (The best), White Room & InsideLine for MTBing and 1330 for road cycling. All small, british run, but thoroughly francified and all very nice people.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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The absence of a closing parentheses had me reading that first paragraph as a recommendation of the Super U as a really nice place for a holiday despite its poor reputation.ddraver wrote:I spent the summer season there last year.
I think because, in winter, Bourg St. Maurice is just an awful transit point for so many ski resorts (the SuperU there is the most profitable in france, serving as it does, L'espace Killy, ParidisSki, La Rosiere and a few other smaller resorts - it has a poor reputation. However in summer it is a really nice place for a holiday. there are col's galore both famous and non-famous. The non-famous of which lead up into empty valleys full of nothing except cows and farm huts making their own Beaufort.
Thanks to Les Arcs it has more of a reputation for MTBers but roadies should not discount it for that. Some people to google...Bike Village (The best), White Room & InsideLine for MTBing and 1330 for road cycling. All small, british run, but thoroughly francified and all very nice people.
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Hopefully this will have a few more fireworks than today...0
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Last (first) time the Tour crossed the Bisanne in 2016 Dumoulin crashed out on the approach, Yates had a mechanical got back on but (I think) ultimately lost time, Froome crashed later in the stage and ended up on G's bike and Bardet won the stage on Mont Blanc.0
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lettingthedaysgoby wrote:Hopefully this will have a few more fireworks than today...
Probably as I will miss most if not all of it.Pross wrote:Last (first) time the Tour crossed the Bisanne in 2016 Dumoulin crashed out on the approach, Yates had a mechanical got back on but (I think) ultimately lost time, Froome crashed later in the stage and ended up on G's bike and Bardet won the stage on Mont Blanc.
Oh that stage in the weeing rain.Correlation is not causation.0 -
I am staying in Les Saisies at the moment. (Just at Monte de bisanne) We come here in the winter to ski and in the summer to MTB, road bike and hill walk.
It is superb!
Yesterday I descended from Les Saisies and did a circuit of Col du Prè from Beaufort to the top of the Commet du Roseland before descending back into Beaufort and climbing the Monte de bisanne from Villard sur Duron.... I was shagged out after that!
Both are big beasts of hills! Really hard!0 -
This stage route looks like India.Correlation is not causation.0 -
Which road are they taking up to La Rosière? The one that goes past the Hotel Belvédère or the smaller road? The smaller road right?Correlation is not causation.0
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Blazing Saddles wrote:...Twenty-six years after the 1992 Winter Olympics, Albertville proudly preserves the heritage of a fortnight during which the whole world turned its eyes towards its slopes and tracks. From the adventure led by Jean-Claude Killy and Michel Barnier...
THAT Michel Barnier? Mais oui, bien sur, c'est vrai.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_BarnierCorrelation is not causation.0 -
The main road AFAIKAbove The Cows wrote:Which road are they taking up to La Rosière? The one that goes past the Hotel Belvédère or the smaller road? The smaller road right?0 -
From Blazing's opening post and the video therein of the final 5kms https://youtu.be/rr-_iHJYohQ it appears the lower slopes are done on the smaller road that goes through Montvalezan before joining the bigger road, meaning they miss the Hotel Belvédère which is like something out of a Wes Anderson film, they have a massive one of these in dining room and rock hard bolster pillows.
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Mmmm. Beaufort cheese.
Tomorrow might be tricky for the grupetto and the lanterne rouge contenders, in terms of the cut off. Short stage and a summit finish :shock:0 -
D1090 out of BSM, to Sèes, to Villard Dessus, D84 to Le Champ, Montvalezan, D1090 to La Rosière.0
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moonshine wrote:D1090 out of BSM, to Sèes, to Villard Dessus, D84 to Le Champ, Montvalezan, D1090 to La Rosière.
OK so I'll get the M16s out of the basement and Waylon will bring the RPGs. Got it. Correlation is not causation.0 -
DeadCalm wrote:The absence of a closing parentheses had me reading that first paragraph as a recommendation of the Super U as a really nice place for a holiday despite its poor reputation.
