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Stage 10Luchon - Andorra Arcalis 242km |
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The main stage in the Pyrénées. From a strategic Tour city, Luchon, the pearl of the Pyrénées, and its ancient Roman thermal baths, to Andorre, where the Tour had first stopped in 1994. There will be seven hills before the final climb to Arcalis, a ski resort in the winter. 18 km at 6,3%, including the "Portet d'Aspet," where a stele commemorates the memory of Fabio Casartelli, the "Port d'Envalira," the top of the Tour, at 2407 m, and the "col d'Ordino." The stage's length, 252 km, and the accumulation of three obstacles in the last 75 kilometers will only add to the terrain's severity in making this one of the most trying stages of the 1997 Tour. Climbs: km 27.4 Col des Ares 7.2-km climb at 4.7 % km 48.8 Col de Portet d'Aspet 8.7-km climb at 6.5 % Fabio Casaretelli memorial km 120 Col de Port 10.8-km climb at 4.6 % km 198.8 Port d'Envalira 34.7-km climb at 4.8 % (Henri Desgrange memorial) km 224.5 Col d'Ordino 8.9-km climb at 5.1 % km 252.5 Andorre - Arcalis 10.3-km climb at 7.1 % 
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