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July 7 in the famous village of Noirmoutier-en-l Ile, on the west coast of France, the 105th edition of the legendary Cycling Tour de France. She promises from the start a very exciting fight. Initially, the only Slovak – Peter Sagan, who will want to follow a series of five green jerseys in a row after an annual break.
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The Tour de France this year will have a length of 3300 km, in front of the Alpami. In the second part, cyclists will be transported to the Pyrenees. The runners cross the sections of the famous Paris-Roubaix monumental classic, ride on the legendary hill to the Serpentines 21 Alpe d'Huez, the least known of the Col du Tourmalet, make five mountain hikes, team time and time individual hilly the penultimate day.
The organizers presented the 105th "Old Ladies" profile, claiming to make it as easy as possible to make a British trip to Chris Froom (32) a fifth win. If he succeeds, he will be historically at the level of the Belgian Eddy Merckx, Španiel Miguel Indurain and the French Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinut
A major novelty is also an offbeat departure on July 7 to avoid a collision in the longer term with the championships.
"It's going to be a complex Tour de France with uncomfortable cubes, wind-blowing scenes, gravel paths … Missing will not be difficult mountain tours and also the team time and individual time. " Christopher Froome
His great Colombian opponent, Nairo Quintana, at TdF 2018, remarked: " Many hills that I love but these cubes? "
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Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) is also considered a great challenger of Froom.The winner of the Giro d 'Italia from last year is a type similar to that of the British Sky Leader, but he is six years younger
"We will try to surprise each other to succeed. They make cycling of similar quality with approximately the same time and mountain potential. Tour de France longtime director Christian Prudhomme is delighted
While Alpe d'Huez returns to the program, the Pyrenees await the 16th and 17th pack for the extreme . . First 218 km from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon and a day later only 65 km from Bagneres-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet, but with hills. In the first mountain stage at Col des Glières, it will even be a gravel road
WHAT ARE THE CYCLES OF TRATI
The 105th edition begins on July 7 in the Vendée department on the west coast of France . The first kilometer will start cycling on the Passage du Gois, a narrow road connecting mainland France to the island of Noirmoutier-en-l'Is (189 km). The second stage in La Roche-sur-Yon (183 km) will be suitable for sprinting. The third leg will be a team trip of 35 km to Cholet.
The first week, the cyclists will cross the roads of Brittany and will progressively reach the north of the country, where they will also await the Mûr-de-Bretagne. The route turns later to the east, where he sails to the dreaded, paved pavement, known from Paris-Roubaix for a total length of 21.7 km. The ninth stage, of a length of 150 km, will start at the Citadel of Arras and after 154 km at velodrome Roubaix.
After the first day in Annecy, TdF 2018 will continue in the Alps with three mountain stages. The Grand-Bornand, The Rosière Espace San Bernardo and Alpe d'Huez.
The last week of the traditional galleys of July will take place in the Pyrenees, ending in Bagneres-de-Luchon, Col de Saint-Lary-Soulan du Portet and Laruns. The 19th stage of Lúrd (200 km) will be extremely difficult as it will pass by the many known passes of Col d'Aspin, Col du Tourmalet and Col d'Aubisque, to end with a descent of 20 km for test the concentration of tired runners.
The penultimate day, the cyclists will still weave a time chain with a wavy profile from Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette (31 km) in the south-west of France and will go on Sunday 29 July to the Champs-Elysees Paris
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The traditions will not change and it will be part of the Tour de France apparently forever. The colors of the jersey of the best riders of their category remain the same for the year 2018:
– yellow jersey for the best man of the general order advocated by Christopher Froome [19659007] – white jersey (19459021) the best juggler sucked by Peter Sagan Michael Matthews
– winner of the highest competition a year ago belonged to Warren Barguil
] Press bonus seconds
Until now, it was customary for the second bonuses (10-6-4) to be awarded only to the targets of the different stages. Once again, runners can also take advantage of the so-called "" bonus point. "
In the initial nine stages, with the exception of the team's hour, Special places will be placed on the route.
The UCI reduced the number of riders
Last September, the International Cycling Union (UCI) approved a proposal to reduce the number of riders
number of riders in the peloton of his events under the
At the Grand Tour (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta), the teams have only eight riders instead of nine, the total number of players has thus passed from 198 to 176.
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They will miss hostesses
The hostess will miss the final ceremony after the Tour de France. The organizers of the most prestigious races have answered many scandals of the past. Many riders, including Peter Sagan, have been accused of sexist behavior towards girls. For this reason, for example, Vuelte last year decided to omit this traditional item to reward the winners.
In 2013, on a monument around Flanders, the Slovakian rider Peter Sagan cheated on the podium with one of the hostesses. The triple world champion is excused after the criticism of his behavior
Two years later, the organizers of another Belgian classic E3-Harelbeke presented themselves in a negative light. On the promotional flyer, a bicycle bouncing on the bottom of a spore woman has been shown.
The third example is the Belgian Jan Balelants. Before the 2017 Tour, in response to a question about sexual abstinence during the race, he highlighted pornography and hostesses.
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