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Le Carpont Plouguin > Lannilis 204 km

French dirtroad championships in Bretagne.

Estimated finish time: 16:50 CEST

French peasant of the Day: Hugo Page

Just the right level of quality and small team anonymity.

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San Francesco al Campo - Santuario di Oropa 161 km

Big climbing on stage 2, Grand Tours are getting more and more evil.

Estimated finish time: 17:00-17:25 CEST

Elefantino of the Day: Tadej Pogačar

Everyone assumes he will be unmatched in this race and I assume this is where that really begins.

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The Course

A day for the sprinters with the one caveat that there's a 1.6 kilometres climb at 5.3% and it's positioned 3 k's from the finish. There's a fast downhill section leading to a fairly straight couple of k's leading into the climb so positioning will be important. Over the climb, it's followed by two 1.4ish k sections that are straight so that will give anyone out of position a chance to come back.

The Favourites

The final climb isn't long enough or steep enough to get rid of the fast-men. Читать дальше...