After a day of rest on Monday, the Grande Boucle sets off from France for the first time in this 2022 edition. On Sunday, the 3rd stage was won by the Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen at Sønderborg in Denmark.
At the start of the 4th stage this Tuesday between Dunkirk and Calais, the yellow jersey remains on the shoulders of Belgian rider Wout Van Aert.
The essential
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- Actual departure scheduled at 1:30 p.m. from Dunkirk
- Arrival is scheduled between 5:15 p.m. and 5:35 p.m.
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The suits
- Yellow jersey : Wout Van Aert
- Green jersey : Wout Van Aert
- Polka dot jersey (best climber) : Magnus C. Nielsen
- white shirt (best young player): Tadej Pogacar
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The stage profile
After four years of absence, the Tour de France returns to Nord Pas-de-Calais. After three stages in Denmark, including the Grand Départ from Copenhagen, the Grande Boucle arrives in France.
After a day of rest in Lille on Monday, the start of the 4th stage is given in Dunkirk this Tuesday. The third port of France hosts a stage for the 20th time in its history and a departure for the 7th time including the Grand Départ in 2001. The latter gave the opportunity to a French rider, Christophe Moreau, to put on the yellow jersey by winning the prologue.
After 172 kilometers of racingthe peloton will join Calais, which is a city-arrival for the first time in its history. An arrival on the Opal Coast passing by capes Gis-Nez and Blanc-Nez.
A stage with six climbs listed. Christian Prudhomme, the boss of the Tour de France, confided in France Bleu on this course which promises to be more complicated than it seems: “A very selective stage which by the way will not be considered a flat stage. There are many climbs, slides, six climbs listed with sometimes severe percentages, short of course, but severe with often open ground in high, so there are edging possibilities.”
And to insist on the passage by the Côte d’Opale : “And then, a return along the coast, on a route which was that of the 1994 time trial, which Thierry Gouvenou (in charge of the course at ASO, editor’s note) well known as a runner. So, it will be an important stage which will pass by grandiose places cap Gris-Nez, cap Blanc-Nez. It will be wonderful.”
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