Mondorf-les-Bains / Vittel

Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 4th - 207.5 km

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The Stage

Today’s stage-start hometown boys? The Schleck brothers, Andy and Frank.

Another mass sprint seems likely, this early in the Tour it would be very impressive to manage to stay ahead in a breakaway (though it is likely they won't be caught until after the intermediate sprint at 50 km from the finish). Crosswinds might cause the peleton to break like we've seen in previous years and classification hopes could be dashed for those caught sleeping. The final stretch is not quite flat so this might favor other sprinters than those who did well on stage 2.

Trivia: We are finishing in Vittel, not by coincidence the home town of the eponymous mineral water brand that is one of the race’s sponsors.

Winner: Arnaud Démare

Tour Touristique

Moulins-lès-Metz owns a strange bridge grounded in a field after the course of the Moselle was shifted in 1614. The arches are now half buried. The town is home to several castles – the ruins of the castle of the bishops of Metz, destroyed by bombing in 1944, the 14th century château Fabert, the St Jean Hermitage castle and the Grignan castle now housing the town hall.

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