Tour de France 2017 Route stage 16: Le Puy en Velay – Romans sur Isère
Tuesday, 18 July 2017 - At 165 kilometres, the route of stage 16 in the Tour de France travels from Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans-sur-Isère. Hills in the first part before a long descent plunges down to a gently undulating section of 50 kilometres.
Le Puy-en-Velay is a stop on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, so with a little luck the riders are ‘reborn’ after the rest day. They head for Romans-sur-Isère, which lies in the valley of the River Rhône.
Once the flag is dropped the roads start to go up until Côte de Boussoulet is crested after 20 kilometres. The official climb (3rd category) is 4.5 kilometres at 6.3%. The rolls on and at kilometre 65 the riders are atop Col du Rouvey, which is the highest point of the day at an elevation of 1,250 metres. The climb itself is modest – 2.8 kilometres at 5,6% – before a long drop runs to a gently rolling last section of some 50 kilometres.
One could think of different scenarios. With enough power on board the break away could hold until the end. That said, stages with an arrival in the Rhône valley usually come down to a bunch sprint. In the 4th stage of last year’s Paris-Nice, Nacer Bouhanni outpowered Edward Theuns, André Greipel, Alexander Kristoff and Michael Matthews on the line.
Echelons are another possible scenario. In recent years stages that were marked by crosswinds were bound to bring spectacle. Think the World Championships in Qatar, or the 11th stage in the 2016 Tour de France, when Peter Sagan and Chris Froome took control in a legendary stage.
AG2R’s Pierre Latour was born is arrival place Romans-sur-Isère.
The first three riders on the line take time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds.
Read also: results/race report 16th stage 2017 Tour de France.
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