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Stage 17 Bollène - Valence (160.4km)
Tour invites MVDP and WVA in the final week as well
Put your children in front of the TV on the last Wednesday afternoon of this Tour de France, if it's not too sunny outside. Between Bollène and Valence lies another transition stage where the attackers have their say. After the start, the peloton is presented with a hilly stage featuring two somewhat longer climbs. These are not too difficult, so we expect a spectacle!
The stage is also not very long at 162 kilometers. Many riders will therefore sense their chance. And with two tough Alpine stages on the horizon, Wednesday's peloton will probably take it easy. Opportunities thus for riders of the caliber of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. In the last eight kilometers, however, you are constantly in sight. These go over a straight road to Valence, until a final hairpin bend in the last kilometer. The escapee who can wait the longest (for their sprint) might just win.
For those who find it interesting: within seven hours, you can travel from Amsterdam Central Station with a change in Paris to Valence in less than seven hours. A return ticket (Tuesday, July 22 outbound, Thursday, July 24 return) for an adult costs 159 euros, but then you visit the Tour for a whole day. From Brussels Midi, you make the same journey for 93.50 euros in four and a half hours to the city of former top rider Charly Mottet.
Stage 17 Bollène - Valence (160.4km)
Tour invites MVDP and WVA in the final week as well
Put your children in front of the TV on the last Wednesday afternoon of this Tour de France, if it's not too sunny outside. Between Bollène and Valence lies another transition stage where the attackers have their say. After the start, the peloton is presented with a hilly stage featuring two somewhat longer climbs. These are not too difficult, so we expect a spectacle!
The stage is also not very long at 162 kilometers. Many riders will therefore sense their chance. And with two tough Alpine stages on the horizon, Wednesday's peloton will probably take it easy. Opportunities thus for riders of the caliber of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. In the last eight kilometers, however, you are constantly in sight. These go over a straight road to Valence, until a final hairpin bend in the last kilometer. The escapee who can wait the longest (for their sprint) might just win.
For those who find it interesting: within seven hours, you can travel from Amsterdam Central Station with a change in Paris to Valence in less than seven hours. A return ticket (Tuesday, July 22 outbound, Thursday, July 24 return) for an adult costs 159 euros, but then you visit the Tour for a whole day. From Brussels Midi, you make the same journey for 93.50 euros in four and a half hours to the city of former top rider Charly Mottet.