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And they get underway on what looks like bending, weaving, troublesome terrain. A lot of effort already going in. The downhill comes at the finish, and it’s up and down from there. Christian Prudhomme waves them away and off go the attacks – EF Education to the fore. Abrahamsen in the polka is in the vanguard.
They’re approaching the départ, on the parade lap of Semur-en-Auxois, seven clicks from the real start of the race. It’s soggy, like Paris-Nice weather as the excellent Rob Hatch says on Eurosport.