Between Bilbao and Paris, the Tour climbs all the massifs in 2023

After starting with Denmark of the 2022 edition, the northernmost part of history, the Tour de France will set course next year south, with appointment to Bilbao for his departure, before facing early the Pyrenees and the rest of the main French massifs.

We have to wait until the exam director tomorrow, Christian Prudhommeannounce the route of 110 editionsthat so far only the details of the first three episodes are known, all of them in Basque territory.

But the leaks allow us to predict that the peloton will have to make light progress, because the mountain will have a great role, with climbs in PyreneesThe central massifThe curse and the Alps.

Cyclists will start strong, because their passage through Basque Countrywhich will host the second start of the Tour after the one that took place in 1992 on San SebastianIt’s not a bed of roses.

Five ports will start on July 1 in a loop over Bilbaoincluding the final climb to pike10 kilometers from the arrival of a stage that starts next to Guggenheim and it must overcome more than 3,300 meters of positive slope.

never before the tours is aware of an intense beginning, that it will be repeated the next day on the roads of San Sebastian Classica city that will experience the arrival of a day starting from Vitoria, after ascending to five ports, the last of which is the Jaizkibelless than 20 kilometers to arrive.

the time of “sprinters” will not sound until the third day, beginning with love affair and return to France through I ranwith a view to some locality of french basque country.

CELEBRATION OF OCAÑA

The Tour will pay tribute to you Luis Ocanahalf a century after his victory in the French round, and immediately the Pyreneeswith promotions on Tourmaletwhere the women’s round will have a purpose, and likely to Col d’Aspinwhile thinking about a possible time trial on Pau.

the output of Pyrenees will be done by Bordeauxto head northeast, with steps through Libourne, Limoges either Saint-Leonard-de-Noblatwhere he lives Raymond Poulidorbefore dealing with central massifwith a possible stage that will have a purpose at Puy de Domeunpublished since 1998.

If confirmed, the route to the mythical port will be accessible only to cyclists, who will face it without an audience.

Then the tours will live in Auvergne and its famous volcanoes will be the scene of the mid-mountain stages before the first day of rest on July 10 in its capital, Clermont-Ferrand.

THE JURY, CERTAIN JUDGE

The route to the east will continue through the vineyards of Boujolaiswhere there will be appointments halfway up the mountain, before the slopes of the Jura get in the way, with a possible aim at Grand Colombierthe second of its difficult port recently to tours after 2020, when Slovenian prevailed Tadej Pogacar.

Almost without transition, the race will head to Alpswhere there will be no shortage of high mountains and, possibly, a time trial, which will not take place on the eve of the end but a week after it, before the last day of rest in sausages.

the cabbage of lostits height of 2,304 meters, its ramps at 20%, will return to the menu of tours of 2023 for the second time in history, after the Colombian’s 2020 victory Miguel Angel Lopez.

Return to the valley Rhônethe platoon will head north to face, once again, the cursethis time in its northernmost part with an eventual arrival at Grand Ballonwhere perhaps a bicycle touring road will be added that will make it difficult to climb the last pass of the edition, a truly definitive judge of the edition.

The next day, July 23, the Danish substitute jonas vingegaard will walk through Elysian Fields wearing his yellow jersey.