KICK OFF TIME (STAGE 6)- 11am BST (12pm local time).
Stage Six kicks off Thursday but it is very unique because the cyclists will set off from a valley and finish up in the mountain. Simply from the Rhône valley to the Mont Aigoual (altitude of 1504m).
According to locals in this area, today’s stage is like never before, from the Rhône valley to the Mont Aigoual (alt. 1504m) that has only been used once in the Tour de France in the middle of a stage with Charly Mottet wearing the yellow jersey that day of 1987.
A weather station was built up there in the mountains in 1894 and recorded gusts of wind at 334km/h in 1966 but a nice and sunny weather is forecast for stage 6.
The final ascent to Mont Aigoual is preceded by the 11.7km long col de la Lusette (7.3% average with some gradients at 14% and some curves at 19%).
It’s an occasion for Julian Alaphilippe to bounce back after losing the yellow jersey to Adam Yates due to irregular feeding inside the last 20km yesterday but the Englishman will defend his lead, also against Primoz Roglic who is a favourite again.
STAGE SIX PROFILE
SITE MAP FOR STAGE SIX
source https://taarifa.rw/tour-de-france-stage-6-from-rhone-valley-to-mont-aigoual/
