The first 5 kilometres are relatively straight and fast on Le Chaffaut’s road, along the Bléone River. However, the end of the stage is identical to the classic of the 90s (between 1988 and 1994) from the Puimichel road. A narrow uphill road to Col de Puimichel (807m) before a hilly finish, much less twisty, wider and faster. This stage was run in the night in 2000.
