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During the rest-day downtime, I've been street-viewing my way through some of next Thursday's stage up the Col de la Croix de Fer and reliving my favourite/hardest bit.
There's a section which contains some descending through some switchbacks before it goes up to 9%+ - it kills!
You can see it on the profile:
And here's the street view - just look at the mountains in the distance in both directions! Stunning. It's well worth a little fly-through. Although things can change very quickly, this is presumably taken on a couple of different days, as the weather turns from glorious sunshine to brooding, dark and misty as you head up the hard section I mentioned. I was lucky to have done it on a good day, although the heat was an issue - riding these roads in the rain utterly terrifying.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@45.2107971,6.0562569,3a,75y,121.54h,90.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3XXcY1vQ1HnF6sRRhIJdPQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656