Tour de France 2016

The tour de France and the Hautes Pyrenees, a love affair!

Once again the Hautes Pyrenees feature prominently on the Tour de France route for 2016. The race crosses the legendary Cols of the Tourmalet, the Aspin, Val-Louron d'Azet, the Pyresourde and the Hourquette Ancizan. A magnificent spectacle is guaranteed on a terrain perfect for attacking as the riders try to improve their race position. A few days not to be missed, great racing is assured through magnificent mountain scenery!

In 2016 the Department of the Hautes Pyrenees welcomes two stages of the Tour de France with one stage finish at the Payolle lake :

Friday 8 July :

L'Isle Jourdain - Lac de Payolle (162 kms) crossing the Col d'Aspin

Saturday 9 July:

Pau - Luchon (183kms). The race traverses the Hautes Pyrenees Department crossing the famous Cols of the Tourmalet, the Hourquette d'Ancizan, the Col de Peyresourde and Val Louron d'Azet. The race also passes through Lourdes, Luz Saint Sauveur, Sainte Marie de Campan, Saint-Lary and Loudenvielle.

Friday, July 8th - Stage 7 L'Isle Jourdain => Lac de Payolle (162km)

Christian Prudhomme's comment

"As the Tour enters the Pyrenees, the pace should increase and the race enter a new dimension. The climb to the Col d'Aspin will be the only theater of battle on the day… in terms of climbing! But the descent, as splendid as it is technical, heading to the Lac de Payolle will also be a decisive exercise."

Saturday, July 9th - Stage 8 Pau => Luchon (182km)

Christian Prudhomme's comment

"The great classic of the Pyrenees has been reconsidered for this 2016 edition of the Tour. After the Col du Tourmalet, the race will, for the first time, head up the Hourquette d'Ancizan from a different side before taking on the Col de Val-Louron-Azet and Peyresourde!
A battle with several levels where anything and everything can happen."

Tour de France 2016 - Profil Etape 8 Pau - Luchon

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