Stage 4/July 8: Amiens Metropole-Rouen (108 miles) Hilly Neutralized Start: 7:15 a.m. Estimated Finish: 11:22 a.m. Quick Preview: The most undulating stage of the first five days of the Tour. There are four categorized climbs in the last 18 miles, though they don’t appear selective, plus a slight uphill to the finish.

Route map, profile and start time as GC contenders set for battle on Bastille Day - Mountains are on the menu for first time in this year’s Tour de France on a punishing mountain stage

The Tour de France rarely disappoints but this year’s race has been utterly absorbing from the get-go when crosswinds blew apart the peloton on stage 1, and there’s every reason to think stage 11 will serve up another thrilling day.

Tour de France 2023 stage 17 preview – Vingegaard vs Pogacar on the Col de la Loze (Image credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images) Four years ago, when it was announced that the 2020 Tour de ...

Stage 8, 171km from Saint-Meen-le-Grand - the birthplace of three-time Tour winner Louison Bobet - was always heading for a battle among the fast men, and it was the Italian who surfed the wheels best after losing his lead-out train, hopping onto Mathieu van der Poel ’s leadout before breaking clear.

There was no significant change in the overall standings and three-time Tour champion Tadej Pogačar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.