A barely smaller warmup race with some severe climbing, together with this 12 months the Hautacam on stage 2. Not the most important startlist nevertheless it does embrace plenty of the higher pure climbers that don’t usually get the possibility to shine.
Stage 1: Argèles Gazost – Lourdes 128 km
Stage 2: Pierrefitte Nestalas – Hautacam 96 km
Stage 3: Nay – Bosdarros 126 km