Already the first mountain stage of the Tour de France ! On Tuesday, for their entry into France after a final departure from Italy, in Pinerolo, the riders of the Big loop will be in the Alps and will face three real passes. The endless and rolling climb of Sestriere will open the show, then the Montgenèvre pass will present itself under the wheels of the riders. At the top of the latter, we will then be halfway, and after a long valley, one of the giants of the Tour will be climbed: the Galibier pass!
Cédric Vasseur discusses this 4th stage for Cyclism’-
Will Jonas Vingegaard be able to do in Galibier what he was able to do in San Luca?
Approached from the Lautaret side, which is the least difficult, it is nonetheless formidable, and the last 8 steeper kilometers combined with the altitude (2,642 meters) will certainly create gaps between the riders in the general classification, who will also have to negotiate the rapid descent towards Valloire, where the finish of this 4th stage will be judged, around twenty kilometers after the summit of Galibier. The first very big fight between the big guns should therefore take place on Tuesday, and we are waiting with great impatience to find out if Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) will have the means, as in the climb of San Luca on Sunday, to keep up the frenetic pace that Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is sure to print at some point.
The profile of the 4th stage of the Tour de France
Tuesday July 2nd : Pinerolo – Valloire / 139.6 km (actual departure at 1:15 p.m., arrival around 5:20 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Sestriere (summit at km 50.4 / 2nd category): 39.9 km at 3.7%
Col de Montgenèvre (summit at km 71.1 / 2nd category): 8.3 km at 5.9%
Col du Galibier (summit at km 120.7 / Hors catégorie – Souvenir Henri Desgrange): 23 km at 5.1%
The starting list
Team Visma | Lease a Bike :
1 – Jonas Vingegaard (DAN / 27 years)
2 – Tiesj Benoot (BEL / 30 years)
3 – Matteo Jorgenson (USA / 24 ans)
4 – Wilco Kelderman (NED / 32 years)
5 – Christophe Laporte (FRA / 31 years old)
6 – Bart Lemmen (NED / 28 ans)
7 – Jan Tratnik (SLO / 34 years old)
8 – Wout Van Aert (BEL / 29 years)
UAE Team Emirates :
11 – Tadej Pogacar (SLO / 25 years old)
12 – Joao Almedia (POR / 25 years old)
13 – Juan Ayuso (ESP / 21 years)
14 – Nills Politt (ALL / 30 ans)
15 – Pavel Sivakov (FRA / 26 years)
16 – Marc Soler (ESP / 30 years)
17 – Tim Wellens (BEL / 33 years)
18 – Adam Yates (GBR / 31 ans)
Team Jayco AlUla :
21 – Simon Yates (GBR / 31 ans)
22 – Luke Durbridge (AUS / 33 years)
23 – Dylan Groenewegen (NED / 31 years)
24 – Chris Harper (AUS / 29 years)
25 – Christopher Juul-Jensen (DAN / 34 ans)
26 – Michael Matthews (AUS / 33 years)
27 – Luka Mezgec (SLO / 36 ans)
28 – Elmar Reinders (NED / 32 years)
INEOS Grenadiers :
31 – Carlos Rodriguez (ESP / 23 years old)
32 – Egan Bernal (COL / 27 ans)
33 – Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP / 37 years old)
34 – Laurens De Plus (BEL / 28 years old)
35 – Michal Kwiatkowski (POL / 34 ans)
