Make the most of your run or ride with strava routes. Ive produced a spreadsheet that allows you to estimate your time. Oct 28, 2014 the 2015 etape du tour route has been announced. The 2015 route began in the savoie town of saintjeandemaurienne, and covered a. And etape du tour participants will get to tackle the route five days before the professionals do, with the everpopular sportive to take place on sunday july 19. Route profile and map for the 2016 etape du tour from megeve to morzine. Etape du tour 2017 route analysis 178km and 3,529m of. The amateurs will face a 175 km course with an elevation gain of 3,600 m in the hinterland of nice. You will, of course want to go faster than this, and bear in mind that the course is extremely mountainous. This event is an open road sportive so participants must adhere to the highway code and human race cycling code click here to read them. However, in order to make the most of that crucial final window, it is essential to have a comprehensive build up that prepares you to complete the hardest sessions and highest training load in those last weeks.
Analyse the 2018 etape du tour route sportive breaks. Oct 28, 2015 the etape du tour is one of the most popular amateur cyclosportive events in the world. The 2020 etape du tour has its 30th edition in 2020 and it takes place on sunday 5 july in a beautiful setting on the cote dazur with a start and finish in nice. I thought id take a look back at the etapes ive done and do a little comparison in order. There are structured programs on the etape du tour website that are really helpful.
Nov 18, 2009 the 2010 etape du tour is from pau to the summit of the tourmalet. The 2015 etape du tour will take place on sunday 19 july. In 2011, anthony charteau took a solo win here while noan lelarge won a time trial three years earlier. My french friend would say, cest cartesien, meaning dont ask its the. It is not recommended to program a big cyclosportive end june or early july. Official letape du tour site velo magazine etape du tour site letape analysis. I think it was a site on letape and the training program sounded reasonable, so i stole it. The tour the france is the most demanding cycling race in the world and winning it is the most sought after victory of every professional cyclist with the race often being won or lost on one of the etape du tour stages. The start point wont be announced for some time so i started the ride right on the lake, the same location as the last etape in annecy it. Weve based our stats on the flythrough from the etape website, combined with ride with gps and strava data the final figures may differ slightly when the final fully mapped route is released.
However, the profile is reasonably lumpy, at least lumpy enough to cause trouble for those who are unprepared more on training for etape below. Its a proving ground with your name scribbled in chalk. Oct 27, 2012 thereve been comments that the 20 etape du tour route is not hard enough and to some degree this point has merit. The 2020 etape du tour has its 30th edition in 2020 and it takes place on sunday 5 july in a beautiful setting. Riding the 2018 etape du tour route sportive breaks. Join our team of expert guides, mechanics and local hosts and discover some of the best riding on the planet.
Etape du tour 2015 a first experience 23072015 evans cycles race team no comments it was on a random thursday in the office, in early june, that my colleague asked me whether i wanted to take the spare place we had been given and join him to ride letape du tour in the french alps a mere five weeks later. Latest rider times l etape du tour 2015 by nick gregory. You dont need to go terribly fast to do the etape du tour. Latest rider times letape du tour 2015 by nick gregory.
The most critical period of training for the etape is the specific work you do in the 812 weeks immediately prior to the event. First held in 1993, and now organised by the amaury sport organisation aso, in conjunction with velo magazine, it takes place each july, normally on a tour rest day. Letape du tour packages sports tours international. For the 30th edition of letape du tour, the riders will take the roads of the 2nd stage of le tour on july 5th, 2020 over a distance of 177 km, with a start and finish in nice. Elevation and ascent statistics with customisable elevation graph. Approximately 15,000 places are available for the 2016 etape du tour, which for 2017 will start in briancon and conclude with a summit finish atop the col dizoard. Jul 20, 2015 etape du tour 2015 yellovelo recce duration. I bought my first road bike in 2015 and entered my first sportive in 2017. Out of the 7000 entries each year, there are sometimes serious injuries and even fatalities, due to medical incidents, or people leaving the road at altitude.
