After setting off from Chartres, the riders head south over rolling terrain. The first 142 kilometres are straightforward and then they hit the first climb of the day. The Côte de Cangey is 1.1-kilometres long and averages 3.4%. Not long after, the road kicks up again on the Côte de Limeray – 800 metres at 3.2% – before continuing straigt onto the first dirt – or mud – road of the day. Another 4.7 kilometres further, around the village of Pocé-sur-Cisse, the riders tackle another 1.1 kilometres of unpaved track.
The action comes thick and fast from there. The Côte de Gogueme is a short but punchy climb – 700 metres at 7.7% – that flows straight onto the Grosse Pierre gravel sector. Château de Valmer is a brief unpaved stretch in the run-up to the Côte du Bois de Chançay, a 900-metre gravel climb averaging 4.2%, which then blends into the dust road towards Reugny. As the race passes through the village, there are just under 41 kilometres left to race.
After a short lull, the final 31 kilometres are packed with obstacles. The Côte de la Vallée du Vau (1.1 kilometres at 6.4%) is immediately followed by the Noizay gravel sector. From there, it’s onto the unpaved Épinettes sector and then the brutally steep Côte de la Rochère – just 400 metres, but averaging a brutal 11%. Once at the summit, riders hit the 900-metre Vernou gravel sector.
The Côte de la Vallée Chartier (500 metres at 7.9%) flows into the Peu Morier gravel sector, before the Côte de Vouvray (400 metres at 6.5%) leads directly to the gravel stretch near Rochecorbon. Roughly 3 kilometres later, the final climb of the day – Côte de Rochecorbon – thows in 600 metres at 5.2%, with the summit coming 8.7 kilometres from the finish line.
Last year, Christophe Laporte outgunned Mathias Vacek in a two-up finish. It was a rather damp edition, and consequently, a mud extravaganza of epic proportions.
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