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September 8, 2023: Vuelta arrives at the Tourmalet!
The mountain is the DNA of Vuelta. For the first time, she climbed the Col du Tourmalet. With a start-list as raised as the Tour de France, a magnificent in perspective!
For its 78 th edition, the Tour of Spain 2023 part of Barcelona on August 26 to end in Madrid on September 17. More mountainous than ever, this Vuelta 2023 has no less than 10 arrivals at altitude through Spain, Andorra and France.
The Col du Tourmalet will be one of the stars and the highest pass of this Vuelta (2115m), with other very difficult climbs such as Angliru (Step 17), Puerto de San Lorenzo and La Cruz de Linares ( STEP 18).
Stage 13 (134.7 km) is a pure mountain stage: from Formigal -Huesca, the runners will spend 4 passes - Pourtalet, Aubisque, Soulor, spandelles before joining Luz then Barèges for the last ascent, the pass from the Tourmalet.
On the Barèges slope, 17 kilometers at 7.4% average await runners, with a final at 10%.
If you want to stay in Cauterets to enjoy the magnificent passes in the Pyrenees, the Chalet La Source is ready to welcome you.
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