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cycling. More on them later. This is stage 15, the last stage before the second

rest day. One of the most, if not the most important stages for this year's tour of France from Ludenville to Plateau

the Bay over 5,000 meters elevation gain across 200 kilometers starting with the

perissured where Pagacha attacked in 2020 to take time 7k 7.8 percent

it might be the other side straight out of neutral then a descent value of 20 ks more

or less than the cold a malt, 10 K's 8.5 percent, very steep gradients descent,

cold the porte daspae, 4.5k's 10 percent, and then another valley of 60 kilometers before the

called down year 10.1k is 8.2% short descent and then the pours are there 4.5k is 5.4%

I'm still not at our final climb that's 150 k's in then another descent and then

Plateau de Bay 15.7 k is at 7.8% the five or four cap one climbs proceeded then this hc

hc climb which is pretty consistently steep okay some cases

a six percent or six and a half but then there's a 10 percent couple of ks in the

middle and then it maybe gets a beard easier at the end.

It's a hard long climb, the record from Pantani was about 43 minutes more or less back in the day.

Not high altitude. altitude weather conditions 30 degrees

quite hot today as compared to yesterday in the valleys in particular and what do we

have anything before the stage Benji I don't think so was just very hyp for today's

stage because you you indicated already how important the stages we said it

yesterday yesterday was an important and very impressive performance by

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