Stage 4: Redon – Fougères, 150.4 km
Absolutely nothing to praise here. No GPM, another sprint stage without a big-name battle to look forward to after today's crashes, and probably even more crashes given that the route, while less bad than today, is less than safe. And then we still haven't seen the most dangerous finale of this year's race...
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Route details
…are there any? The intermediate sprint in Vitré, at the location where the Route Adélie finishes, is the only point of interest, and comes late enough that any breakaway may well be reeled in ahead of it if someone wants maximum points. Then again, who is still going for green right now?
Final kilometers
The final 2.9 kilometers are identical to those in the 2015 stage, won by Mark Cavendish.
The 5 kilometers before that are wide and more or less straight, so the battle to hit the ensuing roundabout first will be fierce.
From there, it’s the same roundabout where the right side is much shorter at 1.9 kilometers to go, the same two roundabouts after the flamme rouge, and the same slight uphill drag into a gentle right-hand curve that ensures the finish line will be in sight even later than on the previous stage. The only saving grace is that this finale was okay in 2015 crash-wise...
Absolutely nothing to praise here. No GPM, another sprint stage without a big-name battle to look forward to after today's crashes, and probably even more crashes given that the route, while less bad than today, is less than safe. And then we still haven't seen the most dangerous finale of this year's race...
Map and profile
Route details
…are there any? The intermediate sprint in Vitré, at the location where the Route Adélie finishes, is the only point of interest, and comes late enough that any breakaway may well be reeled in ahead of it if someone wants maximum points. Then again, who is still going for green right now?
Final kilometers
The final 2.9 kilometers are identical to those in the 2015 stage, won by Mark Cavendish.
The 5 kilometers before that are wide and more or less straight, so the battle to hit the ensuing roundabout first will be fierce.
From there, it’s the same roundabout where the right side is much shorter at 1.9 kilometers to go, the same two roundabouts after the flamme rouge, and the same slight uphill drag into a gentle right-hand curve that ensures the finish line will be in sight even later than on the previous stage. The only saving grace is that this finale was okay in 2015 crash-wise...
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