The climb featured twice in the final 15 kilometres when the Tour last visited the Mûr-de-Bretagne. On the first ascent, Mathieu van der Poel attacked, going for the 8 bonus seconds at the top, which he needed to snatch the yellow jersey. He then powered through to win the stage solo, finishing 6 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar. The yellow jersey went to the Dutchman and, in tribute to his late grandfather Raymond Poulidor, he crossed the line pointing to the sky.
The climb to Mûr-de-Bretagne is 2 kilometres long, averaging 6.9%, with the first kilometre being the steepest at just under 10%.
The Mûr-de-Bretagne made its debut in the Tour in 2011, and it was a close win for future overall champion Cadel Evans. When the Tour returned in 2015, Alexis Vuillermoz took the spoils, finishing 5 seconds ahead of Daniel Martin, who then took the win in 2018. The Irishman finished just 1 second ahead of Pierre Latour and 3 seconds before the main group.
It’s been twelve years since the Tour last visited Saint-Malo. It was a stage finish and Marcel Kittel sprinted to triumph. In the past, Walter Godefroot (1967), Patrick Sercu (1974), and Bert Oosterbosch (1980) also claimed victories in the fortress town by the Atlantic Ocean.
The first 175 kilometres of the stage are, truth be told, not particularly exciting. The riders traverse flat to gently rolling roads on their way to an identical finale to the one used four years ago. That means the Mûr-de-Bretagne features twice in the final 15 kilometres. Just like back then, the Côte du village de Mûr-de-Bretagne — 1.6 kilometres at 4.1% — acts as a warm-up for the first ascent of the Mûr, as it immediately precedes it.
Following the first climb of the Mûr-de-Bretagne, the riders tackle a final circuit of 15.3 kilometres. It begins with a descent to a short climb of 1.3 kilometres at 6.4%, after which the route undulates downhill before beginning to rise again in the final 4 kilometres, where a false flat leads into the actual finishing climb.
While the double run on the closing circuit is a carbon copy of the 2021 stage, there is one key difference: this time, no time bonuses are available at the first passage of the Mûr-de-Bretagne. However, the first three riders across the finish line will earn 10, 6 and 4 bonus seconds respectively.
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