Jonas Vingegaard is on the brink of retaining his Tour de France title after opening up a lead of more than seven minutes on a gruelling stage 17. The Tour de France consists of 21 stages held over 23 days — there are two rest days — with all but one ranging from 70 to 130 miles. (There is also one much shorter stage, an individual time Stage 9 - Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme (182.4km) - Sunday, July 9. After 35 years, one of the most famous climbs in Tour de France history makes its return at the end of Stage 9: the The breakaway on stage 6 of the 2023 Tour de France heads to Col d'Aspin (Image credit: Getty Images) Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) drives the front group on stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Tour de France - July 19. The queen high mountain stage of the 2023 Tour de France features 5000 meters of elevation gain and four very tough climbs during the 166 km stage: Col des Saisles (13.3 km at 5.3%), Cornet de Roselend (19.9 km at 6%, Cöte de Longefoy (6.6 km at 7.6%) and the terrible final climb to the Col de la Loze (28.4 km at 6%). GALLOPIN Tony (Lidl - Trek) has done 7500 race kilometres this season. 25 kilometers to the finish! Best result in Tour de France for riders in group 1. Composition of group 1. 20 km to the foot of Cauterets-Cambrasque (16.2km à 5.3%). Stars awarded in PCS game for riders in group 2. Stage 12 - Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais (168.8km) - Thursday, July 13. The Tour de France doesn’t designate stages to honor local wines–like the Giro d’Italia does–but if it did Tour de France 2023 profile stage 6 Cauterets (Image credit: ASO). When the Grand Départ last took place in the Basque Country in 1992, the Tour paid only a most perfunctory visit to the Pyrenees The number of riders who will line up at the start of the Tour, divided into 22 teams of 8 riders each. 2802 m. The height of the summit of the Bonette pass in the Alps, the highest tarmac road in France, which will be the “roof” of the 2024 Tour. 52 230 m. The total vertical gain during the 2024 Tour de France. PRIZE MONEY T om Pidcock is one of three Britons in the top 10 of this year’s Tour de France as the race takes a pause for breath in Clermont-Ferrand on the first of two rest days, and is steadily moving up YscI.