2022 Tour de France Stage 6 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 6 of the 2022 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
The 6th stage of the Tour de France kicks off in Binche, Belgium, and finishes just across the border in Longwy. The finale of the 219.9 kilometres long race is a puncheur's dream.
Binche hosted the start of stage 3 in 2019. That day, Julian Alaphilippe soloed to victory in Ăpernay. It was the first and last visit of the Tour de France to the Wallonian town.
Longwy is almost as inexperienced. After a finish in 1982, it lasted until 2017 before La Grande Boucle returned. At the end of a race on lumpy roads, the last 1.6 kilometres ascended to the Citadel of Longwy. Peter Sagan outsprinted Michael Matthews on the punchy finish climb.
The 2022 race to Longwy will see the same finale. The climb to the Longwy Citadel starts out with 500 brutal meters â peaking out at 11% â before the road evens out after the flamme rouge.
This yearâs finale is even more promising as a ramp of 800 metres at 12.3% precedes the âoldâ finish.
Another interesting aspect is that the Binch-Longwy stage is played out on the longest route of this yearâs Tour de France. The roads go either up or down during the entire day before the last 15 kilometres are even more trying.
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