Jeremy Whittle's report
What a day that was. If you don’t like that, you don’t like bike racing. Here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report from Cauterets-Cambasque.
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Let’s turn our attention to tomorrow’s stage, one of the flattest of this year’s race. It’s one for the sprinters, with the finish in Bordeaux. Don’t expect there to be any great movement in the GC standings, unless there is heavy wind that could separate the riders.
This represents a brilliant opportunity for Mark Cavendish to get that historic 35th stage win, but expect Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen to be challenging.
Interestingly the Eurosport team have just highlighted a incredibly tight corner with 3km to go in Bordeaux, just before they cross the Garonne river to the finish line. It’s an insane right-hand corner, almost a U-turn, and how the sprinters negotiate that could be key in who claims the stage win.
