The Tour will return this Friday to the ‘crime’ scene at La Planche des Belles Filles

And the first comes over Tour de France. And not just at any stop, but at the ski resort La Planche des Belles Fillesstill fresh in the memory of cycling fans for what was experienced here in 2020. On September 19, and after a time trial exhibition, Pogacar led from Roglic in the penultimate stage before Paris. The unseen. ‘pray’ He defended 57 seconds against his compatriot, who after the day dressed up as leader with 59 seconds to Primoz. One day that stayed forever in the cycling newspaper library.

This is the sixth time the peloton has climbed La Planche, which will be ‘The Super Iron’, because it added a kilometer to it, with only 500 concrete meters to an exciting end. Famous for the spectacular nature of its ramps, which always attract large numbers of fans, the port is 7 km long, with an average gradient of 8.7% and up to 24%. A highway to heaven that will serve as a test for favorites. It’s important.

Sa the iron great days of cycling were experienced and the great cyclists tamed its roughness, as Pogacar mentioned in the individual time test, Chris Froome in 2012, Fabio Aror in 2017 or Dylan Teuns in 2019.

A stage with two very marked parts and an explosive ending

A stage that is expected to be explosive, due to its mileage and clearly its diverse components. The first hundred kilometers they gradually walk in the vertical direction, until they face the first colossus of the sun (Col de Grosse Pierre, 3rd category, 3.1 kilometers to 6.4%), to km 107; After 23 kilometers the runners will face the second mountain difficulty (Col des Croixfrom 3rd, 3.2 km to 6.3%, on the way to a frightening descent until the last ascent in La Planche des Belles Filles.

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A climb that also serves to measure the temperature of favorites, because in four out of five times the person comes out of this massive the Vosges ended up winning the Tour: wiggins in 2012, Nibali in 2014, Froome in 2017 and Pogacar in 2020. So far, Tadej It was the first repeat of the prophecy, on another record for him, to face the challenge that the yellow was already behind him.