The three-day Pyrenean adventure concludes with the classic mountain stage: the Pau - Luchon/Superbagnères covers 182.6 km and 4,950 meters of elevation gain. And fortunately, at least two of the three scheduled climbs will not be tackled from their most challenging sides...

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The first 60 kilometers are flat, but the intermediate sprint in Esquièze-Sère, at km 70, arrives when the road starts climbing towards the Tourmalet, which will be approached from the Luz-Saint-Sauveur side (19 km at 7.4% average gradient). Then descending to Sainte-Marie-de Campan to climb the Col d'Aspin from the Payolle side (5 km at 7.6%).

Following that, the Col de Peyresourde (7.1 km at 7.8%) and finally a descent to Bagnères-de-Luchon to take the extremely demanding road that will lead to Superbagnères (12.4 km at 7.5%).

In practice, this is the same stage that was raced in the 1986 Tour, won by Greg Lemond with Bernard Hinault: a few days later, in the Col du Granon stage, the American would then snatch the leader's jersey from his teammate and carry it all the way to Paris.