Postpublished at 60km to go
60km to go
Hilly, 169.3km, Muret to Carcassonne
Former Tour rider Romain Bardet on TNT Sports: “After the next climb it’s almost all downhill to Carcassonne so the stage will be decided in that time.”
On whether there will be a French winner today, he added: “I hope so but I’ve never seen this kind of scenario, the Tour de France being so open.
“The situation’s never frozen, there is always movement. The guys have to stay sharp all day. So far the French riders have invested a lot in the start and I think it will get harder for them right now.”