2022 Tour de France Stage 17 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 17 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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At 129.7 kilometres, the 17th stage takes in three intermediate climbs before a summit finish at the Altiport 007 in Peyragudes. The finish climb is 8 kilometres long and averages 7.8%, while the last 500 metres go up at 13%.
So, that sounds like an explosive race. But itâs even worse than that â â or better, depending on your prespective. All vertical metres are crammed together is the second part of the race. In fact, more than half of the last 76 kilometres go uphill.
In the last 76 kilometres the riders are to conquer the Col dâAspin (12 kilometres at 6.5%), Hourquette dâAnzican (8.2 kilometres at 5.1%) and Col de Val-Louron-Azet (10.7 kilometres at 6.8%) before descending to Loudenvielle. Moments later the Grande Finale begins.
The finish climb to Peyragudus amounts to 8 kilometres and the average gradient sits at 7.8%.
The race is set to finish on is the runway of the airport of Peyragudes. The airport in the Pyrenees hosted a Tour de France stage in 2012 and in 2017, yet earlier fame befell the place in 1997 with a scene in the James Bond movie Tomorrow never Dies.
The full finish climb is not the same as on the two previous occasions, although the last 2.4 kilometres are. Itâs a slog at 8.4% to the âJames Bond Airportâ, while the last 500 metres are HC-category intimidating. This section goes up at 13%.
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