Report: 2018 Tour de France to run only limited cobbled sectors

The 2018 Tour de France route is due to be announced on October 17, but rumours of another stage with lengthy stretches of cobbled roads near Roubaix, such as the 13km of pave used in 2010, 2014 and 2015, have been quashed by regional news outlet Nord Eclair, which reports that there may be as few as 3.2km in next year's race.

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