Tour de France 2024, Stage 8: Semur-en-Auxois → Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
Flat, 6 July 2024. 183.4 km with 2,334 m of climbing.
The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 177.1 km against the official 183.4 km. The distance and climbing above are the official figures; the profile and the gradient figures measured on it come from the stored route, so read them as indicative of the terrain rather than an exact reproduction of the stage.
- Distance
- 183.4 km
- Climbing
- 2,334 m
- Highest point
- 552 m
- Steepest km
- 8.7% at km 23
- Start
- Semur-en-Auxois 336 m
- Finish
- Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 357 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:00 local time: 19 km/h from the west, gusting to 41 km/h on average. Rain recorded along most of the route.
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
- Direction
- West 251°
- Average gust
- 41 km/h
- Temperature
- 17°C 15 to 20°C
Historical weather for 6 July 2024, sampled at 56 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 flat stage by classification, 183.4 km and 2,334 m of climbing, with 28.8 km of rising road spread through the day.
The high point is 552 m at km 45. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 8.7%, at km 23. 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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