Magny-Cours → Chalon-sur-Saone

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Past Decize, Montceau-les-Mines and the southern Morvan, the short climb at Montagny-les-Buxy (2.6 km at 4.3%) is unlikely to be enough for any escapees to survive the sprint teams' chase into the vineyards around Chalon.

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Stage 12 (Magny-Cours → Chalon-sur-Saone, 179.1 km) is a flat sprint stage with 1,555 m of cumulative climbing. The peloton will almost certainly arrive together and the finish will come down to the pure sprinters and their lead-out trains.

⚡ Watch for the lead-out trains forming in the final 3 km, and for any crosswind splits that might splinter the peloton before the sprint.

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