Tour de France 2024, Stage 12: Aurillac → Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Hilly, 11 July 2024. 203.6 km with 2,253 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 203.6 km
- Climbing
- 2,253 m
- Highest point
- 736 m
- Steepest km
- 7.2% at km 58
- Start
- Aurillac 608 m
- Finish
- Villeneuve-sur-Lot 65 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 7 km/h from the north-east, gusting to 24 km/h on average. Rain recorded on parts of the route.
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
- Direction
- North-east 39°
- Average gust
- 24 km/h
- Temperature
- 26°C 20 to 30°C
Historical weather for 11 July 2024, sampled at 60 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
203.6 km with 2,253 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 28.9 km of it and is above 8% for 1.2 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 736 m at km 25. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 7.2%, at km 58. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?