Dentro de los detalles frikis y de dudosa (¿o no?) importancia, decir que las etapas alpinas del próximo Tour masculino serán más cortas que las etapas alpinas del Tour femenino.
The alpine stages of the men's Tour de France are shorter than the women's!
CyclingThursday, 26 October 2023 at 15:30
The two Alpine stages of the 2024 Tour de France come right at the end of the route, on stages 19 and 20, the ones before the decisive time trial between Monaco and Nice. And, interestingly, both are very short, with mileages under 150 kilometres.
It has been criticized in recent years that the Tour de France is increasingly copying the Vuelta a España style of making mountain stages too short and this final Tour de France 2023 confirms the trend. It must be said that the Pyrenean block of stages 14 and 15 are not stages that exceed 200 kilometres, although Plateau de Beille is close to it (198). The other, finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, barely exceeds 150, reaching 152 km.
This trend of short mountain stages is confirmed by the first mountain stage of the Tour, the fourth finishing in Valloire, which is only 138 kilometres long. Returning to the final Alpine days, the curious thing is that both are shorter than the two stages in the Alps of the Tour de France Femmes.
Some will say that it is not comparable, that the men's Tour is a much longer race than the women's, but the fact remains there and it is curious to say the least. Stage 19, starting in Embrun and finishing in ISOLA 2000, is 145 km long, while stage 20, starting in Nice and finishing on the Col de la Couillole, is 133 km long. The women's alpine stages, which look very good, are 167 kilometres and 150;
It is just a simple fact, which makes it clear how the men's Tour de France is evolving and how the Tour de France Femmes is also getting tougher;
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