Tour de France 2022 stage 8 preview - Swiss stages offer taste of mountains to come

The Tour de France in 2016, when it was last in Switzerland, passing over the Col des Mosses
The Tour de France in 2016, when it was last in Switzerland, passing over the Col des Mosses which features again on stage 9 in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Following the first mountain top showdown at La Super Planche de Belles Filles and another dominant performance by Tadej Pogačar, the Tour de France heads into Switzerland through the weekend, offering a taste of what’s to come in the high French Alps early in the second week.

The stages to Lausanne on Saturday and then higher in the Alps to Chatel on Sunday, will indicate what we can except when the riders tackle the Megève runway finish on Tuesday, the mighty Col du Galibier and Hors Category climb to the finish on the Col du Granon on Wednesday and then the Galiber again on Bastille Day, along with the Col de la Croix de Fer and Alpe d’Huez.

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