There's a clear distinction that the stages are changing here as we move to the hillier region of the Netherlands. With 7 of the 8 classified climbs on the route featuring in Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, today's stage combines the two Ardennes Classics and will be a grippy test. Hannah Walker talks us through it and is looking at Brown, Vos, Vollering, Pieterse and Niewiadoma to feature.
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00:00Stage 4 of the Tour de France-Valmavek Zwift is 122.7km long.
00:05There's a clear distinction that the stages are changing here with 1,972m of elevation.
00:11We move to the hillier region of the Netherlands in Valkenburg in the south
00:15and we're heading for the Belgian Ardennes finishing in Liège.
00:18The peloton will be very familiar with today's stage.
00:217 of the 8 classified climbs feature in the Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège
00:26a Tour de France stage which combines the two Ardennes classics.
00:29Including the famous Cauberg, the Côte de la Redoute and the Côte de la Rochelle-Faucon.
00:34Today's stage is going to be a grippy test and you can expect to see some teams
00:38trying to animate the day and ride to their strengths.
00:41Damie Vollering has the yellow jersey on her shoulders already but has been targeting this stage.
00:45Expect to see Liège winner Grace Brown there as well as Puck Pieterse,
00:49Kasia Niewiadoma and Marianne Vos.