Etape du Tour – Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon- Stage 16

by velopeloton on January 28, 2012 · 9 comments

This stage from Pau to Luchon will be the Etape du Tour Mondovelo Acte II on Saturday 14 July 2012.

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Stage 16 of Le Tour de France 2012 will cover the classic route of Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon. This route has been used many times by Le Tour in both direction, the last time was Luchon to Pau in 2010.

Tour de France 2012 Stage 16 Profile

Tour de France 2012 Stage 16 - Etape du Tour Mondovélo - Profile. Approx 5000m altitude gain.

Tour de France

Tour de France

Download the KML file of Etape du Tour Mondovélo 2012.

Download the .gpx for turn by turn direction on Etape du Tour Mondovélo 2012 for you GPS unit.


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Altitude figures in ridewithgps.com are not accurate. I estimate it is approx 5000m of altitude gain.

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Pau

Pau

Col d'Aubisque

Col d'Aubisque

http://www.velopeloton.com/cycling/col-daubisque-west/

Col d'Aubisque Profile

Col d'Aubisque Profile

Col du Soulor

Cirque du Litor

Col du Soulor

Col du Soulor

http://www.velopeloton.com/cycling/col-du-soulor/

Tour de France 2011 in Soulom

Tour de France 2010 in Soulom

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Tourmalet

2km from the summit, Col du Tourmalet.

2km from the summit, Col du Tourmalet.

Col du Tourmalet Click to enlarge!

http://www.velopeloton.com/cycling/col-du-tourmalet/

Col du Tourmalet Profile

Col du Tourmalet Profile

Col d'Aspin

Col d'Aspin

http://www.velopeloton.com/cycling/col-daspin/

Col d'Aspin Profile

Col d'Aspin Profile

Col de Peyresourde

Col de Peyresourde

Col de Peyresourde Profile

Col de Peyresourde Profile

Luchon

Luchon

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  • http://www.PedalDancer.com Karen Rakestraw

    Your photography continues to amaze me. So good. That picture of the Col de Peyresourde is like none I’ve seen before.
    You make it hard to decide where to be on this stage.

  • Morgan Ellis

    Fantastic photos Paddy. It looks like a real beast of a stage with almost 4500 meters of climbing. Savage!

    • Willo

      More than that, about 5000 I think!

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  • Willo

    I’m entered, can’t wait!!!!! At the same time I’m shitting myself.

  • http://www.kaspersorensen.com Kasper Sørensen

    Is the route confirmed? I’m going to ride this, and have been looking for the gps coordinates.

    • http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/ Paddy sweeney

      The exact route is not published until a couple of weeks before the tour. This stage however has been used many times before in both directions. It is always the same.
      This is a .gpx file for the route. It should work on any Garmin gps.http://www.velopeloton.com/Cols/KML/Stage_16_2012_Tour_de_France.gpx

  • Rodge

    Dear All,

    I saw that the Eden Park Hotel in Pau is still having rooms available during this period! http://www.hotel-pau.fr

    Regards,

    Roger

  • Rodge

    Too late for this year the Eden Park Hotel is also fully booked now. I still have rooms in Lourdes at the Hotel des Rosiers. We also speak english. Take a look at http://www.hotelrosiers.com or give us a call as we do have very nice renovated rooms.

    Regards,

    Rodge 

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