Sunday 18 August 2024 at 12:00
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift '24 / Stage 8
Le Grand-Bornand - Alpe d'Huez
Classification: 2.WWT - Category WE
The stage
Stage 8 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is a mountain stage that will take place on Sunday 18 August 2024 at 12:00.The stage starts in Le Grand-Bornand and finishes in Alpe d'Huez. Start time is 12:00 with an expected finish at 17:00 (average speed of 30 km/h).
The total distance of the stage is 150.2 km. The stage includes 3 categorized climbs and 1 intermediate sprint. The stage has a total elevation gain of 3616.3 m with the highest altitude of the stage being 1925 m. The total descent of the stage is -2452.6 m.
Weather and forecast
- The race will have temperatures between 10 and 20°C, with an average of 16°C.
- No rain is expected.
- The wind will come mainly from NW, W, S, SW, N, NE, E with an average of 8 km/h wind. The maximum wind speed will be 16 km/h with gusts of up to 50 km/h.
Points of interest
The stage includes 3 categorized climbs and 1 intermediate sprint.
Col de Tamié
Col de Tamié is a QOM cat. 2 climb, which starts at 18 km (132.2 km to go) and ends at 27.5 km (122.7 km to go). It has total distance of 9.5 km, and an average gradient of 3.8%, going from 544 to 908 meters of altitude.
Aiguebelle (Val-d'Arc)
Aiguebelle (Val-d'Arc) is a Sprint at 53.4 km (96.9 km to go).
Col du Glandon
Col du Glandon is a QOM cat. HC climb, which starts at 78.9 km (71.3 km to go) and ends at 98.6 km (51.6 km to go). It has total distance of 19.7 km, and an average gradient of 7.3%, going from 493 to 1925 meters of altitude.
Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez is a QOM cat. HC climb, which starts at 136.4 km (13.8 km to go) and ends at 150.2 km (0 km to go). It has total distance of 13.8 km, and an average gradient of 8%, going from 729 to 1833 meters of altitude.
Final 3k
The final 3 km for this stage starts at 147.2 km, has an average gradient of 5.6%, and reaching 1833 m of altitude.
