Special Envoy to Mende
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Profile of the stage: Rodez-Carcassonne (202.5 km)
The sprinters (Fabio Jakobsen in Nyborg, Dylan Groenewegen in Sonderborg, Van Aert in Lausanne) have not been very spoiled since leaving Copenhagen.
One more reason not to let the opportunity pass.
The end of the 15th stage crossing four departments of Occitania (Aveyron, Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Aude), slightly hilly at the start of the day but on a false flat descending by plunging towards Carcassonne should indeed unfold a terrain conducive to an explanation between the arrows of the platoon.
The last difficulty of the day, the Cammazes coast (3rd category; 5.1 km at 4.1%) is located 38.3 km from the finish.
Carcassonne, arrival city for the 7th time (and 5 times as city-start) on the route of the Tour a,
Rodez-Carcassonne (202.5 km) ASO
Schedules:
The actual start is set at 1:15 p.m. and the estimated arrival at 5:52 p.m. with an average speed of 44 km/h.
TV broadcast:
France 3 from 12.55 p.m. then France 2 at 3 p.m.
The prognosis of... Pascal Lino (yellow jersey in 1992 for eleven days)
“On paper, it may suit sprinters but I'm not going to aim for them with the presence of the last hill.
5.1 km at 4.1%, if it climbs at a steady pace, the Jakobsen, Philipsen will explode, that's for sure.
I can see a Michael Matthews for example (BikeExchange-Jayco).
He's slipped into the breakaways for the past few days and looks in good shape and the last third category bump, he'll pass it easily.
(prognosis made before Matthews' victory at Mende on Saturday, editor's note).
Not to be missed on the course:
Rodez, the city that saw the birth of former coach of the XV of France Bernard Laporte, welcomes for the fifth time in its history the Grande Boucle.
Before leaving the city, don't miss the Place de la Cité and Notre-Dame Cathedral (13th to 16th centuries) and the Episcopal Palace, which is currently closed.
Needless to present the ramparts and the city of Carcassonne, medieval architectural splendor restored in the 19th century.
The municipality of Aude is also home to an international political film festival as well as Contrechamps, a documentary film festival.
The ramparts of the medieval city of Carcassonne.
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The specialty to get your teeth into:
Take out the forks to taste the farçous, these pancakes of chard and sausage meat before tasting the Vieux Rodez, a local cheese.
For dessert, opt for the mandarelle, a beautifully sculpted cake in reference to a pinnacle of the cathedral of Rodez.
Save some room anyway for a good cassoulet in Carcassonne.
Bite into the petit Carcassonnais for dessert, small oval madeleine.
At the end of the meal, hold out the glass to savor the Micheline, a liqueur with magical virtues since it is often presented as an elixir of youth.
The expression of the day: "The jackal blow"
Expression designating an attack initiated with cunning by a runner who knew how to be forgotten by his opponents to deliver a decisive blow at the end of the race.
Ex:
"If you're smart, you wait in the wheel of the guys and you give them a jackal kick just before the little bump."
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