Cold frets as the Tour moves away from the windswept Atlantic coast of France

Champion Chris Froome will launch his badault on a fifth record title when the 2018 Tour de France will embark on Saturday with roadside fans invited not to verbally abuse the British born in Kenya.

Saturday's Grand Départ for a highly anticipated 21-day period around France takes place in two distinct and thrilling phases.

But its accumulation was overshadowed by the long slanderous slander that surrounded the escape of a hint of doping involving Froome

. Froome in the race, but with a lot of mud stuck to his Team Sky white jersey.

The 105th edition of the biggest cycling race starts from the picturesque Atlantic island of Noirmoutier, connected to the mainland by a huge road bridge. [19659006] The 22-team squad of eight riders will then race 125 km (125 miles) up to Fontenay, along the wind-swept coast, famous for having attracted a crowd of enthusiasts. of yachting for the Vendée Globe. Froome, his teammates and organizers are shocked by the storm of the Tour, which culminated Thursday with the winner four times booed at the official presentation. 19659008] The 33-year-old has gone so far as to appeal to the French public in the pages of the newspaper Le Monde Friday

– The sprinters sharpened the knives –

Saturday's race along the coast will prove or disprove this idea.

The stage should culminate in a sprint, with Briton Mark Cavendish aiming for a win in the 31st

"Sprinters will be advised to stay close to the front if they do not want to be caught cold ", said Thierry Gouvenou, the designer of the race

. will have the honor to shoot at one of the biggest The first nine days of racing take place in the West and North of France with the team time trial of 35.5 km established Monday. 19659015] There are three other clearly difficult stages in this section, with 10 hills on the road to the city of Quimper in Brittany Wednesday and two climbs of the dreaded rise of Mur de Bretagne the next day

the stage will end 30 minutes before the big coup to send to Moscow

That day, the Tour traces the old paved mining roads of the north-east of the Arras memorial to Roubaix

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The peloton will then climb on flights to the alpine town of Annecy, where Froome, the great French hopeful Roman Bardet, the 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali and other climbing specialists will start tracing the fall one of the other

chaos begins with three spectacular alpine mountain stages, four hilly stages and three pyrenean mountainous stages within 12 breathtaking days.

Numerous are the great French mountains, such as the Alpe d'Huez and the Col du Tourmalet

The Challenges are a brutal individual time trial of 31 km and a short shock of & # 39; 39, a 17th stage with only 65 km, with 25 km of descents and 38 km of climbs up to the Col de Portet in the southwest. At 2,215 meters (7,265 feet), Portet will no doubt offer the backdrop of a true champion.

Froome joined Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain, five times winners. Chris Froome will be the man in the honor as the 105th Tour de France begins Saturday

A cyclist crosses the bridge of Noirmoutier before the start of the Tour de France. France

Fans cheer Mark Cavendish of Team Dimension Data ran

Spectators applaud as the Frenchman Romain Bardet of the French cycling team AG2R La Mondiale goes by bike during the presentation ceremony of the 39th team on 5th July 2018 in La Roche-sur-Yon, two days before the start of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race.