2024 Tour de France Femmes Stage 4 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The 4th stage of the Tour de France Femmes is a combination of the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne—Liège. The first part of the 122-kilometre race contains hills from the first race, while the finale is a carbon copy of the latter.
The race opens with a local lap. The riders tackle the Bemelerberg, Cauberg, Geulhemmerberg and, again, Bemelerberg before heading south. After 35 kilometres, they cross the Dutch-Belgian border and continue on rolling terrain before Mont-Theux appears at kilometre 72.
Mont-Theux is a 2.8-kilometre climb at 5.6%. With almost 50 kilometres to go, it’s a gentle warm-up to the finale, which opens on the iconic Côte de la Redoute. The 1.6-kilometre ramp rises at 9.4% out of the Amblève Valley. Following the descent, the route climbs for 2.8 kilometres at 4.4% to Cornémont before the Côte des Forges adds 1.3 kilometres at 7.8% to the mix.
Still more than 23 kilometres to go at this point. High time for the Grande Finale!
The Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons is mentioned as the last climb of the day, but that’s not really the case. The 1.3-kilometre ramp, at 11%, peaks out with 13 kilometres remaining. Following a short downhill, the route continues uphill for 2 more kilometres—false flat at first, then at over 6%. A virtually flat section leads to the descent towards Liège with over 5 kilometres to go. After reaching the city, the route is flat in the last 2 kilometres.
The finish is situated at the Quai des Ardennes in Liège.
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