TDF 2010 | Stage 18 Pancake flat, the 198km Stage 18 from Salies-de-Bearn to Bordeaux is one that the sprinters will be determined to not let get away - especially given what they’ve had to endure over the past week just to stay in the race. However, finishes in Bordeaux are occasionally pinched by the breakaway and there’s definitely a chance of that happening again - if the group that gets away is big enough. My tip: Cav. He’s tired. They’re all tired. But he’s still the fastest man in the race.

TDF 2010 | Stage 18

Pancake flat, the 198km Stage 18 from Salies-de-Bearn to Bordeaux is one that the sprinters will be determined to not let get away - especially given what they’ve had to endure over the past week just to stay in the race. However, finishes in Bordeaux are occasionally pinched by the breakaway and there’s definitely a chance of that happening again - if the group that gets away is big enough.

My tip: Cav. He’s tired. They’re all tired. But he’s still the fastest man in the race.