2019 Tour de France: Stage 6 preview

Stage 6: Mulhouse - La Planche Des Belles Filles
Date: July 11, 2019
Distance: 160.5km
Stage type: Mountain

As it has on the three previous occasions the Tour has finished on its slopes, the super-steep finish at La Planche des Belles Filles will bring the GC contenders out of the shadows and establish an initial hierarchy in the battle for the yellow jersey. No fewer than seven categorised climbs have been squeezed into 157km, four of them first-cat including the final rise up to the finish.

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