The elevation gain is distributed over the following climbs: Ballon d’Alsace (11.5 kilometres at 5.2%), Col du Ménil (4.3 kilometres at 2.3%, unclassified), Col de la Croix des Moinats (5.2 kilometres at 7%), Col de Grosse-Pierre (3.2 kilometres at 8%), Col des Feignes (5.1 kilometres at 2.5%, unclassified), Col de la Schlucht (4.3 kilometres at 5.4%), Petit Ballon (9.3 kilometres at 8.1%) and Col du Platzerwasel (7.1 kilometres at 8.3%).
The Platzerwasel is the last climb of the Tour. After the summit the route continues for 4 kilometres on undulating terrain, after which a short downhill leads onto the last 3 kilometres on the flat.
“Let’s hope the yellow jersey is still vacant on the last day for GC riders and we’ll see a glorious battle for both the stage win and overall victory,” we wrote before the start of the Tour de France. “Although, a Thibaut Pinot win from the breakaway in his ultimate Tour de France mountain stage is tempting as well.”
The first scenario is off the table, the second is still a possibility. On the other hand, it would also be special if Vingegaard highlighted his brilliant Tour de France with a stage victory in Le Markstein.
Favourites 20th stage 2023 Tour de France
*** Jonas Vingegaard, Thibaut Pinot, Mattias Skjelmose
** Simon Yates, Giulio Ciccone, Adam Yates, Rafel Majka, Felix Gall
* Tadej Pogacar, Wout Poels, Michal Kwiatkowski, Ion Izagirre, David Gaudu
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Tour de France 2023 stage 20: profiles
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