Segment 27 - Km 182-184.8
Place Voltaire: The Finish Line
Km 182-184.8: the run into Ussel, the high place, and the finish the whole route has ridden toward
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Poulidor Country
A cycling corridor that has never made a champion, and the finish line it waited a century for
Segment 26 - Km 176-182
Saint-Angel: The Last Village
Km 176-182: a priory on a rock, one of the first monuments France chose to keep, and the last village before the finish
Segment 25 - Km 168-176
Meymac: An Abbey of Improbabilities
Km 168-176: the abbey at the foot of the plateau, three improbabilities, and the last rise before Ussel
Segment 24 - Km 162-168
Off the Edge
Km 162-168: off the eastern lip of the Millevaches, the steepest sustained drop of the run to Ussel
Segment 23 - Km 154-162
Off the Roof
Km 154-162: the high open roof east of Mont Bessou, where the wind, not the gradient, is the adversary
Segment 22 - Km 148-154
Mont Bessou - Roof of Corrèze
Km 148-154: the roof of the day at Mont Bessou, the gentle giant the Tour has never climbed
Segment 21 - Km 140-148
The Granite Town
Km 140-148: Bugeat, the high bourg of stone and rail, and what it lost in April 1944
Segment 20 - Km 134-140
The Empty Highland
Km 134-140: across the open interior of the Plateau de Millevaches
Segment 19 - Km 126-134
Lestards: The Only Thatched Church in France
Km 126-134: over the crest of the Croix de Pey and onto the threshold of the Plateau
Segment 18 - Km 120-126
Treignac: The Old Crossing
Km 120-126: into the Vézère gorge, over the medieval bridge, and onto the climb out of the town
Segment 17 - Km 112-120
The Closing of the Land
Km 112-120: Madranges, and Treignac across the gorges
Segment 16 - Km 106-112
The Long Exhale
Km 106-112: off the Monédières, on the Vézère side of the watershed
Segment 15 - Km 98-106
Suc au May - The Fierce One
Km 98-106: Chaumeil, the climb to the road-peak, and the summit four hundred metres off the bitumen
Segment 14 - Km 92-98
Into the Monédières
Km 92-98: the road enters the Saint-Augustin commune, and the massif rises ahead
Segment 13 - Km 84-92
Puy de Lachaud, Uncounted
Km 84-92: the day's third climb, a granite plateau, and the road turns toward the Suc au May
Segment 12 - Km 78-84
Naves, Coming Home
Km 78-84: a bowl, a retable, a viaduct, and the road begins to climb again
Segment 11 - Km 70-78
Auzelou and the Côte de Naves
Km 70-78: out of Tulle, onto the plateau
Segment 10 - Km 64-70
Tulle - Lace, Accordions, and Memory
Km 64-70: South to north along the Corrèze
Segment 9 - Km 56-64
Descent to the Correze Valley
Km 56-64: Off the plateau through Sainte-Fortunade, toward the river
Segment 8 - Km 50-56
Côte de Miel
Km 50-56: Across the plateau, past a ruin the riders will not see
Segment 7 - Km 42-50
The road through Beynat
Km 42-50: Past the Lagleygeolle summit, through Beynat, on toward Albussac
Segment 6 - Km 36-42
Beynat and the quiet corridor
Km 36-42: Through Beynat, past Lanteuil's corner, toward the first climb of the back half
Segment 5 - Km 28-36
Past Lagleygeolle
Km 28-36: Down from Puy Boubou, across the commune line, toward the Côte
Segment 4 - Km 22-28
The Meyssac Fault
Km 22-28: Red stone to white, Bourrue to Marigoule
Segment 3 - Km 14-22
The Causse Between
Km 14-22: Across the causse corrézien to Collonges-la-Rouge
Segment 2 - Km 8-14
South of Brive
Km 8-14: Walnut country and the walls of Turenne
Malemort - Where Pain Meets Death
Km 0-8: Departure from the Correze lowlands
Correze - A Road Less Ridden
Introducing 185km of hills, history, and four riders