Tour de France 2013: infographic - the mountain stages by roadcyclinguk.com

RCUK Mountains in the Tour de France ROADCYCLING UK The polka dot jersey Introduced in 1975 The disgraced Richard Virenque "won" the King of the Mountains seven to reward the rider who has scored the most points on the climbs. The first winner was Lucien times between 1994 and 2004 Van Impe Mountain stages in this year's TDF 2013 race has more mountain-top finishes than past 3 editions 19 FRANC E 28 categorised climbs 15 18 AAA 6 mountain stages 4 summit finishes Six of the best The hors catégorie mountains in this year's TDF are: Stage 8 Stage 15 Stage 18 Stage 19 Stage 20 2 33 4 5 Between 3% and 6% Between 6% and 9% 1 Col de Pailhères Steeper than 9% Mont Ventoux 1,900m 1,900m 1,700m 1,700m Eiffel Tower 3 Alpe to scale d'Huez x2 324m 1,800m 1,600m 4 Col du Glandon 1,900m 1,400m 1,700m 5 Col de la Madeleine 2,000m 1,800m 1,600m 1,400m 1,200m These two on 1,000m stage 19 6 Annecy-Semnoz 800m 1,600m 600m 1,400m Hors catégorie means beyond categorization. Mountains even steeper than first category. Altitude gain of at least 1,000 metres from base to summit 1,200m 1,000m 800m with average gradient of seven per cent 600m 1km 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 450W 30-120 Sec 30-60 mins !!!! Time average recreational cyclist stay in leading group can only hold this wattage for Time each climb Average power outage required to can take Sources: letour.com, Wikipedia http://roadcyclinguk.com/