This will be a super-scenic, gentle stage, showing off the finest features of the Gard department before doubling back for a second night in Nîmes (big treat!). This city is so full of ancient architecture that it’s known as “the most Roman city outside Italy”. And what surrounds it is pure Provence: expect sun-baked countryside, pretty stone villages, fruit markets and a flat, speedy finish.
The stage never goes above 250m so this is one for for the pro sprinters to anticipate as they crawl through the Pyrenees: for us it’s a smile-making, holiday-feeling, Tour treat.
