Tour De France Elevation Gain Per Stage

An ascent under two hours is considered fast.

Tour de france elevation gain per stage. Stage 19 sees some huge elevation as the tour. 18km la toussuire is the longest summit finish of the race 2 2km longer than plateau de beille. The same holds for the hilly stages. The flattest stages stages 1 4 and 11 still have close to 2000 meters of total elevation.

Stages 7 and 10 are also classified as flat but contain more elevation than some hilly stages. 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 3 430 the length of the 2011 tour de france in kilometres. Under an hour and you re tour caliber. France la reine 22 8 km 14 2 mi elevation gain.

61 5km of climbing more than any other stage in this year s tour. Zwift image 2 of 10 an animated route map of stage 5 image credit. Tour de france 2020 route. With close to 4 000 m 13 000 ft of elevation gain it was seen before the race as a potential win from a breakaway which on the day had four riders.

Ventor is a mountain in the provence region of southern france located some 20 km 12 miles northeast of carpentras vaucluse on the north side the mountain borders the drôme département at 1 909 m 6 263 ft it is the highest mountain in the region and has been nicknamed the beast of provence the giant of provence or the bald mountain. 1205 m 3953 ft image credit. The only difference is that the categorized elevation is of a lower category. 11 8 mi base elevation.

The tour began its traverse of the massif central with stage 8. Peaking at 1 825m the climb will not determine who wins the tour de france at this early stage but it could certainly sort the wheat from the chaff.