The 11th stage of the 2015 Tour de France runs 188kms from Pau to Cauterets-Vallee du Sain-Savin, and climbs are the order of the day.
There is an intermediate sprint at 56.5kms in Pouzac, but there are 6 categorized climbs, including the HC of the Tourmalet, which will be the true test:
• Km 48.5 – Côte de Loucrup2 kilometre-long climb at 7% – category 3
• Km 61.5 – Côte de Bagnères-de-Bigorre1.4 kilometre-long climb at 6.1% – category 4
• Km 74.5 – Côte de Mauvezin2.7 kilometre-long climb at 6% – category 3
• Km 117.0 – Col d’Aspin (1 490 m)12 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% – category 1
• Km 147.0 – Col du Tourmalet (2 115 m) Souvenir Jacques Goddet17.1 kilometre-long climb at 7.3% – category H
• Km 184.5 – Côte de Cauterets6.4 kilometre-long climb at 5% – category 3
If anyone has the courage to attack, this could be a good chance to make up some of the time lost on Stage 10. But, with so many climbs, it comes down to a question of tactics.