The queen stage of the Pyrenees goes from Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque. In just 145 kilometers you climb Aspin, Cauterets, where the finish line is, and a colossus like Tourmalet. It is not normal that in the sixth stage the race already has such and such a decisive day but this Tour, as you know, is upside down.
The mileage is propitious for there to be a good battle between the best in the general. The Tourmalet almost never disappoints. For a reason it is the 57th time that the Tour has climbed through it. The Col combines length and hardness.
Since the Tourmalet is crowned, at 2,115 meters high, until the ascent of Cauterets begins, there are 30 km of descent, so the tactics of the teams will be very important. If someone wants to attack from afar, they must have a partner ahead of them to work for them.
And it is that the first 11 km of the ascent of Cauterets are flat, so the help of someone who sets the pace at the beginning of the climb would be good, until the hardest part arrives, with 5 to go for the finish line. first high end of this 2023.
The arrival at the Plateau de Cambasque will always be in the history of Miguel Indurain. The Navarrese, then a teammate of Pedro Delgado at Reynolds-Banesto, achieved his first victory there in 1989. It was a stage with a historic Spanish triplet as Miguelón was followed by Anselmo Fuerte and Perico himself. In 1990 Indurain would win at Luz Ardiden. And in 1991 he would win his first Tour.
