Stage 16 - Bagnères-de-Luchon > > > Pau - 199.5 km
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
•Km 11.0 - Col de Peyresourde - 11.0 km climb to 7.4 % - Category 1
•Km 42.5 - Col d'Aspin - 12.3 km climb to 6.3 % - Category 1
•Km 72.0 - Col du Tourmalet (Souvenir Jacques Goddet) - 17.1 km climb to 7.3 % - Category HC
•Km 138.0 - Col d'Aubisque - 29.2 km climb to 4.2 % - Category HC
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The Stage starts at 11:40 local time CEST (6 hrs ahead of US EDT).
velonews.com - "At nearly 200km, Stage 16 promises to be one of the toughest of this year’s Tour. It crosses all four of the most famous passes in the Pyrénées — the Cat. 1 Peyresourde and Aspin, and the hors category Tourmalet and Aubisque — and includes 15,000 feet of actual climbing.
Adding to the historical importance of the stage is this being the 100th anniversary of the Tour first crossing these four peaks. The last time a Tour stage ran from Luchon to Pau, in 1964, Federico Bahamontes went solo over the Aubisque and came into Pau with a two-minute lead over a 13-man chase group."
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