36 – Thomas Pidcock (GBR / 24 ans)
37 – Geraint Thomas (GBR / 38 ans)
38 – Ben Turner (GBR / 25 ans)
Lidl-Trek :
41 – Giulio Ciccone (ITA / 29 years old)
42 – Julien Bernard (FRA / 32 years old)
43 – Tim Declerq (BEL / 35 ans)
44 – Ryan Gibbons (AFS / 29 ans)
45 – Mads Pedersen (DAN / 28 ans)
46 – Toms Skujins (LET / 33 ans)
47 – Jasper Stuyven (BEL / 32 years)
48 – Carlos Verona (ESP / 31 years)
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale:
51 – Felix Gall (AUT / 26 ans)
52 – Bruno Armirail (FRA / 30 ans)
53 – Sam Bennett (IRL / 33 ans)
54 – Dorian Godon (FRA / 28 ans)
55 – Paul Lapeira (FRA / 24 years old)
56 – Oliver Naesen (BEL / 33 years)
57 – Nans Peters (FRA / 30 ans)
58 – Nicolas Prudhomme (FRA / 27 years old)
Bahrain-Victorious :
61 – Pello Bilbao (ESP / 34 ans)
62 – Nikias Arndt (ALL / 32 ans)
63 – Phil Bauhaus (ALL / 29 years)
64 – Santiago Buitrago (COL / 24 years)
65 – Jack Haig (AUS / 30 years)
66 – Matej Mohoric (SLO / 29 years old)
67 – Wout Poels (NED / 36 years)
68 – Fred Wright (GBR / 25 ans)
Soudal Quick-Step :
71 – Remco Evenepoel (BEL / 24 years)
72 – Jan Hirt (CZE / 33 ans)
73 – Yves Lampaert (BEL / 33 years)
74 – Mikel Landa (ESP / 34 ans)
75 – Gianni Moscon (ITA / 30 years)
76 – Casper Pedersen (DEN / 28 ans)
77 – Ilan Van Wilder (BEL / 24 years)
78 – Louis Vervaeke (BEL / 30 years)
Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe :
81 – Primoz Roglic (SLO / 34 years old)
82 – Nico Denz (ALL / 30 years)
83 – Marco Haller (AUT / 33 years old)
84 – Jai Hindley (AUS / 28 years)
85 – Bob Jungels (LUX / 31 years)
86 – Matteo Sobrero (ITA / 27 years old)
87 – Danny Van Poppel (NED / 30 years)
88 – Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS / 28 years old)
Groupama-FDJ:
91 – David Gaudu (FRA / 27 ans)
92 – Kevin Geniets (LUX / 27 years)
93 – Romain Grégoire (FRA / 21 years old)
94 – Stefan Kung (SUI / 32 years old)
95 – Valentin Madouas (FRA / 27 ans)
96 – Lenny Martinez (FRA / 20 years old)
97 – Quentin Pacher (FRA / 32 years old)
98 – Clément Russo (FRA / 29 years old)
Alpecin – Deceuninck :
101 – Mathieu van der Poel (NED / 29 years)
102 – Silvan Diller (SUI / 33 years old)
103 – Robbe Ghys (BEL / 27 years old)
104 – Soren Kragh Andersen (DAN / 29 ans)
105 – Axel Laurance (FRA / 23 ans)
106 – Jasper Philipsen (BEL / 26 years old)
107 – Jonas Rickaert (BEL / 30 ans)
108 – Gianni Vermeersch (BEL / 31 years)
EF Education – Easy Post :
111 – Richard Carapaz (COL / 31 ans)
112 – Alberto Bettiol (ITA / 30 ans)
113 – Stefan Biesseger (SUI / 25 years old)
114 – Rui Costa (POR / 37 years)
115 – Ben Healy (IRL / 23 ans)
116 – Nelson Powless (USA / 27 ans)
117 – Sean Quinn (USA / 24 ans)
118 – Marjin Van den Berg (NED / 24 ans)
Lotto Dstny :
121 – Arnaud de Lie (BEL / 22 years old)
122 – Cédric Beullens (BEL / 27 years old)
123 – Victor Campenaerts (BEL / 32 years)
124 – Jarrad Drizners (AUS / 25 years)
125 – Sébastien Grignard (BEL / 25 years old)
126 – Maxim Van Gils (BEL / 24 years)
127 – Harm Vanhoucke (BEL / 27 years)
128 – Brent Van Moer (BEL / 26 years)
Israel – Premier Tech :
