The most mountainous Tour, opportunity for the ‘sprinters’

The Tour that claims to be the most mountainous in history will begin by giving the sprinters a chance, on a stage with half a mountain but located far from the finish line in Nice, a city on the French Mediterranean coast that will also host the start.

Over 156 kilometers, the organizers have tried to find the least rugged terrain possible around Nice, a city surrounded by mountains.

That has forced them to draw several circuits around the city, which will force them to climb 500-meter peaks on each occasion, considered third category.

But the last climb has its summit 50 kilometers from the finish line, which should leave the teams of the arrivals enough ground to organize the hunt and guarantee a collective arrival, causing the first yellow jersey of the edition to appear on the back. of a sprinter.