DAMN & BLAST!
Also, as an FYI, the main road up to La Ros (and on up to Petit St. Bernard for a coffee/hot chocolate in Italy) is actually a nice ride and if you time it ok, also quiet. It's longer but (obvs) flatter that the back road they use in the race this year (which is where they want you to go, even though there are km markers on the main road too.)We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Even though Richie has gone home and we do have some gaps of a couple of minutes it feels a bit like the GC battle hasn't really kicked off yet.
For some reason I thought we had the AdH stage today but I'm guessing that one is tomorrow so will having that test to come plus nobody as yet being in the last chance saloon neutralise the possibility of a full on attacking stage today? The stage length and profile look ideal for early action but would anyone be willing to take big risks with their GC position?[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
I think the main action will come courtesy of a massive break going away.
I am however, going to make a bold prediction - Dan Martin will attack0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:
Just to note that your picture is of the village of Conflans, not Albertville. It is nearby and worth cycling to.
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Odds and Inrng suggesting it is wide open today, making it a tough one for PTP...
Bookies have Barguil as favourite but only around 6/1, indicating it is pretty open.
Interestingly G down at around 25/1 despite winning here in the Dauphine, Inrng having him as 2 chainrings, and the fact that British bookies usually favour British riders.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:Odds and Inrng suggesting it is wide open today, making it a tough one for PTP...
Bookies have Barguil as favourite but only around 6/1, indicating it is pretty open.
Interestingly G down at around 25/1 despite winning here in the Dauphine, Inrng having him as 2 chainrings, and the fact that British bookies usually favour British riders.
Perhaps due to the situation - G I mean. He has no need to attack and chase a stage win when the likelihood that he'll be in yellow by the end of the day. Sky's main goal today is to make sure no one takes time and to weed out anyone who might be in less than top shape0 -
ShutupJens wrote:I think the main action will come courtesy of a massive break going away.
I am however, going to make a bold prediction - Dan Martin will attack
Steady on, mateIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Anyone think that there is a scenario under which Sky ride their normal style, peeling off to the top to allow Froome to pick up time on rivals, and G dutifully does his job but then drops onto Froome's wheel and manages to lose less than the minute required for Froome to overtake him over the next few days? It's not that unusual to see Froome's super-dom finish with 10-15 seconds of Froome, and if Thomas can do that on a few consecutive days he might have both done his job and helped himself out at the same time?2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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davidof wrote:Blazing Saddles wrote:
Just to note that your picture is of the village of Conflans, not Albertville. It is nearby and worth cycling to.
These were the pictures used on Le Tour website for the Albertville segment and seeing it isn't exactly the prettiest place in France....
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the mountains here are an absolute treat. Col du Pre, Roselend and the St Bernard as well as the mighty Iseran.
I had the dubious pleasure of climbing arc 1800 and then 2000. that's just an access road for Les arcs, but the other climbs in the vicinity are really good (and some are fairly tough).0 -
I think today's stage will be very similar to yesterday's with a non-GC break getting away and Sky controlling things on the first three climbs. Then they will ramp up the pace on the final climb in the steeper middle section to thin out the peloton and Froome will attack towards the end of the steep section trying to hold maybe 30 seconds over his main GC rivals to the line.0
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Blazing Saddles wrote:davidof wrote:Blazing Saddles wrote:
Just to note that your picture is of the village of Conflans, not Albertville. It is nearby and worth cycling to.
These were the pictures used on Le Tour website for the Albertville segment and seeing it isn't exactly the prettiest place in France....
It is a dusty, traffic infested dump full of ugly buildings built for the Olympics and retail parks, but the photo I posted is ok. Bad effort by le Tour.
Climb to la Rosiere is not exactly hard but off the back of le Cormet de Roselund is a technical (albeit long) descent which may allow someone to get away and stay away to the end. The Roselund and la Rosiere would suit more powerful riders rather than pure climbers.BASI Nordic Ski Instructor
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