Updates on Le Grand Départ stage from Brussels to BrusselsWilliam Fotheringham’s stage-by-stage guide to the 2019 TourAny thoughts? You can email John | tweet @johnbrewin_ 2.53pm BST 45 km to go: We are in the vicinity of Waterloo as headline writers ready themselves for the fall of a major contender. Those dodgy roads may well fell a favourite. Can only assume the local highways agency has been sent to St Helena. 2.49pm BST 50 km to go: Plenty of doings at the back of the field as teams prepare themselves for the final 50 clicks. A few comfort breaks and domestiques piling back for supplies. The team cars are being busy. Julian Alaphilippe is among those heading back to get his food and bottles then motors after the pack. There is a lone breakaway from Stephane Rossetto, the Frenchman who performed a solo run at the Tour de Yorkshire last year and prevailed. It has to be said that the road is not in the best state. Rossetto has 1’ 42” on the field. Continue reading…
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