Tour de France 2022 bringer os først til de danske territorier. Den danske undergrund rummer op til 12 kilometer sedimentære bjergarter, der er dannet gennem de sidste 450 millioner år.

The Hautacam seismic crisis, or the Lourdes earthquake, shows that the Pyrenees are being stretched in a north-south direction. This seems a bit strange, since the Pyrenean mountain belt formed because of north-south shortening.

Denne bjerg-etape fører rytterne gennem den centrale del af Pyrenæerne. Denne bjerg-etape fører rytterne gennem den centrale del af Pyrenæerne.

Today’s stage is mostly flat, but the riders are crossing a region that was once a big mountain belt. The minerals lepidolite and elbaite can be found in this erea. These minerals host a chemical element that is in high demand nowadays: Lithium.