Last day of dish, timetables, a tracker for sprinters or adventurous? The 4th stage between Saumur and Poitiers in questions

The runners of the peloton will travel 130.7 km on a relatively flat road, between Saumur and Poitiers, Tuesday.

A new stage of plain which will make a detour by beautiful landscapes. The day after Lorena Wiebes' victory in Sprint in Angers, the runners of the peloton set off from Saumur (Maine-et-Loire) for 130.7 km of a flat route, to Poitiers (Vienne), which will receive for the first time the big female loop, during the 4th stage of the Tour de France women, Tuesday July 29. So at the end of this stage, it is a sprinter or a backpacker who should win.

What profile?

Last step on dish before attacking the more rugged routes and the mountain in the last five stages. There will be only a recorded difficulty – that of the Coast of Marigny (900 m at 5.4%) – in this course which will follow the courses of the Loire and Vienne, and which will pass along three castles – from Montsoreau, Chinon and Richelieu -. The last five kilometers of the race will still be done on a long false flat. A massive sprint should conclude the day, thanks to the sprinters, unless adventurous are trying their luck in the peloton.

What favorites?

We take the same as during step 3 and start again. The peloton sprinters will obviously be favorite for the stage victory. Thus, in the absence of Charlotte Kool (Picnic Postnl) forced to abandonment before step 2 andElisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team Asq) who did not start the 3rd stagethe European road champion Lorena Wiebes (SB-Worx – Pro time), the confession of your dans 3rd, Elisa Balsamam (Lidl-Trek) and Ally Wolston (FDJ-Suz) and Ally Worx. will be serious candidates for victory.

But beware of the adventurers who could also take the upper hand by taking advantage of the last straight line on a false flat amount. Winner of step 1 at the end of a long sprint, Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike) will be ambitious with the yellow jersey on her back. His teammate, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot could also be well positioned to keep her third place in the general classification.

What hours?

Fictive departure: 2:35 p.m.

Real departure: 2:45 p.m.

Start of the live on France 2: 3:35 p.m.

Estimated forecast arrival: 5:35 p.m.