Tour de France: 3rd stage in Cholet, the point on the team time trial

This is "another sport" according to the Belgian rider Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale). The test of this Monday, July 9, in Cholet, is the third and most technical of this Tour de France 2018. She is now back after two years of absence.

This is a 35-kilometer track that awaits the players, who, after the Tour de Vendée this weekend, and before starting the Tour de Bretagne tomorrow, will do the Tour de Cholet, rolling against the shows, and teams.

The city of Cholet recovers the Tour de France, ten years after hosting an individual time trial. The city is located in a bowl, the race begins with a rise of 4 to 5%. The villages of La Romagne and La Séguinière, on the way back, also present roughnesses, but on the whole, it is on a rolling course that will face the 22 formations.

Each team of eight riders will start every five minutes, in descending order, with the yellow jersey team last. A big half-hour of collective effort will be needed, but this event will also test the ability of cyclists to co-operate and coordinate, which will have to evolve into a single group. The first team will leave at 3:10 pm, Place du 8-Mai, and the last team will arrive at 5:35 pm, Anatole-Manceau Avenue.

Before the start, a team of eight personalities (Nelson Montfort, the Miss France 2018 Maëva Coucke, Stéphane Plaza, Thomas Voeckler …) will take the start for the benefit of the badociation Mécénat cardiac surgery.