The finale into Étoile-sur-Rhône is also in a slight uphill drag, however only a few riders are expected to be within a shot of victory after so many different ascents that are to be faced.
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Marc Hirschi,
Romain Grégoire, Christian Scaroni
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Brandon McNulty,
Juan Ayuso,
Mattias Skjelmose,
Alex Aranburu* Marco Brenner, Isaac del Toro, Jan Christen, Axel Zingle, Ben Tulett, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Ilan van Wilder, Victor Lafay, Bastien Tronchon, Ben Healy, Enric Mas, Javier Romo, Romain Bardet, Clément Champoussin, Lorenzo Fortunato, Corbin Strong, Michael Woods