THE STAGES
STAGE 3
BINCHE > ÉPERNAY
Monday 8 July • 215km • Hilly
ASSEMBLY 12:00 at Avenue Charles Deliège NEUTRAL START 12:10 at Rue des Récollets
ACTUAL START 12:20 at N55, 4km from assembly point
Neutral start
Binche (N90-N55)
Actual start
Binche
Merbes-le-Château (N55-N561)
Erquelinnes 10:10
10:20
10:29
10:35 12:10
12:20
12:29
12:34
Jeumont (D336-VC-D963)
Solre-le-Château (D963-D962-D27 D-D963)
Trélon (D963-D951)
Fourmies (D170-VC-D170-D20-VC-D156) 10:38
11:01
11:22
11:35 12:37
12:59
13:19
13:31
Hirson (D963-VC-D1043-D74)
Bucilly (D74-D291)
Plomion (D376-D37-D36)
Vigneux-Hocquet (D36-D966)
Montcornet (D966-D946-D966)
Dizy-le-Gros
Sprint
Nizy-le-Comte
Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne 11:55
12:06
12:21
12:35
12:44
12:57
13:07
13:31 13:50
14:01
14:15
14:28
14:37
14:49
14:59
15:22
Bourgogne-Fresne (D374-D274-D30-D274)
Bétheny
Reims (D74-VC)
Tinqueux (VC-D980)
Les Mesneux (D6-E3-D6)
Sermiers (D26-D22)
Côte de Nanteuil-la-Forêt
Cat. 4
Fleury-la-Rivière
Damery (D22-D1)
Cumières (D1-VC)
Côte d'Hautvillers
Cat. 3 13:48
14:00
14:04
14:12
14:19
14:32
14:45
14:51
14:56
15:02
15:05 15:38
15:49
15:53
16:00
16:07
16:20
16:32
16:38
16:42
16:48
16:51
Côte de Champillon
Cat. 3
15:12
D251 Dizy (D251-D1)
15:18
Aÿ (Aÿ-Champagne) (D1-VC-D201-D201 E)
15:21
Cat. 3 / Bonus
D201 ECôte de Mutigny
15:26
Mutigny (D201 E-VC-D201 E2)
15:27
VC
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ (Aÿ-Champagne) (VC-D111-VC-D9) 15:31
D9
Oiry (près) (D9-D3)
15:35
D3
Chouilly (D3-VC-D40 A)
15:37
D40 A Plumecoq (D40 A-VC)
15:43
Côte du mont Bernon (1 km à
VC
15:44
5,5 %)
Épernay (entrée)
15:45
Épernay
Arrival
15:50 16:58
17:03
17:06
17:11
17:12
17:16
17:20
17:22
17:27
FINISH LINE Rue des Coteaux, at the end of a final straight of 210m. Width: 5.5m.
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D E F R A NC E 2019
93,5 102
123
124,5
146
151
164
179,5 190 199 211
173 183,5
206,5
185,5 195,5
17:29
17:34
79
17:28
62 41 48,5
27 12
A Belgian winner in France: Eddy Pauwels won at
Épernay on the first stage of the 1963 Tour.
He retained the lead in the general classification
for three days.
211.5
215
3.5
0 211
4 190
194
195.5
199
199.5
202.5
205
206.5
210
25
21
19.5
16
15.5
12.5
10
8.5
5 Peloton
BINCHE (Belgium)
N90
215
0
N55
209
6
205
10
N561
NORD (59 - France)
203
12
D336
188
27
174
41
166.5 48.5
D170
AISNE (02)
153
62
D963
146
69
D74
136
79
D376
127.5 87.5
D36
121.5 93.5
D966
113
102
106.5 108.5
90.5
124.5
MARNE (51)
79.5
135.5
D374
72
143
D74
69
146
64
151
59.5
155.5
D6 E3
51
164
42
173
D386
38.5
176.5
D22
35.5
179.5
31.5
183.5
D1
29.5
185.5
VC
Caravan
Completed
The stage starts in Binche, a bastion of
Belgian cycling, and is the first to finish
in France. It is relatively long (215km) and
particularly testing. The route has been
designed with the idea that gusting wind
could create echelons and split the peloton
into several sections during the first part
of the stage. This would then make the
second half very tricky, because we’ve found
a succession of quite steep hills, including
one at Mutigny with a gradient that averages
12%. Mention should also be made of the
finish in Épernay, which sits at the top of a
‘wall’ of 15%! The winner will undoubtedly be
a puncheur.
TIMETABLE
To ride
PUNCH REQUIRED!
KILOMETRES