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Race thread: 🇫🇷 Tour de France 2025 - Stage 4

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Stage 4 - Amiens Métropole > Rouen - Tour de France 2025

Tuesday 8: 13:15–13:35 → 17:20–17:45

The alternation continues: this stage shall be a puncher stage.

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Lenny Martinez (🇫🇷 Barhein) attacked at km 0, followed by Abrahamsen (🇳🇴 Uno-X). No pursuit, no other attack. After 2 or 3 km, when they had a gap of 25 seconds, Gachignard (🇫🇷 Total) jumped and joined them (the two ahead weren't pulling hard, they were waiting for him, they had hoped for an even bigger group).
And that was it.
edit: Ah! I read that Asgreen (🇩🇰 EF) joined them, starting even later and imposing himself a solo chase of almost 10 km. To each his kinks, I guess 😀
- Asgreen joined them, solid addition. They're still not going to win, of course, but it should at least be a fight now.
  
  Well, the gap was kept at the modern standard of 2 minutes, and half of the breakaway was limited when it came to climbing, so there wasn't much of a fight.
  L. Martinez tried to go for the mountain jersey, but he missed the first point (attacking very early because the second half was flatter), and then UAE had started a strong pace and caught him before the last 3 climbs. The idea was sound (IMO) but the result is meagre.
  Many crashes again. Alaphilippe unlucky to get a puncture right when the peloton accelerated and never slew down again. Healy stopped in a crash. Both of them caught up with the back of the peloton after long (especially for Alaphilippe) and intense efforts, but never had a second to recover and never could go further up.
The final section looks insane. Twisting all over the place with several extremely steep climbs (and presumably descents). Should be an exciting finale!
- Looks to me like another day for the GC guys masked as a puncheur-stage. So I expect this result:
  Pogacar
  Vingegaard
  van der Poel
  I hope to see Skjelmose in top 10 - and I expect we'll also see Jorgenson, Vauquelin, Evenepoel, and Gregoire in the mix.
  
  Only missed Onley and Almeida for the top 10 😂
  
  The time trial is tomorrow. so I'm not 100% sure if any of the major players will be risking a move today. But I agree that the course seems perfect for someone to try an attack, particularly with how hard the final climb is and how close it is to the finish. It looks harder than Stage 2, and Pogacar and Vingegaard were both very close to winning there.
  
  I can see Visma try something tactical with Jorgenson. Strong enough to win and also not someone UAE wants to gift time in the GC.
- There is a tiny bit less elevation gain than on Monday, but it is more compact, and as you say, there are many turns.

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