"It is very short, but it is cruel, said:" curriculum designers and race officials at the top of Jean - Francois Pescheux of.
"We want to build something similar in the Alps Albertville Shangri-La Toussuire stage key difference is that we are now in Paris, the end only three days away."
Will address a total of five to climb in the peloton, Cadel Evans and Vincenzo Nibali like an opportunity to make up their own fiscal deficits race leader 布拉德利威 Hopkins.
If they fail, and facing the daunting prospect, the 19th and penultimate stage (Saturday), a 53.5 km time trial, which most expect Wiggins to win their deficit to overcome to Wiggins.
Wiggins 16 leading in the Pyrenees, the beginning of the 2 minutes and 05 seconds the sky team-mate Chris Froome Liquigas leader Nibali third in 2:23 and 3:19, the defending champion Evans (BMC), the fourth.
However, if the sky team in Wiggins maintain a sustained effort has been hampered by the victory of the most experienced climbers in the peloton pace set in the British might be taken another step on the yellow jersey.
Shangri-La Toussuire Evans in the 11th stage of the Alps bravely hit bid in the sky shut down some of his 1:53, then a deficit.
However, 60 kilometers from home, Australia was brought to heel sky finalize the pace of the game. Evans lost another 1:26 by the end of phase Wiggins, almost all the opportunity to win the Tour.
Evans in the game's second rest day (Tuesday) as a whole, marked his game with his setbacks this year.
"This seems to be their driver on the best form of their lives," Evans said.
They ride to leave the mountain climbing pretty empty when they get the final continuous rhythm which makes it difficult to do things. "
nibali admit it would be hard to beat the sky: "This is a difficult challenge in the mountains, I will have to find allies to help different
17 stage, we can witness the fireworks from the beginning.
Several drivers, Frenchman Pierre Roland and hotel Swedes Frederick of Kessiakoff - Denmark Chris Anker Sorensen - still in the competition for the king of the mountain dot jersey.
Although you can earn points in each summit, the highest score is a port of the offer category Summit of the package (11.7 km long) and appetizers categorie (unclassified) Peyragudes (15.4 km).
Yamaguchi Mente, a category climb 9.3 km, with an average gradient of 9.1% in difficult, first of all on the menu that will address its steepest side.
The next step is to the Col of Ares (6 km) and Cote d'Ivoire Germany drill (1.2 km), before the port of Derby Wales and Peyragudes.
Tour director Christian Prudhomme seemed pleased to leave a lasting impression on the final climbing stage in the peloton.
"Is barely a piece of flat in the last 50 kilometers of terrain," he said.



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