Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 101

THE STAGES STAGE 4 REIMS > NANCY Tuesday 9 July • 213.5km • Flat ASSEMBLY 12:05 at Place du Boulingrin NEUTRAL START 12:10 at Rue de Mars ACTUAL START 12:25 at D9, 7.3 km from assembly point 10:25 10:36 10:45 10:57 11:04 11:14 11:19 11:29 11:37 11:42 11:49 11:59 12:08 12:26 12:31 12:25 12:35 12:44 12:55 13:02 13:11 13:17 13:26 13:34 13:39 13:45 13:55 14:03 14:20 14:25 12:44 13:08 13:22 13:33 13:45 13:53 14:00 14:04 14:11 14:24 14:28 14:38 15:01 15:14 15:25 15:35 15:43 15:50 15:54 16:00 16:13 16:16 14:41 14:47 14:51 14:59 15:15 15:23 15:27 15:28 15:31 15:37 16:29 16:35 16:38 16:46 17:02 17:09 17:13 17:13 17:17 17:23 121 129 147 136,5 150 112 98 86,5 8 14 22 33,5 57,5 70,5 37,5 49,5 64,5 213.5 0 205.5 8 199.5 14 191.5 22 D34 187 26.5 D1 180 33.5 176 37.5 VC 169.5 44 D60 164 49.5 160.5 53 156 57.5 D60 149 64.5 143 70.5 VC 131 82.5 D61 127 86.5 D14 MEUSE (55) 118 95,5 D64 Revigny 101.5 112 Bar-le-Duc (D994-VC-D1916) 92.5 121 Côte de Rosières Cat. 4 84.5 129 Lavallée 77 136.5 Ménil-aux-Bois 71 142.5 Sampigny (D11-D964) 66.5 147 D964 Lérouville Sprint 63.5 150 Commercy (D964-VC-D958-D36) 59 154.5 D36 Euville 50 163.5 D36 A Troussey (D36 A-VC) 47.5 166 D36 Pagny-sur-Meuse (D36-D636) MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE (54) 38.5 175 D400 Écrouves 34 179.5 Toul (D400-VC-D400) 31.5 182 Dommartin-lès-Toul (D400-D909) 26 187.5 D909 Villey-Le-Sec 15 198.5 D92 Côte de Maron Cat. 4 10 203.5 VC Villers-lès-Nancy 7 206.5 Laxou 6.5 207 Nancy 4 209.5 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (VC-D674) 0 213.5 VC Nancy Arrival Green defeat: In 2014, Italy’s Matteo Trentin beat Peter Sagan (in the green jersey) in a nose-to-nose sprint across the finish line in Nancy. Neutral start Reims (VC-D8) Cormontreuil (D8-VC-D9) Actual start Reims Craon de Ludes (Ludes) Louvois (Val de Livre) (D9-D34) Condé-sur-Marne (D34-D1) Vraux Recy (D1-VC) Châlons-en-Champagne (VC-D60) Sarry Saint-Germain-la-Ville Pogny (D60-VC-D54-VC) La Chaussée-sur-Marne Saint-Amand-sur-Fion Bassuet (VC-D359-D59) Sogny-en-L'angle (D61-D81) Villers-le-Sec 166 12:10 VC D8 D9 10:10 MARNE (51) Peloton Completed Caravan A stage of 213.5km between Reims and Nancy with few difficulties and a 1 500m-long finishing straight: it has a perfectly classic look and has been designed as an offering to the sprinters, who won’t often be centre stage this year. We know that this Tour, in which the mountains take pride of place, could perhaps discourage some of them during the final week… To boost their morale, but also to add some balance to the Tour, we wanted to give them a clear opportunity here. The pick of them should be clocking 70km/h at the finish line. TIMETABLE To ride SET UP FOR A SPRINT KILOMETRES 187,5 203,5 179,5 198,5 194,5 209,5 FINISH LINE Boulevard d’Austrasie, at the end of a final straight of 280m. Width: 6.5m. 2 0 1 9 TO U R D E FR ANCE | 101