Home >
Stages > Stage 16- Orthez to Gourette (218.5km)
Jul. 25, 2007
Stage 16- Orthez to Gourette (218.5km)
Only four days from the Tour finish, this final stage with a summit finish could see a spectacular showdown. It includes the extremely steep climb over the Col de Larrau (14km at 8 percent) into Spain, the return to France over the Pierre St.Martin (14km at 5.2 percent) and the short, sharp Marie-Blanque (9km at 8 percent) before heading up the longest, steepest side of the mythic Col d’Aubisque (16km at 7 percent). Only the strongest will be left to contest the stage — and the Tour.
Jul. 25, 2007
Rasmussen pulled out of Tour, fired by Rabobank After 10 days in the yellow jersey, Michael Rasmussen appeared to have beaten back all challengers in his pursuit of the top spot on the Tour de ...
Jul. 25, 2007
Rider protest marks start of Stage 16 Riders from eight teams staged a sit-down protest against doping before the start of the 16th stage of the Tour de France here Wednesday.
The ...
Jul. 25, 2007
Rasmussen beats back attacks to win Stage 16 Despite tepid support from fans, race organizers, fellow riders and even his own team, Michael Rasmussen is just one steady time trial away from ...
Jul. 25, 2007
Stage 16: A Casey Gibson Gallery Levi Leipheimer said today's stage may have been the hardest one he's ever seen in a Tour de France, and it may have been the one that ...
Jul. 25, 2007
No miracle for Contador It looks like there won’t be a miracle finish for Alberto Contador in the 2007 Tour de France.
The 24-year-old Spanish phenom’ was the only ...
Jul. 25, 2007
No miracle for Contador It looks like there won’t be a miracle finish for Alberto Contador in the 2007 Tour de France.
The 24-year-old Spanish phenom’ was the only ...
Jul. 25, 2007
Cofidis can’t win for losing Italian rider Cristian Moreni woke up Wednesday just five days away from finishing the Tour de France as a member of the French Cofidis team — one ...
Jul. 25, 2007
The joyless jersey? Rasmussen seems to be the only one celebrating his success Michael Rasmussen was celebrating his victory in Wednesday’s epic climbing stage that all but secured the yellow jersey, but no one else was.
The ...
Jul. 25, 2007
Stage stats: Stage 16 Weather: Much warmer, highs in upper 80s in lower valleys, cooler on summits, almost no clouds, moderate tailwinds on both sides of the ...
