[caption id="attachment_53140" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Image | letour.fr[/caption] STRAVA Segments for the top climbs in the 2020 TdF (Tour de France) My attempts to download a STRAVA gpx route map for each section of the Tour De France for 2020 ended, instead, with a STRAVA-curated list of the key 10 climbs that will be instrumental in deciding this year's overall winner. Romain Bardet holds the KOM for several of these but of course, that doesn't mean he's going to win. In fact (IMO), the smart money for the GC is on either Roglic or Bernal for victory as this is a very tough course, devoid of flat time-trials and described by some as 'excessively lumpy'. The hills will decide this and this post looks at specific STRAVA SEGMENTS that may prove decisive. Before I start here are some other useful references 2020 TdF Rider List Etape du Tour Route (not the pro route) And here's the full route map [caption id="attachment_53141" align="aligncenter" width="820"] Image | letour.fr[/caption] Stage 2 - Col d’Èze Segment Link This is the smallest categorized climb. Monsieur Bardet couldn't quite dip under 20 minutes for his KOM. Could you go under 30 minutes? [caption id="attachment_53142" align="aligncenter" width="1048"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 4 - Orcières-Merlette Segment Link The first summit finish which, according to STRAVA, has only been attempted 1,539 Attempts By 838 People [caption id="attachment_53143" align="aligncenter" width="975"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 6 - Mont Aigoual Segment Link With an average grade of 4% over 7.5km this is almost downhill. Yet the riders will have already been climbing for over 20 miles before they get to this point. [caption id="attachment_53144" align="aligncenter" width="1095"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 8 - Col de Menté Segment Link Warren Barguil is in third on this segment with 29:33. Let's see what 2020 brings for him. [caption id="attachment_53146" align="aligncenter" width="1227"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 8 - Col de Peyresourde Segment Link Romain Bardet once again KOM's this little hill perhaps best remembered for my legendary 2018 ascent where I beat a couple of mates who you've never heard of. History only remembers the winners, right? I seem to remember getting 'close' to Romain's time but regular readers here will know that my definition of 'imminent' and 'close' leave lots to be desired. [caption id="attachment_53147" align="aligncenter" width="1437"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 9 - Col de Marie-Blanque Segment Link Not included in the Tour since 2010 this is an unpleasant 8%er. [caption id="attachment_53148" align="aligncenter" width="1451"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 13 - Col de Ceyssat Segment Link I'm sure it's nothing and you can't read anything into these things but Rigoberto Uran aced this a couple of weeks ago. It's probably just a coincidence that Team EF Pro has bought up every advertising hoarding within a 2km radius (hint: they haven't). [caption id="attachment_53149" align="aligncenter" width="1304"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 17 - Col de la Madeleine Segment Link I always get this one confused with a mate's girlfriend who was also called Madeleine. The confusion is that both were devilish in their demands placed upon my unlucky friend. 