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Blimey, normally they keep details like that under wraps. Thanks for clarifying, I wasn't doubting you, just the source as you see a lot of rumours and speculation that turns out to be false.
They are going to have to make the rest of the route very Sky unfriendly if they don't want them to dominate again.
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What are you thinking of as Sky unfriendly? Moving the race to May in Italy initially springs to mind..
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I did think it was a bit odd myself that they'd put stages 1-3 details out then part of stage 4, the rest TBC. I wonder if it was because some of the route leaked - if you look at what @hms posted it got stages 1-3 right, and the partial stage 4 that has been released looks like it fits in with the stage 4 on his map ending in Sarzeau.
It would then be rude not to head up to Lorient, as there's such a strong road cycling scene around there. I'm just hoping the next few stages after that turn out to be right as that part of Britanny is great. I rode Roscoff - La Rochelle with @spotter and @Hulsroy in late October last year and would be very tempted to go back for some tour watching.
hms
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Well it's on the Tour website so that's good enough for me:
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2017/us/grand-depart-2018.html
35km TTT as Cyclist reported.