Tour De France Elevation
The highest mountain finishes in the history of.
Tour de france elevation. Col de la lusette and suc au may in the massif central col de la hourcère in the pyrenees and col de la loze in the alps as well as the one to. The mountains of the tour de france determine the winner of the stage race. Tour de france 2020 route perhaps the most striking feature of the route is the individual time trial racing to the summit of la planches de belles filles on the final day.
It was founded by the french sports journalist and former professional road racing cyclist henri desgrange who became the first director of the race. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the 107th tour de france. The tour de france is an annual men s multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in france generally considered the most famous bicycle race in the world.
This is shown in figure 4 in this figure you can see the total tour de france distance covered on the horizontal axis and the cumulative total elevation on the vertical axis. He was passionate about taking the tour up to the highest reachable points of elevation. Tour de france 109 410 views.
There will be four new climbs. Alps massif central pyrenees jura and vosges. 3 430 the length of the 2011 tour de france in kilometres.
In the following order of appearance. 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christopher froome egan bernal steven kruijswijk 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 egan bernal julian alaphilippe et thibaut pinot 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christian prudhomme directeur du tour de. The total elevation of the classified climbs in metres in this year s tour de france they have an average gradient of 6 6 per cent.
This is a list of mountain passes and hills in the tour de france among the passes most often crossed col du tourmalet col d aubisque col d aspin col de peyresourde and col du galibier predominate while the highest peak ever reached is cime de la bonette restefond 2 802 m 9 193 ft used in the 1962 1964 1993 and 2008 tour de france. Le parcours 2016 en 3d the 2016 route in 3d duration. The 100th tour de france route in 3d le parcours du 100ème tour en 3d duration.