From the UCI and back to France

After stopping in Lausanne, the city of the International Olympic Committee, the Tour de France will resume from Aigle, where the Union Cycliste Internationale has its headquarters. There are only 30km from Aigle to Chatel but stage 9 offers a longer and nice visit of the French speaking part of Switzerland via the Léman lake and interesting climbs: col des Mosses and col de la Croix before heading back to France through the Pas de Morgins made famous in 1985 by the unexpected attack from far out by Bernard Hinault along with Lucho Herrera, the eventual stage winner at Morzine. Pas de Morgins isn’t a particularly steep climb. It might not be a crucial day for the overall classification but it’s definitely an opportunity for attackers to go for the stage victory and on the hunt for the polka dot jersey as Magnus Cort seems to have realized that this will be his last day with this distinction.