At 1,794m above sea level, the finish of stage 14 of the Tour de France atop Superbagnères was in the clouds, with the fog so thick the luminescent kits of the peloton were barely visible at 100m. Stepping out of the cable car from Bagnères-de-Luchon to the top it felt almost like arriving on an alien planet.
Without phone signal, and away from a television, it could have been a Tour from the 1950s, if it wasn't for the cable car which had been a simpler option, rather than cycling up the 1,165m of elevation as the Tour peloton had to do.
