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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 19: Embrun - Isola 2000

Embrun is a regular on the Tour de France. The town hosted five stage starts since 2008 and this time the riders set off to head for Isola 2000. They are to conquer the Col de Vars and Cime de la Bonette to get there. The first is an 18.8 kilometres climb at 5.7% and the second is a colossus of 22.9 kilometres with an average gradient of 6.9%. At 2,802 metres, it’s the highest point of the Tour de France. In fact, Cime de la Bonette is the highest through road on asphalt in Europe.

The road, which actually is the Col de la Bonette Restefond with an extension underneath the Cime de la Bonette – or, in English, Peak of the Bonette -, was built in 1961 and was included in the Tour the following year. Federico Bahamontes was the first rider to crest the Alps giant.

The 1993 Tour de France also featured the Cime de la Bonette in a race that finished almost 60 kilometres later in Isola 2000. The stage was won by Toni Rominger, who outgunned Miguel Indurain in a two-up sprint. Claudio Chiappucci came home in third, 13 seconds down on the two. It was the only time until now that Le Tour finished in Isola 2000.

Just like 31 years ago, the riders will fly down the Cime de la Bonette to Isola, where the finish climb kick in. The ascent to the ski area adds up to 16.1 kilometres, while the average gradient sits at 7.1%.

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Stage 19 — Friday, July 19 Embrum to Isola 2000 Distance: 144.6km (90 miles) Profile: Mountain stage

Stage 19: Second-last mountain stage will play major part in GC battle

Tour de France organizers may be avoiding Paris for the first time ever, due to the Olympic Games being held there, but the final three days of the race will be suspenseful right up to the finish in Nice. Stage 19 will see the climbers go all out for success, with 4,500 meters of climbing in store.

The difficulty is further heightened by the fact that all three of the day’s climbs are over 2,000 meters, the level at which altitude really starts to have an effect.

The first half hour of racing is on rolling roads but from there the peloton will begin the climb of the Col du Vars. At 18.9km in length, it averages 5.7 percent but does top 10 percent early on. It summits at 2,105 meters and then the riders will plunge downhill for 22km before starting the Cime de la Bonette. This 23km brute is 6.9 percent average and ascends to 2,797 meters, the highest of this year’s Tour.

A 40km descent takes the riders to the day’s final climb, that of Isola 2000. It is another testing one, averaging 7 percent over 16.4km up to the finish.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “The menu for this ultra-mountain stage could well make you dizzy, but it’ll also whet the appetite of the very best climbers. Although the stage is less than 150km long, the riders will climb above 2,000 meters on three occasions.

“The biggest test the climb to the summit of La Bonette, the highest road in France at an altitude of 2,802 meters. Its 360-degree panorama is breath-taking.”

Tour de France: Bernal takes yellow on shortened stage 19

No official stage winner as extreme weather forces neutralisation at top of Col de l'Iseran

Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) was the big winner during a shortened stage 19 of the Tour de France . Although the jury ruled there would be no official stage winner, Bernal took the yellow jersey after the race was cancelled on the descent of the Col d’Iseran. Hail and ice in Tignes, as well as a landslide blocking the road between Val d'Isère and Tignes, made the final kilometres of the stage impossible to pass by bike.

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The Colombian had attacked midway up the Iseran, launching after teammate Geraint Thomas put yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) into major trouble on the 2770-metre mountain.

Bernal caught and passed the remains of the break in the final kilometres of the climb, gaining a minute on Thomas, Steven Krujswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), and two minutes on Alaphilippe.

Amid a shroud of confusion, general classification times were taken at the summit of the Iseran, meaning Bernal takes over the race lead, with Alaphilippe set to lose over two minutes to the 22-year-old.

The chaos marked the end of a frantic stage of racing, officially 126.5km long but cut to 88.5km due to the weather. Almost forgotten amidst the stage cancellation chaos was Groupama-FDJ leader Thibaut Pinot's abandon. The Frenchman, who lay fifth overall at the start of the day, left the race after suffering through the opening 40km with what turned out to be a torn thigh muscle.

How it unfolded

The Tour de France's high Alpine adventure continued with the 126.5km stage 19, with the 'roof of the Tour', the Col d'Iseran and Montée de Tignes (2089 metres) on the menu for the penultimate mountain stage of the race.

The two big climbs of the day were to come after the third-category Côte de Saint-André after 25km, the second-category Montée d'Aussois after 38km and the third-category Col de la Madeleine after 63.5km. The big tests of the day came with the HC-rated Iseran (12.9km at 7.5 per cent) and first-category Tignes (7.4km at 7 per cent), which would – of course – end up not being raced.

A number of big names joined in the attacking at the start of the stage, with Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) and Pello Bilbao (Astana) among the early attackers.

The hectic start to the stage saw more riders make it across, with Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First) and world champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) two men from the top ten to get away. Other notable names included king of the mountains challenger Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Merida), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) and Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic).

Meanwhile, Team Ineos, Jumbo-Visma and Movistar placed helpers in the break with Dylan Van Baarle, Laurens De Plus and Andrey Amador going up the road. On such a short and pivotal stage, the break would never take more than two minutes on the peloton.

