The Tour de France 2020 will climb next July to the top of the Col de la Loze, in the heart of the Alps. An unprecedented and very spectacular enclave, designed for the exclusive use of bicycles, within the Méribel ski resort complex.

"This is a green road closed to the movement of motor vehicles, except those in the ski area," explains the mayor of Méribel-les Allues, Thierry Monin . "In winter it is a ski slope, in summer there are only the ski lifts. It is a mixture of roads, there was no road in the mountains."

The narrow asphalt route coexists with the irregularity of the terrain in the last seven kilometers. Like a giant slide on a roller coaster, it multiplies the breaks in the slope, which makes its average slope very high. "It's not regular, there's never the same slope," reveals Thierry Gouvenou , race director of the Tour de France. "We went from the plain to 20%, then to 10% .... There is a constant change of pace," he adds.

"It's hard to find a comparable place. It's a unique road in France," says Gouvenou. "We are at more than 2,000 meters of altitude, we will climb to 2,305 meters. Knowing the effects of altitude in the body, it will be the most complicated arrival to drive for the runners."

Rehearsal in the Tour del Porvenir

In August, the young cyclists who participated in the Tour del Porvenir experienced sensations about the next peak of the Tour de France. "The result was conclusive," test organizer Philippe Colliou told AFP.

The legendary Bernard Hinault , pentacampeón of the Tour, called the director of the Tour, Christian Prudhomme , to go to see the stage live. Prudhomme claimed to have been seduced by the ascent and the stage, where the view transports you to the neighboring peaks of the Vanoise National Park and Mont Blanc.

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