route du sud 2016

In the morning, the riders will tackle 92.4km from Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy to Albi and it should be another stage for the sprinters. Won by Nairo Quintana before Sylvain Chavanel (2nd) and Imanol Erviti (3rd).

He is a pure climber and has proved that he can challenge the best in the hardest terrain. In the absence of any other bona fide Tour contenders, Quintana will be the overwhelming favourite for victory in a season where he has scarcely put a pedal stroke askew thus far.Saturday's étape reine features the mighty Col du Tourmalet ahead of a stiff summit finish at the Col de Couraduque, and despite Quintana's admission that the Alps have been kinder to him than the Pyrenees over the years, he ought to find the terrain there very much to his liking.The race as a whole – and Saturday's key stage in particular – will serve as something of a progress report for Quintana as he builds towards the Tour, and if he is not yet in condition to win, his brother Dayer – winner of the Tour de San Luis – could step into the breach for Movistar.The podium finisher from San Luis, Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) is another contender for the win, not least because of the 13-kilometre time trial around Albi on Friday afternoon, though the Andorra resident is still feeling his way back into competitive action after breaking his wrist and being knocked unconscious when he was hit by a barrier at La Drome Classic in February.There are just three WorldTour squads – Movistar, FDJ and AG2R-La Mondiale – in the Route du Sud peloton, a far cry from the 1990s when even Jan Ullrich was liable to be sent to the Pyrenees for a final pre-Tour work-out. By Eurosport • 19/06/2016 at 20:57. However, it is by no means a flat affair and should be more suited to stage race specialists than big time triallists. "Sign up to the Cyclingnews Newsletter. First the riders will tackle the mighty Col du Tourmalet whose top comes at the 123.3km mark. Mourey is a solid climber and he looked strong in Luxembourg.Euskadi have Garikoitz Bravo and Radio Popular are here with Federico Figuiredo and David Rodrigues. Sunday’s stage is a circuitrace that will see the riders cover 8 laps of a 17.6km circuit around the city of Gers-Astarac Arros en … Sylvain Chavanel will fancy his chances in the Albi time trial.Bryan Coquard will expect to pick up a morale-boosting sprint win ahead of a Tour where Direct Energie will devote at least three riders to leading him out. In 2016, however, there will be no Alberto Contador and as he is by far the best climber, he should easily win the queen stage without having to go too far into the red.

Furthermore, he is not a pure climber.Fortuneo-Vital Concept have Eduardo Sepulveda and Francis Mourey.

Arnaud Démare (FDJ) looks the man most likely to deny him, though the Milan-San Remo winner's form is questionable: he is not part of FDJ's Tour de France plans and is coming off the back of an illness-hit Giro d'Italia.The Route du Sud opens on Thursday with a 196-kilomete leg from Courniou to Bessières. He was second in Turkey and fourth in Castilla y Leon but he hasn’t raced for a while so his form is uncertain. Direct Energie and FDJ will make sure that this stage comes down to a big bunch sprint.The main novelty of this year’s race is the fact that there will be two half-stages on the second day. Route du Sud 2016. It will be a bit of a lottery to predict how most of them will fare in the individual test as most of them always finish far back in the time trials.There’s no real reason to discuss who’s going to win the race.

On paper, Rossetto is probably the best climber and he is also a very good time triallist. However, it is definitely not a flat affair as there are two pretty hard climbs in the first half. Find out the latest news, stage reports, race scores and expert analysis from the 2016 Route du Sud - la Depeche du Midi. There has been lots of discussion about which one to prefer but for the international stars, there has never been much doubt that one of the two races serve as a key part of a successful build-up for La Grande Boucle.In the shadow of the WorldTour races, the small Route du Sud in the Pyrenees has offered another option. Route du Sud 2016 Live Dashboard Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights Route du Sud is a low key stage race in the French Pyrenees just before the Tour de France. The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport TV, so there will be live streams. "The last races we've done were a month ago, and we're also facing into a tough race at the Tour.