Tour de France Highlights Season 2016 Episode 19 - Stage Seventeen

Airdate: 2016-Jul-20

Episode summary:

Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman present highlights of stage 17. A key day in the mountains on a day the Tour de France becomes 100 per cent Swiss. The peloton crosses the cantons of Berne, Vaud and Valais. They tackle two category three climbs, before embarking on a final, two-step ascent that starts with the Col de la Forclaz, a category one, 12.6km climb at an average gradient of 8.2 per cent. It finishes with the super-category Finhaut-Emosson - 10.4km at 8.4 per cent touching 12.3 per cent in the final kilometre. Commentary by Ned Boulting and David Millar with Daniel Friebe reporting from the roadside.

About Tour de France Highlights series:

Daily highlights from Le Tour de France.