Stage 4 - Abbeville to Rouen
207 Kilometres, pretty flat with four category 4 climbs which shouldn't cause too much trouble
The route runs along the coast for about half it's distance........strong winds off the sea look to pose most danger to the yellow jersey contenders, but the likelihood is that the peloton will chase down any breaks and we'll have a bunch sprint finish
Another one for Cav ?
I'm guessing that Sky are not going to deploy their troops to chase down breaks so Cav's chances would appear to depend on other teams taking it up. Could be a lot of bluffing with the other teams looking at Sky and saying 'you've got the fastest sprinter, you chase 'em down'..........arguments in the peloton could leave the way open for a break to succeed ?
Just looking ahead to the next few days the sprinters keep centre stage on Thursday and Friday then the battle for the yellow jersey gets under way on Saturday with the first category 1 climb, seven categorised climbs on Sunday then a time trial on Monday
After that it's a rest day on Tuesday.........then into the Alps on Wednesday and the first of the massive 'hors category' climbs
207 Kilometres, pretty flat with four category 4 climbs which shouldn't cause too much trouble
The route runs along the coast for about half it's distance........strong winds off the sea look to pose most danger to the yellow jersey contenders, but the likelihood is that the peloton will chase down any breaks and we'll have a bunch sprint finish
Another one for Cav ?
I'm guessing that Sky are not going to deploy their troops to chase down breaks so Cav's chances would appear to depend on other teams taking it up. Could be a lot of bluffing with the other teams looking at Sky and saying 'you've got the fastest sprinter, you chase 'em down'..........arguments in the peloton could leave the way open for a break to succeed ?
Just looking ahead to the next few days the sprinters keep centre stage on Thursday and Friday then the battle for the yellow jersey gets under way on Saturday with the first category 1 climb, seven categorised climbs on Sunday then a time trial on Monday
After that it's a rest day on Tuesday.........then into the Alps on Wednesday and the first of the massive 'hors category' climbs





