2018 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 4 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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It may start off quiet, but we guarantee this stage will finish with a bang. At 181 kilometres, the fourth stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné starts in Chazey-sur-Ain and finishes in Lans-en-Vercors and visits some serious climbs along the way. The biggest of which is the HC Col du Mont Noir, a 17.5 kilometre ascent averaging a leg-burning seven percent. The steepest section of the climb starts four kilometres in when it pitches up to nine percent.
Before they reach the Mont Noir, the riders will have a decent warm up on the Col de Toutes Aures, which is 2.5 kilometres and averages 5.1 percent. The final climb's summit sees the stage race finish. The Lans-en-Vercors is a category 2 and reaches an altitude of 1,409 metres. The ascent is 4.8 kilometres long and averages 7.5 percent. The stage begins at 11:35am local time with the 0km mark at 11:50am..
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