Tour de France - 14th stage: Tiring ups and downs in the Alps

The 14th stage of the Tour of France in the Alps is a tough one. Over the 151.8 kilometres this Saturday, the professional cyclists have to have good legs and conquer five mighty mountains in an up and down course.

After three first-category climbs, the arrival at the Col de la Joux Plane awaits with an average gradient of a whopping 8.5 per cent. After that, the riders have to be careful, as the route descends for around twelve kilometres towards the finish in Morzine les Portes du Soleil.

A breakaway group could have the best cards on the section with more than 4,000 metres of climbing, with Georg Zimmermann from Augsburg possibly being given free rein.

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