1 hour at 8% average...ouch. [caption id="attachment_53150" align="aligncenter" width="1274"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 18 - Montée du Plateau des Glières Segment Link Thibaut Pinot likes the steep ones (6k @11%) and recently took the KOM. Watch out folks, you know what's coming. [caption id="attachment_53151" align="aligncenter" width="928"] to STRAVA[/caption] Stage 20 - La Planche des Belles Filles Segment Link This is only a 9%er, so no worries. Oh, none apart from the 23% slope at the end where even Chris Froome carried his bike up in 2012 (hint: he didn't, he won, you're thinking of that other hill in that other year) [caption id="attachment_53152" align="aligncenter" width="1048"] to STRAVA[/caption] Tour de France 2020 : Rider's STRAVA Profiles | Team Bike Profiles Source: strava AG2R LA MONDIALE Manufacturer: Eddy Merckx Road: Stockeu69 TT: EM25 Endurance model: N/A Time trial model: TBC Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Mavic Finishing Kit: Deda, Fizik, Vredestein tyres, Rotor, Mavic, KMC Romain Bardet François Bidard Mickaël Cherel Pierre Latour Oliver Naesen Nans Peter Aurélien Paret-Peintre Alexis Vuillermoz TEAM ARKÉA SAMSIC Road: Canyon Ultimate CF SLX, Canyon Aeroad CF SLX TT: Canyon Speedmax Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing kit: Canyon, Selle Italia, Elite, Continental Winner Annacona Warren Barguil Romain Hardy Clément Russo Connor Swift ASTANA PRO TEAM Road: Wilier 0 SLR, Wilier Cento1air, Cento10NDR TT: Wilier Turbine Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Corima Finishing Kit: Garmin, Tacx, CermaicSpeed, Prologo, Look, Corima Alexey Lutsenko BAHRAIN MERIDA Road: Scultura Disc, Merida Reacto TT: Warp TT Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Vision Finishing Kit: Shimano, Continental, Prologo, Vision, Elite Damiano Caruso Sonny Colbrelli Marco Haller Wout Poels B&B HOTELS – VITAL CONCEPT P/B KTM KTM Revelator Alto Sonic, Revelator Lisse Sonic Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: DT Swiss Finishing kit: FSA, Prologo, Elite, FSA, Michelin Bryan Coquard Quentin Pacher Kevin Reza BORA – HANSGROHE S-Works Tarmac SL7 (?) TT: S-Works Shiv Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Roval Finishing Kit: Shimano, Specialized, Roval, Wahoo Emanuel Buchmann Lennard Kamda Patrick Konrad Daniel Oss Lukas Postelberger CCC Giant TCR Advanced SL 0, Giant Propel Advanced SL TT: Trinity Advanced Pro Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Cadex Finishing Kit: Giant, Shimano, Cadex Greg Van Avermaet Simon Geschke Jan Hirt Jonas Koche Alessandro De Marchi Michael Schar COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS Road: De Rosa Merak and De Rosa SK Pininfarina TT: TT-03 Groupset: Campagnolo Super-Record EPS (12 speed) Wheels: Fulcrum Finishing Kit: Michelin, Fulcrum, Selle Italia, Elite, Look, SRM, FSA, Vision Nicolas Edet Jesús Herrada Christophe Laporte Pierre-luc Périchon Julien Simon Elia Viviani DECEUNINCK – QUICK STEP Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7, potentially S-Works Venge despite being discontinued Specialized S-Works Shiv Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Roval Finishing Kit: FSA, Specialized, Tacx, PRO, Roval, CeramicSpeed, Wahoo, K-Edge, PRO Julian Alaphilippe Kasper Asgreen Dries Devenyns Michael Mørkøv EF EDUCATION FIRST Cannondale SuperSix EVO and Cannondale SystemSix Cannondale Slice Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 (with FSA chainset) Wheels: Vision Finishing Kit: FSA, Garmin, Tacx, Prologo, Power2Max, Vision, Vittoria, Speedplay Alberto Bettiol Simon Clarke Lawson Craddock Tejay Van Garderen Jens Keukeleire Taylor Phinney Neilson Powless Rigoberto Uren Michael Woods GROUPAMA – FDJ Road: Lapierre Xelius SL and Lapierre Aircode SL TT: Lapierre Aerostorm Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing Kit: Shimano, Elite, Garmin, Continental, Prologo, Pro William Bonnet David Gaudu Stefan Küng Valentin Madouas