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Tour de France 2015 Route stage 4: Seraing (B) - Cambrai (cobbles)

Tour de France 2015 stage 4Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - Cobblestones. Loved by some, hated by the rest of the pack. But no rider can avoid them during stage 4. The 221 kilometres stage between Cambrai and Seraing is the longest of the 2015 Tour. And with seven cobbled sections in prospect it certainly is not the easiest.

Under the smoke of Liège lies the industrial town of Seraing. Familiar to most cycling fans since the place hosted the Tour de France three times, with Miguel Indurain (1995), Erik Zabel (2001) and Peter Sagan (2012) being the victors.

A calm start today with no significant obstacles. At 101 kilometres the first cobbled section of 1800 metres lays waiting – Pont-à-Celles, north of Charleroi. Just to get used to that ‘old shaken feeling’ since the next stretch is almost 75 kilometres away.

The party opens shortly after the French fortified town of Le Quesnoy with the 1200 metres cobbled sector of d’Artres à Famars. The last 45 kilometres brings six sectors totaling 11.5 kilometres of cobblestones. After 198.5 kilometres of racing Viesly à Quiévy is the longest. Totaling 3.7 kilometres it is usually one of the first sectors of Paris-Roubaix, but this time it really is in the heart of the action. A little over 10 kilometres later the riders arrive at the final sector – d’Avesnes-les-Aubert à Carnières, 2.3 kilometres in length and welcoming the riders with a large grin. Or should we say load of grins? Probably the stage will be decided right here.

At the end of d’Avesnes-les-Aubert à Carnières it is less than 10 kilometres to the finish line in Cambrai, a town of approximately 35,000.

Never before the Tour de France finished in Cambrai, but it was twice the town saw a start. In 2004 José Luis Rubiera won the stage to Arras and in 2010 Alessandro Petacchi outsprinted his colleagues in Reims after he started pedaling that morning in Cambrai.

Apart from glory, today’s winner takes 10 bonification seconds.

Tour de France 2015 stage 4: Routemaps, profiles and more

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Tour de France 2015: All stages - source: letour.frAll stages

Tour de France 2015 Route 4th stage Seraing (B) - Cambrai - source: letour.frRoute 4th stage

Tour de France 2015 Final part of the 4th stage: Seraing (B) - Cambrai - source: letour.frFinal part 4th stage

Tour de France 2015 Profile stage 4 Seraing (B) - Cambrai - source: letour.frProfile 4th stage, with sectors

Tour de France 2015 Stage 4: Scheduled timesScheduled times

Tour de France 2015 Profile stage 4 Seraing (B) - Cambrai - source: letour.frCobbled sectors

Tour de France 2015 stage 4: profile tussensprint bij Havay - source: letour.frProfile intermediate sprint

Tour de France 2015 Final kilometres stage 4 Seraing (B) - Cambrai - source: letour.frFinal kilometres 4th stage

Tour de France 2015 stage 4: Seraing - CambraiStart and finish at Google Maps

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Video 4th stage

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Tour de France 2015 Streetview sector 6 - Rue de BermerainStreetview sector 6: Rue de Bermerain

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Tour de France 2015 Streetview Start sector 2 Ferme de la Fontaine-Au-TertreStart sector 2: Ferme de la Fontaine-Au-Tertre

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