Friday 25 July Stage 19: Roanne-Montluçon—163km On this fast, rolling stage from famed gastronomic center Roanne, home of some of the best restaurants in the world, Stage 19 heads across the Allier farmland to Montluçon, where opportunistic riders looking for a stage win will try to get home free, but the rolling trains of the sprinters’ teams will gobble up any escapees before the finish. Time for Tommeke Boonen again? |