Flat stage, sprint finish 1st 135th 135th
Maybe not in a flat stage, but in the mountains".
After another flat stage July 18 and another rest day July 19, the Alps arrive.
Le Touquet-Lille, 163.5km Another short, flat stage earmarked for the sprinters.
After a day off Tuesday and a flat stage Wednesday, the Tour will begin two days in the Pyrenees.
On a flat stage, the sprinters' teams will work together to bring back the breakaway using Chapatte's Law.
A striking set, by Peter De Blieck, looks like ice floes rearing up at the back of the flat stage.
The Tour races on a flat stage Wednesday, the Pyrenees on Thursday, and Beziers on a flattish one Saturday.
Two days after he climbed alone in the Pyrenees, Van Hummel finished seventh in a flat stage.
When the stage lifts went crazy on Sept. 28, Krawitz realized that the "Traviata" scheduled for that night would have to be presented on a flat stage.
Friday's race was the last truly flat stage until the Tour finishes on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 21.
