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2015 Tour de France: Stage 8 Preview:

Stage 8 of the 2015 Tour de France runs 181.5kms from Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. The bunch sprint stages are done for awhile, and this is a chance for an attacker or, maybe, a GC man to grab vital time bonuses.
The intermediate sprint is at 108.5kms in Gare de Moncontour, and there are two categorized climbs:

• Km 99.5 – Col du Mont Bel-Air1.5 kilometre-long climb at 5.7% – category 4
• Km 181.5 – MÛR DE BRETAGNE2 kilometre-long climb at 6.9% – category 3

Since we are in Brittany, I bet a Bretagne-Seche Environment rider would like to get into the day’s breaks. But the battle royale will either take place on the final climb of the day—a longer, straight climbed compared to the finale on Stage 3, or it will be a flier attack.

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