Stage 17, Etape du Tour, 2010 Tour de France

Stage 17 Pau – Col du Tourmalet - 22-July-2010

Etape Du Tour 2010 – Sunday 18 July 2010

Stage 17 on 22 July 2010 will be from Pau to Col du Tourmalet, crossing Col du Marie Blanque, Col du Soulor and a summit finish on Col de Tourmalet, this stage will also be the Etape du Tour 2010.

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/1700/etape_par_etape.html

The route from Bike Route Toaster. http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=88060 See the route of Etape du Tour 2010 in Google Earth:

Pau:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau,_Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Photo Gallery of Pau

Pau

Col du Marie Blanque:

Profile of the climb of Col du Marie Blanque.

Col du Marie Blanque from Google Earth.

Col du Marie Blanque. This section is at 16%.

Roly Hudson from Bath, England, on the Col du Marie Blanque during the Raid Pyrenées.
You too can look happy and relaxed on the Col du Marie Blanque, in the Etape du Tour come next July.

Click here for our full page on Col du Marie Blanque.

Col du Soulor:

Profile of Col du Soulor. It climbs for 10km before this official start point.

Col du Soulor from Google Earth.

At the start of the climb in Ferriéres.

At the summit of Col du Soulor.

On the climb of Col du Soulor looking across to Le Cirque du Litor, which the tour will ride on stage 16.

2km from the summit looking down the valley.

This photo is taken about 2km from the summit.

Click here to see our full page on Col du Soulor.

Col du Tourmalet:

Col du Tourmalet profile.

The 18km climb from Luz.

Col du Tourmalet summit.

This is the road that will be climbed, photographed from the summit.

Col du Tourmalet summit on Tour Day 2009.

Click to see our full page on Col du Tourmalet.

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