Tour de France 2024, Stage 18: Gap → Barcelonnette
Hilly, 18 July 2024. 179.5 km with 3,123 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 179.5 km
- Climbing
- 3,123 m
- Highest point
- 1,443 m
- Steepest km
- 8.5% at km 115
- Start
- Gap 936 m
- Finish
- Barcelonnette 1,134 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:00 local time: 7 km/h from the south-west, gusting to 24 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
- Direction
- South-west 245°
- Average gust
- 24 km/h
- Temperature
- 26°C 22 to 29°C
Historical weather for 18 July 2024, sampled at 46 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
A hilly 179.5 km carrying 3,123 m of climbing: 41.0 km of the route is above 3%, 3.0 km above 8%. Not a mountain stage, but nothing about it is flat for long.
The high point is 1,443 m at km 31. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 8.5%, at km 115. 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?
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