Tour de France 2023 Favourites stage 16: ITT for climbers

Early in the route the riders tackle a 1.3 kilometres climb at 8.8% before flying down at breakneck speeds to the valley of the Arve. They follow the river to Sallanches and after some corners in the domestic zone the route continues on a flat and straight road to Domancy.

From Domancy the riders climb out of the valley on a 2.5 kilometres ramp at 9.4%. The route flattens out a bit, without becoming flat, as the last 3.5 kilometres rise at 5% to the line in Combloux.

In short, in order to win the only ITT on the Tour de France you have to be a good climber who knows how to push the big gear in the flat sections in the valley.

Favourites 16th stage 2023 Tour de France

*** Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard
** Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, Pello Bilbao, Mattias Skjelmose
* Ion Izagirre, Carlos Rodriguez, Jonathan Castroviejo, Mikkel Bjerg

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