Tour de France 2023: The Route

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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,104
    edited October 2022


    Hands down the best climb in that wee area is the Col de l'Arpettaz from Ugine, with its 30+ switchbacks, but I reckon it’s never been included because the descent down the other side to the Flumet road is just way too technical. A shame.

    Too technical? It is just a normal alpine descent.

    They probably don't include it because they don't want to make the race too interesting.

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  • davidof said:


    Hands down the best climb in that wee area is the Col de l'Arpettaz from Ugine, with its 30+ switchbacks, but I reckon it’s never been included because the descent down the other side to the Flumet road is just way too technical. A shame.

    Too technical? It is just a normal alpine descent.

    They probably don't include it because they don't want to make the race too interesting.

    Don't be a smart ar$e. It's way too technical for full-on race conditions. The section after Hauteville down to the D109 is practically driveways.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,104
    edited October 2022

    davidof said:


    Hands down the best climb in that wee area is the Col de l'Arpettaz from Ugine, with its 30+ switchbacks, but I reckon it’s never been included because the descent down the other side to the Flumet road is just way too technical. A shame.

    Too technical? It is just a normal alpine descent.

    They probably don't include it because they don't want to make the race too interesting.

    Don't be a smart ar$e. It's way too technical for full-on race conditions. The section after Hauteville down to the D109 is practically driveways.
    I don't know what "too technical" means in terms of pro racing but when I've ridden down I've never thought to myself "ooer, this is a bit technical". Just seemed likes normal alpine descents to me. I'm sure a pro would ride much quicker than me.

    This was last autumn,

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    absolutely fine, are you sure you didn't get lost on the way down?
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  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    Not quite OT: Looking at next year's route map, I love it how the basque country is depicted as 100% not Spain. The region is shown as yellow vs. white Spain, as opposed to the yellow-white gradient used this year in Denmark. However, and not fully appeasing the local politicians, the region of Navarre is not depicted as "Basque Country". And neither is the "french basque country". Of course.
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    edited October 2022
    Shame they’re not going up the Forclaz from the south. It’s a much better, much harder climb that way with constant double digit gradients apart from a short downhill section.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,055
    I'd actually prefer technical descents to the wider, straighter ones where you can hit ridiculous speeds.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,461
    They're happy to use this descent from Notre Dame du Pre again in 2023 after it was used in 2019 (and in the 2019 Etape). It has twists and turns galore!
    https://www.strava.com/segments/4122528
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    Is it any more technical than the descent of the Poggio?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    2024 Tour final stage is a TT in Nice, to avoid the Olympics.
  • 2024 Tour final stage is a TT in Nice, to avoid the Olympics.

    Wrong thread:
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/13119539/tour-de-france-2024-the-route/p1?new=1
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