Tour de France 2007 – Stage 16

Orthez (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Midi-Pyrenees) to Gourette (Col d’Aubisque) – after a rest day off the mountains, the tour now cruelly sends the cyclists back up the mountains for what is probably the hardest day of mountain climbing in the whole Tour. A quick detour into Spain is included before the finish.

For more info on the Tour de France 2007 see www.letour.fr or UK Eurosport where there are some good interactive maps of the route.