Stage 4 of the Tour de France covers 174.2km from Amiens to Rouen with challenging climbs in the last 30km. Featuring GC contenders like Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, the stage is expected to see fierce competition. Ineos Grenadiers aim for a stage win while minimizing losses in GC after a tough previous stage. The route includes crosswinds and rolling roads, making it one of the hardest segments of the Tour, akin to classics like Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
I went and saw stage 4 between Flanders and Roubaix, and it is super, super hard. In the first 100km, you're gonna have crosswinds and big rolling roads. That's going to be one challenge. Then you come into the final and it's more or less like a little mini Liège-Bastogne-Liège, or Flèche Wallonne. I think it's a lot harder than stage 2, and you saw on Sunday how it split up pretty significantly.
This 2025 Tour de France has seen all the drama of a typical Grand Tour. Seeing the big name GC contenders racing hard for every second must be delighting race organisers ASO after they designed a testing fit week and included the tough route into Rouen from Amiens.
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