Tour de France stage 16: Cuneo>Jausiers with Lowe

Location:
Cuneo, Italy & Alpes de Hautes-Provence, France

Overview:
Team Garmin-Chipotle riders are recording the stages of the 2008 Tour de France with their Garmin Edge 705s for all you data hungry fans out there. Each day we will feature one rider and his data.

After a rest day in Cuneo, stage 16 takes the race back in to the high mountains. The start is slightly uphill from Cuneo, Italy as the riders cross back in to France by way of the 21.2 km Col de la Lombarde. This hors category climb has grades averaging 7%. After a fast downhill to Isola, France, the riders can look forward to climbing the highest paved road in France, the 2802 meter Cime de la Bonette-Restefond. The second hors category climb of the day, the Bonette-Restefond is 26.7 km long with 6.2% average grades. The finish is downhill into Jausiers.

As one of the team’s two pure climbers, Trent Lowe stuck with team leader Christian Vande Velde for most of the first climb up the Col de la Lombarde. Trent finished 87th on today’s grueling stage.

Difficulty: Difficult

Distance: 95.82 miles

Total Elevation Gain: 13,298 ft.

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