Stage 4 Breakdown:

Stage 4 take the riders on a 181km mostly flat trip through southwestern France from Dax to Nogaro. The stage doesn’t promise much action when it comes to the stage profile, with a sole 4th category climb about 37km from the line. However, it does look promising for the sprinters, who might get another chance at a stage win before we enter the first proper mountain stages.

The the most interesting part of the stage is that the final kilometres takes place at the Circuit de Nogaro, a motorsport racing track located in Nogaro. The circuit opened in 1960 and was the first purpose-built race circuit in France. It hosted F2 championships in the 70’s and more recently some lower division races. Due to the track nature, the final kilometres after they enter the racetrack (with about 2.5km to go) are completely flat, with multiple 180 degree corners. It will be interesting to see how the teams and sprinters handle this, and it will likely provide some interesting footage!

Favorites:
| +++ | Jasper Philipsen, Fabio Jakobsen, Dylan Groenewegen
| ++ | Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen, Caleb Ewan, Mark Cavendish
| + | Sam Welsford, Biniam Girmay, Phil Bauhaus

Tour Manager:
Etappe 4 er en ny flat etappe, og en ny dag for spurterne. Avslutningen passer de raske spurterne, og det er mange av de samme favorittene som den forrige etappen. Med mindre du har noen branner å slukke anbefaler jeg å ikke gjøre for mange endringer til denne etappen, og spare byttene til de neste 2 fjelletappene. Husk at det ikke er mange poeng å hente på flate etapper annet enn avslutningen, og at spurtkategoriserte ryttere kun får 2x poeng. Lykke til!

Tune in for more stage by stage analysis, and predictions to come!