2014 Tour de France Stage 4 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2014 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
After three days in the UK, the peloton return to French shores. Yet again, this should be another clear cut chance for the sprinters and an opportunity to extend or reduce the lead in the green jersey competition. In order to stop Peter Sagan from repeating his 2013 success, the pure sprinters will have to take points everywhere.
By this point we will already have a snapshot of who is in form and who hasn’t had their preparation quite right. It will also be one of the last chances for the pure sprinters to get on the score board before we hit the mountains at the weekend.
The riders will head east from the French coast, tackling two fourth category climbs and running alongside the Belgian border, before the finish in Lille, in anticipation of the following day’s key stage. Lille has featured 14 times as a finishing town for the Tour de France. The last time was 20 years ago for the opening prologue, which was won by Chris Boardman. It was his first of three Tour de France stage wins and his win in Lille put him into the yellow jersey for the first time. He went on to win the prologues in 1997 and 1998, making him the Brit with the most time in the yellow jersey until Bradley Wiggins dominated the 2012 Tour on his way to Team Sky’s first ever Tour victory.\n
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