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 17 Compiled by Edward Pickering, Nigel Wynn When: Thursday, July 26 Where: Pau-Castelsarrasin Length: 188.5km DESCRIPTION The riders' hotels rooms are going to be in a right state now. They will have arrived at Pau on Monday evening and it will have been their base ever since. This is a surprisingly lumpy stage, with six categorised climbs along its route. There are two reasons why the favourites will spend most of the day ambling along. First, the Pyrenees have just finished. Second, there is a major time trial in the offing. Chances are, the breaks will stick like a piece of spaghetti to a wall. CW STAGE RATING Scenery: 5/10 Difficulty: 4/10 Impact on overall: 2/10 ROUTE DETAILS Km, Location, ETA, Feature 0, PAU, 12:45, START 23, Cote de Baleix, 13:31, Climb cat 3 44.5, Rabastens de Bigorre, 14:01, Sprint 54, Cote de Villecomtal, 14:14, Climb cat 4 59.5, Cote de Mielan, 14:21, Climb cat 4 63.5, Cote de Sainte Dode aux Croix, 14:27, Climb cat 4 72.5, Cote de Theux, 14:39, Climb cat 4 86, Masseube, 14:57, Feed zone 146.5, Solomiac, 16:20, Sprint 169.5, Cote de la Montagnere, 16:51, Climb cat 4 188.5, CASTELSARRASIN, 17:17, 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 17
Compiled by Edward Pickering, Nigel Wynn

When: Thursday, July 26
Where: Pau-Castelsarrasin
Length: 188.5km

DESCRIPTION
The riders' hotels rooms are going to be in a right state now. They will have arrived at Pau on Monday evening and it will have been their base ever since.
This is a surprisingly lumpy stage, with six categorised climbs along its route. There are two reasons why the favourites will spend most of the day ambling along. First, the Pyrenees have just finished. Second, there is a major time trial in the offing. Chances are, the breaks will stick like a piece of spaghetti to a wall.

CW STAGE RATING
Scenery: 5/10
Difficulty: 4/10
Impact on overall: 2/10

ROUTE DETAILS
Km, Location, ETA, Feature
0, PAU, 12:45, START
23, Cote de Baleix, 13:31, Climb cat 3
44.5, Rabastens de Bigorre, 14:01, Sprint
54, Cote de Villecomtal, 14:14, Climb cat 4
59.5, Cote de Mielan, 14:21, Climb cat 4
63.5, Cote de Sainte Dode aux Croix, 14:27, Climb cat 4
72.5, Cote de Theux, 14:39, Climb cat 4
86, Masseube, 14:57, Feed zone
146.5, Solomiac, 16:20, Sprint
169.5, Cote de la Montagnere, 16:51, Climb cat 4
188.5, CASTELSARRASIN, 17:17, 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 17