Tour de France 2024: discover the profile and timetables of the 17th stage, intended for adventurers

La 17e étape du Tour de France 2024 entre Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux et Superdévoluy.

Réduits au pain sec ces derniers jours, les baroudeurs arrivent sur un terrain favorable mercredi lors de la 17e étape du Tour de France avec un final difficile vers la station de Superdévoluy.

The battle for a place in the breakaway promises to be daunting from the start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, so many teams still empty-handed on this Tour have checked off this day to regain their health and finally aim for victory.

"The expected scenario is that of a big fight to take the breakaway, underlines Thierry Gouvenou, the Tour tracer. The first part is very smooth and this should allow adventurers to get out. On the other hand, it’s a final of climbers and the one who should win is the one who climbs the best among the adventurers."

Difficulties in the last part of the stage

In fact, the stage, 177 km long with a positive altitude difference of 2,850 m, gets very tough in its last part with the sequence of the Bayard pass (6.8 m). ;km at 7.3% and the Col du Noyer (7.5km at 8.1%) just before arriving at Superdévoluy, the resort of skier Cyprien Sarrazin, which will be a stopover city for the first time on the Tour.

The profile of the 17th stage. Free Midday

"The Col Bayard-Col du Noyer sequence is very hard, it’s steep. The last two kilometers of the Col du Noyer are on the side of a cliff. We will have a ban on the public on the last two kilometers because it's too dangerous, specifies Thierry Gouvenou.

Something to interest the favorites ? "We have to see how the leaders will manage the Walnut. For me, it's more favorable for someone who is 7th or 8th overall to try to find time. I don't necessarily see the big leaders finding themselves there", estimates the technical director of the Grande Boucle.

Departure from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux at 12:35 p.m. (actual departure at 12:45 p.m.), arrival at Superdévoluy at 5:11 p.m. (calculated timetable on an average of 40 km/h)