On Wednesday morning, riders will kick off at 12:20 (BST) pedalling from Gap for the next 183km until they cross a finish-line at Privas later in the evening. The weather is so far good and the mood is high with enthusiastic fans though terrified by Covid-19.
This part of France is partly cloudy today with general temperature of 17 degrees centigrade. Sunrise was seen at 7:06AM and is scheduled to set at 8:16PM. The humidity is almost 64% and riders will have to endure against a wind speed of 14km/h from South East. Visibility is about 10Km and atmospheric pressure of 1016mb.
In assessing this route, it is a gentle descent with only a couple of Category 4 climbs to break the rhythm of the sprinters.
However, the last of those climbs is 15km out from the finish and possibly presents the opportunity for a swashbuckling late breakaway attack, but few riders would be able to repel the peloton that would come barrelling at them thereafter, so it’s a day to stick to the obvious sprint contenders.
This part of France from Gap to Privas is renowned for the Mistral that blows north-to-south, and there’s a chance that things could be smashed asunder if it makes an appearance as the peloton turns west into the finish.
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