2022 Tour de France Stage 11 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 11 of the 2022 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The 11th stage at the Tour de France travels from Albertville to a hard summit finish at the Col du Granon. De 151.7 kilometres route tackles the Lacetes de Montverrier, Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier along the way.
Albertville and the Tour de France have been intertwined in recent years. Of the last seven editions, 2017 and 2020 were the only ones that the race that did not start in the town in the foothills of the Alps. Usually, the stage enters the high mountains, which is the case in 2022 as well.
The stage is set to finish at the Col du Granon. Only once before did the yellow caravan stop on the mountain in the Serre Chevalier ski area. Eduardo Chozes climbed to the stage honours, while Greg Lemond took the yellow jersey from Bernard Hinualt that day. We are talking 36 years ago here. Six stages later Greg Lemond won his first of three Grande Boucles.
But, first things first. The first hour of racing takes place on flat roads. Then the Lacets de Montverrier is a good place to test the legs. Just 3.4 kilometres long and averaging 8.2%. Which is nothing compared to the giants ahead.
Albertville and the Tour de France may have been intertwined in recent years, the Télégraphe and Galibier are intertwined since the dawn of time. Together they comprise a 35 kilometres climb, but if you take them apart, the Télégraphe accounts for 11.9 kilometres of climbing at 7.1%, and, after a short downhill, the Galibier adds another 17.7 kilometres at 6.9% to the hardship.
The Galibier peaks out with 45 kilometres remaining. Most is goes downhill to Saint-Chaffrey at the foot of the Col du Granon. Which is a steady climb in the sense that the gradients never fall below 8%. The Granon is 11.3 kilometres, features sevral double digit sectors, and averages 9.2%.
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