stage 04

July 08, Stage 4: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage – Lille Métropole 163.5km

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prologue – stage 01 – stage 02 – stage 03 – stage 04 – stage 05 – stage 06 – stage 07 – stage 08 – stage 09 – stage 10 – rest day –  stage 11 – stage 12 – stage 13 – stage 14 – stage 15 – rest day – stage 16 – stage 17 – stage 18 – stage 19 – stage 20 – stage 21

A place for each car and each car in its place

The English adventure is over. The Tour reaches French soil with a stage which will take the peloton from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille. Truth be told, I think the sprinters will manage to lock down the race. This is one of the trends in modern cycling, even if we, as the organisers, would rather see more hectic racing. Nevertheless, riders at the top of the general classification will have to pull out all the stops to defend their position, which will determine the place for each team car behind the peloton in the next stage. The importance of this order will become apparent the moment a rider has a mechanical on the 15.4 km of cobblestones.

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