Tour de France 2024 Favourites stage 14: Attackers in the Pyrenees

foto: Cor VosOn day fourteen of the Tour de France, the riders head into the Pyrenees. After tackling the Tourmalet and the Hourquette d'Ancizan, they’ll finish on the Pla d'Adet. (Slideshow route/profile)

The start is a dream for the sprinters, but that changes into a nightmare after 70 kilometres when they hit the Tourmalet (19 kilometres at 7.4%). Right after the descent, it’s uphill again, this time to the summit of the Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2 kilometres at 5.1%). The riders then descend to Guchen, and after a few kilometres in the valley, it’s time for the final climb.

The ascent from Saint-Lary-Soulan to the top of the Pla d’Adet is 10.6 kilometres long and averages 7.9%.

Obviously, the course is perfect to put pressure on your rivals for the yellow jersey. However, with the next stage featuring four category 1 climbs and a final HC climb, it’s likely that the GC riders will keep their powder dry. We assume that the Pla d’Adet stage will be all about the attackers.

If it unfolds this way, stage 14 is a perfect chance to salvage things for riders who started the Tour with GC ambitions but fell behind. Plus, of course, for those who’ve been eyeing success in the mountains from the start.

But then, you never know. It could also be that the GC contenders go full throttle in the race to Pla d’Adet.

How the race unfolds depends on the standings. Therefore, we’ll update this article during the Tour de France.

Favourites 14th stage 2024 Tour de France

*** Wout Poels, Lenny Martinez, Giulio Ciccone, David Gaudu
** Simon Yates, Romain Bardet, Richard Carapaz, Felix Gall
* Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard

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