The last alpine stage is the queen of the Tour. With a port of Second, two of First and one of Special category. The hardness is distributed, from the beginning, so the tactics and ambition of the great teams will be important so that the favorites move to the end, in the eternal climb to the Col de la Loze, the roof of this edition. An ascension for Supermans.
It is only the second time that the port has been climbed on the Tour, which in 2020 was the end of the stage and where Miguel Ángel López, Supermán, won, ahead of Roglic.
The Col de la Loze is much longer (28 km by 17) and higher (2,300 meters by 2,112) than the Tourmalet, the colossus of the Pyrenees. The last seven kilometres, when the oxygen starts to run out, are the most demanding. When it is crowned, it will still be necessary to have the strength to face six kilometers of rapid descent to Courchevel.
Of the 166 km of the stage, seventy are uphill, which gives a positive difference in altitude of 5,399 meters for the cyclists. The day will be decisive yes or yes. For whoever comes out leader will only have a difficult day until Paris.