Etape du tour 2015 a first experience evans cycles. Training articles email updates camping gran fondo route analysis news. Out on the road, i focus on the route ahead, the views around me and lock into. Taking place on sunday 8 july, the etape returns to the french. The route requires the winner to be a truly versatile rider and will make sure that the final winner will be crowned no sooner than on the top of the annecysemnoz climb on the penultimate day of racing. Yesterday i did one of the most spectacular events of my entire life letape du tour. Pre etape du tour preparation, 8 weeks cycling training. This involves an objective analysis of ones strengths and weaknesses and. The 2015 etape du tour will see sportive riders follow in the iconic wheel tracks of sir bradley wiggins and chris froome with a summit finish. Sports tours international has been taking cyclists from all over the world to ride the etape since the days when entry was through paper application forms in velo magazine. Riding the 2018 etape du tour route this is an etape that will have you searching for that lowest gear and spinning out down some fast descents.
Sign up for strava to save this route and share it with your friends. I thought id take a look back at the etapes ive done and do a little comparison in order to help those considering the event make up their minds. The route starts with a slight downhill section for about 6. The course, ridden by l etape du tour amateurs the week before, began on the shores of lake annecy and finished atop the hc climb, annecysemnoz. The first 60km of the etape is almost entirely downhill. The etape du tour is one of the most popular amateur cyclosportive events in the world. Thereve been comments that the 20 etape du tour route is not hard enough and to some degree this point has merit. Whilst reader paul conveyed his disappointment that the etape wont be the modanealpe dhuez tdf stage saying how much of a crush to morale is a long downhill stretch with telegrapheglandon next upthis route will still be a moral crusher. Theyre community curated and backed by strava activity. Etape du tour 2017 exact route still to be published by aso. The 2017 etape du tour route has been announced, and we just rode it. Strava cycling route letape du tour 2016 strava routes.
This route is smack dab in the middle of the alps and has three famous climbs. From a small group tour to morocco, to a spring training camp in mallorca or a sportive break to the alps, we have all of your cycling breaks available. The start point wont be announced for some time so i started the ride right on the lake, the same location as the last etape in annecy it will almost certainly be the same in 2018. Depending on the year and the course, a minimum average speed of 10 12mph is required to complete the course within the time limit. Etape du tour 2015 a first experience 23072015 evans cycles race team no comments it was on a random thursday in the office, in early june, that my colleague asked me whether i wanted to take the spare place we had been given and join him to ride letape du. This is the day youll tell your kids about someday. Given the difficulty of the course of the 2020 edition, it is therefore particularly. The course, ridden by letape du tour amateurs the week before, began on the shores of lake annecy and finished atop the hc climb, annecysemnoz.
Registration for the event, which will take place on sunday, 10 july 2016, is now open. In the world calendar of sportive or granfondo events, letape du tour is a little apart for. Im absolutely spent as i write this but ill do my best to capture what its all about. The 2018 etape du tour is out and it looks like an absolute stunner. Nov 05, 2017 every year, tour organiser aso runs a cyclosportive, open to all, that rides one of the tours mountain stages a few days before the pros.
The etape du tour, a civilian ride, is designed to celebrate the challenge of the tour. The 2010 etape du tour is from pau to the summit of the tourmalet. In the history of letape du tour, this is both the first loop course and the first seaside experience. It must be this special aspect of pro racing that has made the etape du tour. The race directors have created a very innovative tour with cobbles, gravels and a short 65km stage amongst all the classic climbs. The 2015 etape du tour route is definitely one for the climbers. Oct 18, 2016 the 2017 etape du tour route has been announced, and we just rode it. On the north edge of the french alps, the 169kilometre route reportedly has over 4000 metres of vertical ascent i think its less. Below are the 2018 routes for dragon ride letape wales. Every year, tour organiser aso runs a cyclosportive, open to all, that rides one of the tours mountain stages a few days before the pros. Ive ridden the etape three times myself 2003, 2004, and 2006 and used a similar spreadsheet to estimate my time. From alpine valleys to the tourmalet, the giant of the pyrenees, every year.
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