Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux > Le Put-en-Velay 233km

233km, 3725m of climbing, does anyone dare try to control this for a sprint? The opening stage went the way of the breakaway, Alex Baudin taking a brilliant win. It was clear that the big teams didn’t want the pressure of taking the yellow jersey right at the start of the race, none of them were keen on controlling this stage. In terms of teams wanting a sprint, does anyone believe their fast man can win a stage with over 3700m of climbing?