Thursday 17: 13:10โ13:25 โ 17:30โ18:00
The first true mountain passes today.
The start is not as flat as often: they will use the hills of Gers instead of going along the valleys as the Tour de France always does. But just a bit: they will ride exclusively on the highway ๐, so, long flat sections will still be present and the climbs will be smoother than on secondary roads; especially smooth as those hills are like factory roofs, and when going from East to West you always get the easy side.
It may be a bit like when Chiapucci started to outclinb everyone in the mid 90s, he was so overweight (for a pro cyclist) that we should have caught on.
Could you rephrase, please? (Sorry, it's just that I don't quite get what you mean.)
It's not important ๐ just a bad take