Step 4
Amiens Métropole - Rouen
Departure on July 8 at 1.15pm, scheduled arrival at 5.22pm
Seven years after the victory of Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen, at the conclusion of the last of the ten Tour finishes hosted in Amiens and its Metropolis, and for the fourteenth visit of the Grande Boucle, Jules Verne's adopted city will be the scene of a departure for an as yet unknown destination. The historic capital of Picardy, the second-largest city in the Hauts-de-France region after Lille, will be showing off its majestic setting to followers, spectators and TV viewers alike: in the heart of the old town, its Notre-Dame cathedral, the largest in the country and a jewel of Gothic art, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
Focus on the stage
The crossing of the Picardy plain is exposed to the winds and could offer options to teams tempted by the edging game. But there's an even greater chance of a battle between the peloton's best puncheurs in the final forty kilometers. After the historic côte de Bonsecours, where they will pass the Jean Robic stele, there will still be the côte de Grand'Mare and above all the côte de la rampe Saint-Hilaire with its 15% gradient, before plunging for five kilometers towards the center of Rouen.
