Tour de France: stage three – live updates | Tour de France 2023

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.

Today’s begin: Amorebieta-Etxano The commune of the province of Vizcaya is situated throughout the sphere of affect of its giant neighbour, Bilbao, explains the Tour handbook. When it involves sport, the locals are notably happy with their soccer membership, which was based virtually a century in the past and climbed into

Liga 2 for the 2021-2022 season. The SD Amorebieta produced one of many city’s sporting sons, Camelo Cedrun, who was the goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao and the nationwide workforce through the Nineteen Fifties. The former Euskaltel and Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti can also be a local of town.

Amorebieta-Etxano additionally organises a one-day race, with a roll of honour that options the highest names in Spanish biking, in addition to Frenchmen Laurent Jalabert (1995) and, extra lately, Jonathan Hivert (2011).

• Yellow: Adam Yates (UAE)

• Green: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

• Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost)

• White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE)

William Fotheringham on stage three: Finally, one thing resembling a standard stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are a number of nasty little Basque Country climbs however they arrive early within the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch dash time, which implies British eyes might be on Mark Cavendish, though the probabilities are will probably be final yr’s dash star, Fabio Jakobsen, within the highlight.

Adam Yates held on to his general lead within the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, received by the French Cofidis rider Victor Lafay. Jeremy Whittle experiences …

Tour de France: After a pair of extraordinarily testing opening phases, the peloton will get one thing of a breather in the present day throughout a spin that boasts 4 categorised climbs within the first 102 kilometres. Riders must deal with extra of the bumpy stuff with 40 kilometres to go earlier than the stage ranges out 15 from residence.

Any breakaway that tries its luck is unlikely to succeed and we’re virtually sure to be handled to the primary bunch dash of this yr’s race. It ought to be fraught, nervy and downright harmful affair during which the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and Mark Cavendish (Astana) will fancy their possibilities, though the stiffish climbs earlier and later within the stage might do for a number of of them earlier than the race reaches its conclusion in Bayonne.

Riding in his closing Tour de France earlier than hanging up his cleats after a stellar profession, in the present day marks the primary of a number of respectable alternatives Cavendish must break the good Eddy Merckx’s longstanding document of 34 profession stage wins within the Grande Boucle.

The Manx Missile’s velocity has been eclipsed by that of among the peloton’s youthful thunder-thighed whelps lately however he’ll set off stuffed with confidence having arrowed first previous the profitable submit within the closing stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome.

Should he fail to prevail in the present day, different alternatives lie forward. It is to be hoped he can at the least keep away from bother earlier than the phases with terrain extra suited to his specific skill-set that lie forward. Tomorrow’s pancake-flat profile might effectively have been designed with a person of his skills in thoughts. Today’s stage rolls out at midday BST.