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Pau > Laruns

153km Sunday, 6 September Start 11:35 Finish 15:27

Stage 9 profile

Like the previous day, the mountain tests are packed into the second half of this stage, which concludes with a downhill run towards the finish.

Terrain

Starting in Pau, the race heads south-west, bumping through the hills of the Jurançon winelands to reach Oloron-Sainte-Marie, then continuing on the same

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