The first major drama of the day unfolded 30km into the stage when Groupama-FDJ leader Thibaut Pinot dropped back to the medical car for attention to his left leg. The Frenchman was bandaged up but struggled to put power through the pedals and lost contact with the peloton.

It soon became clear that the man in fifth overall had a serious injury, with teammates passing by offering him pats on the back. On the Montée d'Aussois, he hugged teammate Matthieu Ladagnous before rolling to a halt and climbing into the team car, his Tour over.

Up the road, Caruso picked up seven points over Aussois and Madeleine to edge closer to mountain classification leader Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), who had tried but failed to make the break.

On the Iseran, Van Baarle dropped back to help Wout Poels push the pace for Ineos at the front of the rapidly-thinning GC group. As stage 18 winner Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and race leader Julian Alaphilippe's key helper Enric Mas dropped 7km from the top, the group lay just 30 seconds behind the break.

The action kicked off as Poels pulled off 6km from the top, triggering an attack by Thomas, which in turn forced the other GC contenders chase. Ineos teammate Bernal sat on the struggling Alaphilippe before launching himself a kilometre later.

The young Colombian quickly joined up with Nibali, Urán, Yates and Barguil at the head of the race, while Thomas had Jumbo-Visma duo De Plus and Kruijswijk, plus Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). Alaphilippe, meanwhile, had Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) for company.

One by one, Bernal's companions dropped away, with Yates the last man on his wheel as he rode into the virtual lead. At the top, he took the 8-second bonus alone, with the Thomas group a minute down and Alaphilippe two minutes in arrears.

As Bernal started the descent, helicopter images and Twitter reports from team cars showed heavy hailstorms and ice covering the road in Tignes before the final climb. Reports also showed a landslide blocking the road at one point, after a storm on the Iseran washed mud and rocks onto the road.

Race officials made the decision to halt the stage shortly afterwards, with Tour director Christian Prudhomme leaning out of the lead car to explain what was happening to Bernal and Yates. Confusion reigned further back, with Urán and Alaphilippe among the more animated riders as news filtered through.

But the decision was made, the roads impassable as the second-shortest stage of the race was shortened even further. At the end of it all, for the first time in almost two weeks, Alaphilippe was out of yellow.

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Tour de France 2024 : Gruissan-Nîmes, la 16e étape à la loupe

l'essentiel Ce sera le 16 juillet. L’étape, plate, sera longue de 188,6 km avec un dénivelé positif de 1 200 m. Départ – fictif – des coureurs du boulevard du Pech Maynaud à 13 h 05. Arrivé prévue entre 17 h 30 et 17 h 50 à Nîmes.

En ce début du mois de juin, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) a dévoilé tous les contours de la 16é étape du Tour de France 2024 qui s’élancera, le 16 juillet, pour la première fois de l’histoire de Gruissan. Au terme des 188,6 km, les coureurs rallieront Nîmes, la préfecture du Gard. Le parcours ne sera que très peu accidenté avec un dénivelé positif de 1 200 m. Départ – fictif – à 13 h 05 (caravane 11 h 05) du boulevard du Pech Maynaud. Non loin de l’office de tourisme et du port. Direction Narbonne Plage et Saint-Pierre-la-Mer et retour à Gruissan pour le départ lancé. Cette fois cap sur l’Hérault. En route vers Lespignan, Lieuran-lès-Béziers, ou encore Pézenas. Un premier sprint intermédiaire animera la course aux Matellettes. Après 112 km, les cyclistes se coltineront la seule ascension du parcours, un col de 4e catégorie avec la côte du Fambetou : 1,2 km à 5 %. Une paille. Avant de poser le pied à Nîmes entre 17 h 30 et 17 h 50 (caravane à 15 h 53), les coureurs passeront par Sommières, Villevieille, Vergèze et Caissargues.

"Les pronostics donneront certainement la faveur aux sprinteurs en partant du littoral narbonnais. Mais le mistral peut souffler dans tous les sens à cette période de l’année, et pourquoi pas chambouler les plans des équipes de sprinteurs si des formations à l’aise dans les rafales parviennent à éparpiller le peloton ?", avait déclaré le directeur du Tour de France Christian Prudhomme à l’occasion de la présentation du tracé à Paris le 25 octobre dernier.

Il faut rappeler que la veille du départ, le 15 juillet, Gruissan accueillera également la deuxième journée de repos. "Justement, ce jour-là, nous organiserons un circuit VIP d’une trentaine de kilomètres. Le rugbyman Philippe Dintrans sera là, l’entraîneur de foot Élie Baup également, la présidente de la Région d’Occitanie Carole Delga sera présente. Au milieu de beaucoup d’autres personnalités. Je suis un passionné de vélo et je serai heureux de pédaler à cette occasion", nous avait confiés le maire de Gruissan Didier Codorniou lors de la venue de Christian Prudhomme dans la station le 7 février 2024.

Un Didier Codorniou, véritable passionné de la petite reine, lui-même cycliste à ses heures, qui l’a souvent répété : "Je veux faire de Gruissan la première station balnéaire sans voiture. Nous avons 13 km de pistes cyclables pour l’heure, le but étant de mailler totalement la station." Gruissan, ville de vélo !

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