A very long straight line of 1,600 meters awaits the riders of the Tour de France on Thursday at the finish of the 6th stage promised to the sprinters at Châteauroux.
Massive sprint or in a small committee?
The possibility of curbs in the peloton exists if the wind blows hard enough in this 160 km stage.
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The danger of borders
“Edges cannot be ruled out in the last 60 kilometers,” confirms race director Thierry Gouvenou, the + tracer + of this Tour.
"The risk is even greater in the last 20."
“We are on roads that resemble the Saint-Amand-Montrond stage in 2013, where Chris Froome was trapped,” said Gouvenou.
"It can be a quiet day or a very tricky day."
The only certainty is that the route visits several of the region's tourist sites.
It passes through the castles of Amboise and Chenonceaux then through the Beauval zoo before reaching Valençay and its castle formerly owned by Talleyrand to head south and reach the prefecture of Indre.
City-stage for the 4th time, Châteauroux (43,000 inhabitants) celebrated Cavendish, winner during the two previous arrivals.
It is in the city of Gérard Depardieu that the Briton signed in 2008 the first of his 31 victories in the Tour and did it again in 2011 (ahead of Petacchi and Greipel).
Departure from Tours at 1:55 p.m. (launched at 2:05 p.m.), arrival in Châteauroux around 5:34 p.m. (time calculated at 46 km / h).
