After the first day of rest, the race resumes its march with a stage that crosses the Massif Central, with that leg-breaking terrain that will be anything but comfortable and for rest or transition. There are five ports (four from Third and one from Second) and as many non-scoring levels, which in the end provides 3,100 meters of accumulated unevenness.
You already know that the peloton does not like a port of departure, set pieces. Well, this time he has not one but two in the first 30 km after starting from Vulcania. With recovered strength, surely the cyclists will try to break and punish the sprinters to lower them from the start and that the breakaway can succeed.
The Massif Central is propitious territory for ambushes. A stage hunter like Luis León Sánchez knows this well, who in 2011 scored a stage that precisely left Issoire, the finish line this Tuesday. The Murcian always tries. Last year he stayed 50 meters in raising his arms in Megève.
