Route
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Gonghe
Distance and type
135.5km
+2,160 m
Medium mountain
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Stage info AI translated from Spanish, might contain errors
Another day of very long ascents in Qinghai, but where almost all the difficulty comes early.
More than 30 km of climbing at the start up to the Nature Reserve (Cat. 3) at Yunshang (Cat. 1), sitting once again at 3800m of altitude... but from there on there is barely any climbing left.
If the peloton were to let the breakaways go after the summit — the stage will be explosive, under 140 km — it would be no surprise to see a fairly large group sprinting in Gonghe.