It will necessarily be a historic arrival. This Sunday, July 31, the winner of the first edition of the Tour de France Women will be crowned at the top of the Planche-des-Belles Filles. The 8th and last stage, ends this first round of 2022. The big favorite is the Dutch Annemiek van Vleuten who won alone in the Vosges on Saturday.
The fictitious start will be given at 2:00 p.m. in Lure (actual departure 2:05 p.m.). The runners are expected at the top of the Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles between 5:25 p.m. and 5:49 p.m.
The essential
- The program of the day : 123 km: a sprint, two passes and the finish at the top of the Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles.
- The Dutch Annemieke van Vleuten who won the 7th stage wears the yellow jersey
- Juliette Labous, the first French is in 4th place overall.
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Saturday at the arrival at Markstein, there was a crowd to salute the victory of the Dutchman Annemieke van Vleuten.
The Bisontine Juliette Labous is 4th in the general classification. She is above all on lands that she knows well since she is from Franche-Comté. Another local of the stage, the Jurassic Evita Muzic who finished 9th in the Vosges resort of Markstein.
The arrival at the Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles has conquered its titles of nobility in barely 10 years. With 6 finishes in 10 years, this is the stage that has been most often on the Tour de France map. But the finish at the Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles and its last unpaved kilometer has only existed since 2019. The finish at the top of the ski resort is today one of the mythical stages of the Tour de France, and now the women’s Tour de France.
If you plan to go there. You have to get up early. A large number of roads are closed, and it will necessarily be necessary to the last kilometers on foot if you plan to climb to the finish at the Super Planche des Belles Filles.
Find in this article the details and practical information to get to this 8th stage.
Hello, welcome to this live to make you live the Tour party and behind the scenes of the start of the 8th stage in Lure in Haute-Saône.
Stage cards
The runners will have to overcome several difficulties and passes: the Esmoullères coast and its 8.5% climbbut also the Ballon d’Alsace and its 1,173 meters. For runners it is a pass at 6.9% over a period of 8.9km. After 123 kilometers, the runners are expected at the top of the super Planche-des-Belles-Filles.
The arrival at the Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles is 9.5km which begins with an 11% climb, several successive climbs, including one at 20%. It ends with an unpaved track on the last kilometer with one side at 24%.
The interactive map of the 8th stage
Discover the route of the 7th stage by zooming in on our interactive map.