131 – Stephen Williams (GBR / 28 ans)
132 – Pascal Ackermann (ALL / 30 ans)
133 – Guillaume Boivin (CAN / 35 ans)
134 – Jakob Fugslang (AND / 39 ans)
135 – Derek Gee (CAN / 26 ans)
136 – Hugo Houle (CAN / 33 ans)
137 – Krists Neilandts (LET / 29 ans)
138 – Jake Stewart (GBR / 24 ans)
Cofidis :
141 – Guillaume Martin (FRA / 31 years old)
142 – Piet Allegaert (BEL / 29 ans)
143 – Bryan Coquard (FRA / 32 years old)
144 – Simon Geschke (ALL / 38 ans)
145 – Jesus Herrada (ESP / 33 years old)
146 – Ion Izagirre (ESP / 35 ans)
147 – Alexis Renard (FRA / 25 years old)
148 – Axel Zingle (FRA / 25 ans)
Movistar :
151 – Enric Mas (ESP / 29 years old)
152 – Alex Aranburu (ESP / 28 years)
153 – Davide Foromolo (ITA / 31 years)
154 – Fernando Gaviria (COL / 39 years)
155 – Oier Lazkano (ESP / 24 years)
156 – Gregor Mulhberger (AUT / 20 ans)
157 – Nelson Oliveira (POR / 35 years old)
158 – Javier Romo (ESP / 25 ans)
Arkéa – B&B Hotels:
161 – Kevin Vauquelin (FRA / 23 years old)
162 – Amaru Capiot (BEL / 31 years old)
163 – Clément Champoussin (FRA / 26 years old)
164 – Arnaud Démare (FRA / 32 years old)
165 – Raul Garcia Pierna (ESP / 23 yrs)
166 – Daniel McClay (GBR/ 32 ans)
167 – Luca Mozzato (ITA / 26 years old)
168 – Cristian Rodriguez (ESP / 29 years old)
Intermarche – Wanty:
171 – Louis Mentjies (AFS / 32 years old)
172 – Biniam Girmay (ERY / 24 years old)
173 – Kobe Goosens (BEL / 28 years old)
174 – Hugo Page (FRA / 22 ans)
175 – Laurenz Rex (BEL / 24 years)
176 – Mike Teunissen (NED / 31 years)
177 – Gerben Thijssen (BEL / 26 years)
178 – Georg Zimmerman (ALL / 26 ans)
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL :
181 – Romain Bardet (FRA / 33 years old)
182 – Warren Barguil (FRA / 32 years)
183 – John Degenkolb (ALL / 35 years)
184 – Nils Eekhoff (NED / 26 years old)
185 – Fabio Jakobsen (NED / 27 ans)
186 – Oscar Onley (GBR / 21 years)
187 – Frank Van den Broek (NED / 23 years)
188 – Bram Walten (NED / 27 years)
Astana Kazakhstan :
191 – Mark Cavendish (GBR / 39 ans)
192 – Davide Ballerini (ITA / 29 years old)
193 – Cees Bol (NED / 28 years)
194 – Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ / 24 years)
195 – Michele Gazzoli (ITA / 25 years)
196 – Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ / 31 years)
197 – Michael Morkov (DEN / 39 ans)
198 – Harold Tejada (COL / 27 yrs)
Uno-X Mobility :
201 – Magnus Cort (DEN / 31 years)
202 – Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR / 28 ans)
203 – Odd Christian Eiking (NOR / 29 ans)
204 – Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR / 24 ans)
205 – Alexander Kristoff (NOR / 36 years)
206 – Johannes Kulset (NOR / 20 ans)
207 – Rasmus Tiller (NOR / 27 ans)
208 – Soren Waerenskjold (NOR / 24 ans)
Team TotalEnergies :
211 – Steff Cras (BEL / 28 ans)
212 – Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA / 25 years old)
213 – Sandy Dujardin (FRA / 27 years old)
214 – Thomas Gachignard (FRA / 23 ans)
215 – Fabien Grellier (FRA / 29 years old)
216 – Jordan Jegat (FRA / 25 ans)
217 – Anthony Turgis (FRA / 30 ans)
218 – Mattéo Vercher (FRA / 23 years old)
