THE STAGES
STAGE 9
SAINT-ÉTIENNE > BRIOUDE
Sunday 14 July • 170.5km • Hilly
Neutral start
Saint-Étienne
Actual start
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (D8-D102-D108)
Chambles
Pont du Pertuiset
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon 11:05
11:25
11:34
11:50
12:01
12:05 13:05
13:25
13:34
13:49
13:59
14:03
Aurec-sur-Loire (D46-VC)
Chazourne
Mur d'Aurec-sur-Loire (802 m) Cat. 1 12:10
12:13
12:23 14:08
14:11
14:20
Rozier-Côtes-d'Aurec (près)
Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-La-Valmitte (près)
Apinac
Usson-en-Forez (D104-D498)
Pontempeyrat 12:34
12:44
12:51
12:57
13:09 14:31
14:40
14:47
14:53
15:05
Craponne-sur-Arzon (D498-D9)
Saint-Jean-d'Aubrigoux 13:16
13:24 15:12
15:20
Dore-L'Église (D202-D906)
Arlanc (D906-D907) (entrée)
Arlanc 13:39
13:43
13:44 15:34
15:38
15:39
14:05
14:08
14:20
14:43
14:55
14:56
15:04
15:15
15:24 15:59
16:02
16:14
16:36
16:47
16:48
16:55
17:06
17:15
15:25 17:15
15:30 17:20
15:37
15:39
15:41 17:27
17:28
17:31
VC
170.5 0
D8
164
6.5
153.5 17
145.5 25
D3
143
27.5
HAUTE-LOIRE (43)
139.5 31
137
33.5
VC
134
36.5
LOIRE (42)
126
44.5
D104
119.5 51
115
55.5
110.5 60
102.5 68
HAUTE-LOIRE (43)
97.5
73
92
78.5
PUY-DE-DÔME (63)
82.5
88
D202
79
91.5
D906
78.5
92
HAUTE-LOIRE (43)
64.5
106
62.5
108
D906
54
116.5
38.5
132
30.5
140
D20
29.5
141
D588
24.5
146
D912
16.5
154
13
157.5
D171
New start: Brioude in the Haute-Loire hosted a
stage start for the first time in 2008.
6,5
17 25 31
44,5
36,5
60 68
73
D E F RA N C E 2019
88
106 116,5
132
146
161,5
92
108
125
141
157,5
93,5
154
FINISH LINE Avenue Léon Blum, at the end of a final straight of 600m (150m in sight). Width: 6m.
110 | TO U R
167.5
168.5
170.5
3
2
0 161.5
9 157.5
Côte des Guillaumanches
Cat. 3
La Chaise-Dieu (D906-D57-D499)
Cistrières
Javaugues
Le Pont de Lamothe (Lamothe) (D20-D588)
Brioude (près) (D588-N102)
Vieille-Brioude (D912-D585)
La Vialette (Villeneuve-d'Allier) (D585-D171)
Mauvagnat
Cat. 3
Côte de Saint-Just
/ Bonus
Saint-Just-près-Brioude
(D171-D122)
D12 La Baraque David (D12-D588)
D588 Brioude (D588-D912) (entrée)
D912 Brioude
Arrival
13
Sprint
Peloton
LOIRE (42)
Caravan
Completed
As the days go by they’re starting to
resemble each other: we’re giving the
puncheurs-grimpeurs, those climbers
blessed with explosive acceleration, a
second opportunity to set the Tour alight.
Logic suggests that the action should kick
off at the end of the first hour, on the Mur
d’Aurec-sur-Loire: 3.2km at 11%. That’s
like climbing Flèche Wallonne’s Mur de
Huy three times! This will scatter the field
and it will be interesting to see how the
leaders exploit this situation. Will they let
the dropped riders get back on? Or will they
wait for the last test, the Côte de Saint-Just
(3.6km averaging 7.2%) to make their move?
One thing is certain, the pure sprinters won’t
be having a say.
TIMETABLE
To ride
AN INTRIGUING PUZZLE
KILOMETRES
ASSEMBLY 13:00 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard NEUTRAL START 13:05 at Rue Paul et Pierre Guichard
ACTUAL START 13:25 at D8, 9.8km from assembly point