Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 106

THE STAGES STAGE 7 BELFORT > CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE Friday 12 July • 230km • Flat ASSEMBLY 11:15 at Marché Fréry and Quai Vauban NEUTRAL START 11:20 at Rue du Docteur Charles Fréry ACTUAL START 11:35 at D83, 9km from assembly point 11:38 09:55 10:12 10:31 10:37 10:49 10:56 11:07 11:15 11:30 11:47 11:58 12:07 12:11 12:34 11:54 12:11 12:28 12:34 12:45 12:52 13:03 13:10 13:25 13:41 13:51 14:00 14:03 14:26 12:46 14:37 12:58 14:48 13:06 14:56 13:24 13:34 13:40 13:47 15:13 15:22 15:28 15:35 14:04 14:18 14:29 14:43 15:01 15:06 15:09 15:17 15:20 15:51 16:05 16:15 16:28 16:46 16:51 16:53 17:01 17:03 77 Cat. 4 Sprint 88,5 105 119,5 135,5 152,5 95,5 115,5 127,5 140,5 FINISH LINE Quai Saint-Cosme, at the end of a final straight of 1.6km (500m in sight). Width: 6.5m. 106 | TO U R D E F RA N C E 2019 Arrival Cat. 3 170 179,5 196,5 205,5 221 37,5 49,5 61,5 34,5 66,5 25 2,5 14 Cat. 4 09:38 11:20 11:35 09:20 09:35 Neutral start Actual start Peloton TERRITOIRE DE BELFORT (90) VC Belfort (VC-D83) 230 0 D83 Belfort HAUTE-SAÔNE (70) 227.5 2.5 Héricourt DOUBS (25) 216 14 Arcey 205 25 L'isle-sur-le-Doubs (D683-D31) 192.5 37.5 Col de Ferrière 188.5 41.5 D119 Orve 180.5 49.5 Servin 176 54 Vaudrivillers 168.5 61.5 Aïssey 163.5 66.5 D492 Gonsans (D492-D30-D492) 153 77 VC Étalans (près) (VC-D469) 141.5 88.5 D492 Ornans (D492-D67-VC-D241) 134.5 95.5 D241 Côte de Chassagne-Saint-Denis 128 102 VC Flagey (VC-D334-VC) 126 104 Bolandoz (VC-D492-D32-D492) 110.5 119.5 Côte de Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne JURA (39) Salins-les-Bains 102.5 127.5 (D492-D472-D105) 94.5 135.5 Les Arsures (D105-D249) D107 Arbois (D107 E1-VC-D469) 89.5 140.5 E1 77.5 152.5 Aumont 70.5 159.5 D22 E Colonne (D22 E-VC-D95) 66.5 163.5 Chemenot 62 168 Francheville SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE (71) 50.5 179.5 D73 Bellevesvre (D73-D137) 41 189 VC La Chaux (VC-D313) 33.5 196.5 D970 Mervans 24.5 205.5 D35 Saint-Martin-en-Bresse 12 218 D673 Châtenoy-en-Bresse 9 221 Saint-Marcel (D673-D5 A) 7.5 222.5 D5 A Chalon-sur-Saône (D5 A-VC) 1.5 228.5 VC Saint-Rémy 0 230 Chalon-sur-Saône Not just a prologue: known as the TT specialist who won three Tour prologues, French cyclist Thierry Marie won his first-ever Tour stage in Chalon-sur-Saône in 1988. Caravan Completed With the first mountainous section of the race completed, we move straight into a stage for the sprinters that is also the longest of this Tour: 230km between Belfort and Chalon-sur-Saône, passing via Ornans to commemorate the 200-year anniversary of the birth of painter Gustave Courbet. As so often after one of the race’s key strategic moments, the stage could come down to a pursuit between the peloton and the breakaway. This is always a strategic and finely calculated contest, as not every team is interested in riding behind the break. But, in theory, we should see the sprinters deciding the verdict between them at the finish. TIMETABLE To ride FOR TACTICIANS KILOMETRES