2023-07-22 02:24:39
It’s starting to smell like the stable for the Tour riders. Only three more stages before the finish at the Champs-Elysées. The peloton spends its day in the Jura before the Vosges on Saturday.
Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny 172.8km
Departure of the caravan: 11:10 a.m. – Fictitious departure: 1:10 p.m. – Expected arrival around 5:10 p.m.
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The number: 1
This is the first time in its history that the small town of 4400 inhabitants of the Jura, Poligny, hosts the Tour de France. ASO the organizer continues its policy of mixing big cities and small towns as start and finish areas.
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The fighters are back and it’s even their last chance to shine. Certainly the two 4th and 3rd category climbs are not insurmountable for the sprinters, especially after their failure in Bourg-en-Bresse. But the terrain, which is very hilly throughout the stage, seems very favorable for potential fighters who would like to try their luck very early on. In this little game, we still risk seeing Julian Alaphilippe again, even if he has not yet had the legs to be decisive. And who knows if Thibaut Pinot, the day before arriving at his home in the Vosges, will not want to show his muzzle.
The tracer’s eye, Thierry Gouvenou
“It’s 100% Jura. A stage that I would describe as moderately difficult but much more conducive to breakaways than the day before. I’m expecting a somewhat identical scenario with a fight between a few guys in front and the sprinters’ teammates who will do everything to hold the gap in order to come back to the end. The final in Poligny offers a very long straight line of eight kilometers. This is why any fighters who left earlier in the stage will have an interest in having a significant gap before this final stretch. From a visual point of view, viewers will be delighted with the most beautiful lakes in the Jura that we will pass by. It will be very pretty to look at. »
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