Rudy Molard Thibaut Pinot Sébastien Reichenbach INEOS Road: Pinarello Dogma F12 TT: Pinarello Bolide Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing Kit: Shimano, Most, Garmin, Wahoo, Elite, Continental, Fizik Andrey Amador Dylan Van Baarle Egan Bernal Richard Carapaz Michal Kwiatkowski Luke Rowe Pavel Sivakov ISRAEL STARTUP NATION Road: Factor 02 V.A.M and Factor One TT: Factor Slick Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Black Inc Finishing Kit: CeramicSpeed, Black Inc Tim van Asbroeck Alex Dowsett Ben Hermans Hugo Hofstetter Guy Niv JUMBO – VISMA Road: Bianchi Specialissima and Bianchi Oltre XR4 TT: Bianchi Aquila CV Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing Kit: FSA, Fizik, Tacx, Shimano, Vittoria Wout van Aert George Bennett Robert Gesink Amund Grondahl Jansen Sepp Kuss Primoz Roglic LOTTO SOUDAL Road: Ridley Helium SLX and Ridley Noah Fast TT: Ridley Dean Fast Groupset: Campagnolo Super-Record EPS (12 speed) Wheels: Campagnolo Finishing Kit: Look, SRM Selle Italia, Deda, Lezyne, Vittoria, C-Bear, Lizard Skins Jasper De Buyst John Degenkolb Steff Cras Thomas De Gendt MITCHELTON – SCOTT Road: Scott Addict RC Pro and Scott Foil RC TT: Scott Plasma Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing Kit: Syncros, Pro, Shimano, Pirelli, Tacx, Garmin, K-Edge Esteban Chaves Jack Haig Daryl Impey Luka Mezgec Adam Yates MOVISTAR Road: Canyon Ultimate CF SLX and Canyon Aeroad CF SLX TT: Canyon Speedmax CF SLX Groupset: SRAM Red eTap AXS (12 speed) Wheels: Zipp Finishing Kit: Fizik, Quarq, Elite, Continental, Lizard Skins, Look, Garmin Gabriel Cullaigh Jose Joaquin Rojas Alejandro Valverde Carlos Verona NTT PRO CYCLING Road: BMC Teammachine SLR01 and BMC Timemachine TT: BMC Timemachine 01 Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Enve Finishing Kit: Rotor, CeramicSpeed, Tacx, KMC, Garmin, Vittoria, ENVE, Selle Italia Ryan Gibbons Domenico Pozzovivo Michael Valgreen Max Walscheid SUNWEB Road: Cervélo R5 and Cervélo S5 TT: Cervélo P5 Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Shimano Finishing Kit: Elite, Shimano, Continental, Sigma, Pro Tiesj Benoot Cees Bol Soren Kragh Andersen Joris Nieuwenhuis Nicolas Roche TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE Road: Wilier Zero SLR and Wilier Cento10 TT: Wilier Turbine Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Wheels: Ursus Finishing kit: Wilier, Prologo, Tacx, Hutchinson Niccolò Bonifazio Lilian Calmejane Jerome Cousin Adrien Petit Geoffrey Soupe Rein Taaramäe TREK – SEGAFREDO Road: Trek Emonda SLR and Trek Madone SLR TT: Trek Speed Concept Groupset: SRAM Red eTap (12 speed) Wheels: Bontrager Finishing Kit: Bontrager, Quarq, SwissStop, Pirelli, Swisstop, Saris, Garmin Niklas EG Kenny Elissonde Jasper Stuyven Edward Theuns Mads Pedersen Richie Porte UAE TEAM EMIRATES Road: Colnago C64 and Colnago Concept TT: Colnago M.Zero Groupset: Campagnolo Super-Record EPS Wheels: Campagnolo Finishing Kit: Prologo, Campagnolo, Look, Vittoria, Deda, Elite, Look, Stages Fabio Aru Sven Erik Bystrøm David De La Cruz Davide Formolo Alexander Kristoff Marco Marcato Tedej Pogacar Jan Polanc Tour de France 2020 - TV Coverage It looks like the races finish at between 4pm and 5pm ish each day, you can watch them here UK - ITV4 (*FREE*), Eurosport (£5) and GCN are broadcasting live (coverage on S4C in Welsh) USA - NBC Sports are live broadcasting every stage of the 2020 Tour de France, through NBC, NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold. Australia - SBS are live broadcasting every stage of the 2020 Tour de France, through SBS, SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand. Lots & LOTS more STRAVA-Related Content here: list of STRAVA posts.
