It is a fairly steady climb with the gradient sitting somewhere between six and eight percent throughout much of the first 12km. The 15.4km climb averages 6.1 percent and tops out at 1,377 meters of altitude. From there, the riders tackle a lengthy descent back to Aigle, where it all began, before the final ride up to Châtel Portes du Soleil.īefore the peloton can consider the finish line, it must complete the first category Pas de Morgins, which begins just under 30 kilometers from the finish and finishes with just under ten to go. The highest point of the opening week comes next with a ride over the first category Col de la Croix, an 8.1km climb that averages 7.6 percent. A short descent follows before an uphill ride to the foot of the next ascent. The 13.3km climb averages 4.1 percent and takes the riders to almost 1,500 meters. There’s a brief break from climbing before the second category Col des Mosses arrives after around 95 kilometers. The fourth category Côte de Bellevue, a 4.3km ascent that averages four percent, opens the climbing up before the intermediate sprint at Semsales after 56 kilometers. A flat opening 30 kilometers gives way to the mountains, beginning easy and getting progressively harder. I think that has a bit more chance of being a breakaway.” The climbing gets harderĪfter dipping into Switzerland for Saturday’s finish, the peloton sets out from the country Sunday morning with a start in Aigle - the home of the UCI - for a 192.9km day of racing. Also, BikeExchange and Jumbo had clear intentions on how they wanted the race to pan out.
“I think the crash altered that a little bit and the peloton waited, which was good. Hopefully a breakaway day,” Team DSM coach Matt Winston told VeloNews. To be honest, the speed in the peloton has been so high since the start of the race, who knows. I think it will maybe be one for the breakaway tomorrow. As the rest day approaches, there’s hope that the break might be given a longer leash again. Saturday’s finale into Lausanne also looked like it might be a good day for the move, but an early crash disrupted the flow of attacks and allowed a three-man group go up the road, which was always going to struggle against a keen peloton.
So far, Wednesday’s cobbled stage has been the only true breakaway success with Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) winning out of the remnants of a six-man escape group. LAUSANNE, Switzerland (VN) - Opportunities for the breakaway to succeed at the Tour de France have been few and far between, but stage 9 could see the early move take the win.
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