9:00 a.m.: Hi lovers of fast-moving bikes!
Another stage for the sprinters, like Friday in Bordeaux? Maybe yes. But the arrival this Saturday in Limoges will not resemble that of the day before. Because after a very flat start to the course from Libourne, the end will be much more bumpy, with some climbs which do not necessarily look like much, but which may not please pure specialists of the Jasper Philipsen type. On the other hand, a Wout Van Aert, capable of doing everything (well) has already declared his interest in this 8th stage. Just like Bryan Coquard, who still has not digested his defeat of 2016 in the city of porcelain, after resorting to the photo-finish, for the benefit of Marcel Kittel.