This ‘Tour’ is in fact a sort of Brittany → Lake Geneva straight line in 9 stages.

22 teams of 7 riders are engaged, including all top riders I believe.

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    3 months ago

    Stage 1 (Saturday 26: 17:25–17:40 → 19:25–19:40)

    The timing is made so that the women race starts right after the penultimate stage of the (men) Tour de France finishes.

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      At the Intermediate Sprint, only 1.5 rider seemed interested in the points.

      I am not sure because I really don’t know them well, but wasn’t it a little bit the same for GC, with several riders, whom one may have expected to put up a fight, having a bit of a Roglitch attitude? Do many riders submit to the favourite(s) and already give up on GC before the first stage is finished?