Tour de France 2023 stage 4 preview: Route map and profile of 182km from Dax to Nogaro

British eyes will be on Mark Cavendish, who finished sixth in Bayonne and looked competitive. He is chasing a historic 35th stage win at the Tour de France, which would move him one clear of the great Eddy Merckx.

Cavendish has the racing nous to handle a shootout like this one but perhaps lacks the calibre of teammate that Philipsen can call upon, so the Manxman will need to be strategic and perhaps surf some wheels to get in position in the final 100m where he has been so devastating in the past.

For the general classification contenders like Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and the yellow jersey of Adam Yates, it is a day to stay out of trouble and keep the legs as fresh as possible before the Tour de France takes off for the high Pyrenees.

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Stage 4 route map and profile

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 map

Start time

The stage is set to begin at around 12pm BST and is expected to finish at around 4.30pm BST.

Prediction

A sprinter, but which one? Philipsen will fancy getting another stage under his belt but I fancy someone else this time. My heart says Mark Cavendish, but my head says Caleb Ewan.

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