Tour de France
The Tour de France starts in Bilbao for a crazy first week !
For the second time in history after 1992, the Tour de France will set off from the Spanish Basque Country, more specifically from Bilbao for three Pyrenean stages in this region with a strong cycling culture. These first three stages will be tricky and dangerous for riders competing for the General Classification where they will have to be very attentive and not waste time in the famous Jaizkibel.
In addition to these three days in the Spanish Basque Country, the festivities in the first week will not stop there since from the 5th stage, the mountain will be in order with a finish in Laruns via the Col de Soudet halfway through. The next day, the famous Col d’Aspin – Tourmalet sequence will be present before a first summit finish in Cauterets-Cambasque.
The same team as 2022 around David Gaudu, the last dance for Thibaut Pinot !
After a fourth place in 2022 and a second place in Paris-Nice this year, David Gaudu is back on the Tour de France with podium ambitions! Around him, a group he knows well since a very large part of the 2022 group will be taking on the Basque roads on July 1st. A tailored made team for the mountains, ready to face the five French mountain chain present throughout the course.
Among this group, Thibaut Pinot, who has just returned from an outstanding Giro d’Italia which saw him finish 5th in the General Classification with a best climber’s jersey, will be keen to end his story with the Tour de France in front of his public.
Stage 1 – Bilbao > Bilbao – 182 km – july, 1st
Stage 2 – Vitoria-Gasteiz > San Sebastian – 209 km – july, 2nd
Stage 3 – Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne – 185 km – july, 3rd
Stage 4 – Dax > Nogaro – 182 km – july, 4th
Stage 5 – Pau > Laruns – 165 km – july, 5th
Stage 6 – Tarbes > Cauterets – 145 km – july, 6th
Stage 7 – Mont-de-Marsan > Bordeaux – 170 km – july, 7th
Stage 8 – Libourne > Limoges – 201 km – july, 8th
Stage 9 – Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy de Dôme – 184 km – july, 9th
Stage 10 – Volcania > Issoire – 167 km – july, 11th
Stage 11 – Clermont-Ferrand > Moulins – 180 km – july, 12th
Stage 12 – Roanne > Belleville-en-Beaujolais – 169 km – july, 13th
Stage 13 – Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne > Grand Colombier – 138 km – july, 14th
Stage 14 – Annemasse > Morzine – 152 km – july, 15th
Stage 15 – Les Gets > Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc – 180 km – july, 16th
Stage 16 (ITT) – Passy > Combloux – 22 km – july, 18th
Stage 17 – Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc > Courchevel – 166 km – july, 19th
Stage 18 – Moûtiers > Bourg-en-Bresse – 186 km – july, 20th
Stage 19 – Moirans-en-Montagne > Poligny – 173 km – july, 21st
Stage 20 – Belfort > Le Markstein – 133 km – july, 22nd
Stage 21 – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines > Paris Champs-Élysées – 115 km – july, 23rd
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