Cycling Weekly Tour De France 2007


Tour Home Routes & Stages Teams & Riders News & Results Stage Highlight Videos Tour History Videos Tour De France Masks About the Tour Cycling Weekly Home	TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES STAGE 14 Compiled by Edward Pickering, Nigel Wynn When: Sunday, July 22 Where: Mazamet-Plateau de Beille Length: 197km DESCRIPTION It's a stage of two distinct halves. Ignoring the early climb of the Cote de St Sarraille, a 9km inconvenience which rises straight out of Mazamet, the first 12km are flat and dusty. The second part of the stage begins with the hors-category climb to the Port de Pailheres, a 2,001 metre brute. The descent leads to a gently sloping valley road dropping to the foot of the Plateau de Beille climb at Les Cabannes. From here on in, it's every man for himself. It will be a big surprise if the war for the yellow jersey didn't spill over into the battle for the stage win. CW STAGE RATING Scenery: 8/10 Difficulty: 9/10 Impact on overall: 10/10 ROUTE DETAILS Km, Location, ETA, Feature 0, MAZAMET, 11:40, START 9, Cote de Saint Sarraille, 12:10, Climb cat 2 46.5, Carcassonne, 12:55, Sprint 91.5, Campagne sur Aude, 13:55, Sprint 94, Quillan, 13:59, Feed zone 146.5, Port de Pailheres, 15:32, Climb hors-category 164.5, Ax les Thermes, 15:50, Town 197, PLATEAU DE BEILLE, 16:56, FINISH TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES Saturday July 7, Prologue, London, 7.9km Sunday July 8, Stage 1, London-Canterbury, 203km Monday July 9, Stage 2, Dunkirk-Ghent, 167km Tuesday July 10, Stage 3, Waregem-Compiegne, 236km Wednesday July 11, Stage 4, Vilers-cotterets-Joigny, 190km Thursday July 12, Stage 5, Chablis-Auten, 184km Friday July 13, Stage 6, Semur-en-Auxois-Bourg-en-Bresse, 200km Saturday July 14, Stage 7, Bourg-en-Bresse-Le Grand-Bornand, 197km Sunday July 15, Stage 8, Le Grand-Bornand-Tignes, 165km Monday July 16, Rest Day Tuesday July 17, Stage 9, Val-d'Isere-Briancon, 161km Wednesday July 18, Stage 10, Tallard-Marseille, 229km Thursday July 19, Stage 11, Marseille-Montpellier, 180km Friday July 20, Stage 12, Montpellier-Castres, 179km Saturday July 21, Stage 13, Albi-Albi, 54km ITT Sunday July 22, Stage 14, Mazamet-Plateau-de-Beille, 197km Monday July 23, Stage 15, Foix-Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196km Tuesday July 24, Rest day Wednesday July 25, Stage 16, Orthez-Col d'Aubisque, 218km Thursday July 26, Stage 17, Pau-Castelsarrasin, 188km Friday July 27, Stage 18, Cahors-Angouleme, 210km Saturday July 28, Stage 19, Cognac-Angouleme, 55km ITT Sunday July 28, Stage 20, Marcoussis-Champs-ƒlysees, 130km TOTAL: 3,550km Terms & Conditions \| Privacy Policy \| © Copyright IPC Media Ltd, all rights reserved.

TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES

STAGE 14
Compiled by Edward Pickering, Nigel Wynn

When: Sunday, July 22
Where: Mazamet-Plateau de Beille
Length: 197km

DESCRIPTION
It's a stage of two distinct halves. Ignoring the early climb of the Cote de St Sarraille, a 9km inconvenience which rises straight out of Mazamet, the first 12km are flat and dusty. The second part of the stage begins with the hors-category climb to the Port de Pailheres, a 2,001 metre brute.
The descent leads to a gently sloping valley road dropping to the foot of the Plateau de Beille climb at Les Cabannes. From here on in, it's every man for himself. It will be a big surprise if the war for the yellow jersey didn't spill over into the battle for the stage win.

CW STAGE RATING
Scenery: 8/10
Difficulty: 9/10
Impact on overall: 10/10

ROUTE DETAILS
Km, Location, ETA, Feature
0, MAZAMET, 11:40, START
9, Cote de Saint Sarraille, 12:10, Climb cat 2
46.5, Carcassonne, 12:55, Sprint
91.5, Campagne sur Aude, 13:55, Sprint
94, Quillan, 13:59, Feed zone
146.5, Port de Pailheres, 15:32, Climb hors-category
164.5, Ax les Thermes, 15:50, Town
197, PLATEAU DE BEILLE, 16:56, FINISH

TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: STAGES

Saturday July 7, Prologue, London, 7.9km
Sunday July 8, Stage 1, London-Canterbury, 203km
Monday July 9, Stage 2, Dunkirk-Ghent, 167km
Tuesday July 10, Stage 3, Waregem-Compiegne, 236km
Wednesday July 11, Stage 4, Vilers-cotterets-Joigny, 190km
Thursday July 12, Stage 5, Chablis-Auten, 184km
Friday July 13, Stage 6, Semur-en-Auxois-Bourg-en-Bresse, 200km
Saturday July 14, Stage 7, Bourg-en-Bresse-Le Grand-Bornand, 197km
Sunday July 15, Stage 8, Le Grand-Bornand-Tignes, 165km
Monday July 16, Rest Day
Tuesday July 17, Stage 9, Val-d'Isere-Briancon, 161km
Wednesday July 18, Stage 10, Tallard-Marseille, 229km
Thursday July 19, Stage 11, Marseille-Montpellier, 180km
Friday July 20, Stage 12, Montpellier-Castres, 179km
Saturday July 21, Stage 13, Albi-Albi, 54km ITT
Sunday July 22, Stage 14, Mazamet-Plateau-de-Beille, 197km
Monday July 23, Stage 15, Foix-Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196km
Tuesday July 24, Rest day
Wednesday July 25, Stage 16, Orthez-Col d'Aubisque, 218km
Thursday July 26, Stage 17, Pau-Castelsarrasin, 188km
Friday July 27, Stage 18, Cahors-Angouleme, 210km
Saturday July 28, Stage 19, Cognac-Angouleme, 55km ITT
Sunday July 28, Stage 20, Marcoussis-Champs-ƒlysees, 130km
TOTAL: 3,550km

Tour De France Stage 14