The 2017 Tour de France gets underway on 1 July with a 14 kilometre time-trial through the streets of Düsseldorf.
We kick things off this year with a Grand Depart that will see the riders tear through the streets of Germany’s ninth most populace city, Düsseldorf. While this stage is too long to be a prologue, the course is still short enough for the riders to have a real go.
All eyes will be on the likes of Tony Martin and Primož Roglic, it would be unwise to rule out a big performance from Richie Porte who – as well as winning the individual time-trial in the Dauphine – looks to be a real contender for the GC this year.
The Route
The 14 kilometre individual time trial through the streets of Düsseldorf will have the likes of Tony Martin, Primož Roglic Jos van Emden and the rest of the big time-trial specialists licking their lips at the prospect of donning the Yellow Jersey for the early stages of the race.
This sort of stage can also see some of the bigger GC contenders – especially those who aren’t particularly strong time-trialists – lose precious seconds before the race properly gets properly underway.
This route looks lightning-fast with the riders only facing their real first corner six kilometres in. From then on, however, it does get a bit more technical so we could well see one or two gaps open up before the riders hit a virtual four kilometre straight to the finish. Should that be the case, the winner of the day’s stage could spend the first few stages of the race donning the Yellow Jersey.
It is worth noting that Richie Porte claimed the stage four time-trial at the Dauphine from Tony Martin. It’s performances like these that has seen the Australian emerge as many pundits’ favourites to claim the title this year, especially seeing as Chris Froome has endured a rather underwhelming season thus far.
Verdict: Tony Martin 2/1
He’s never won an opening-day Grand Tour time-trial and will look remedy that stat on home soil this Saturday. This course looks perfectly suited to the flying German, and although the his time-trial powers have seemingly waned over the last few years, I can’t see him letting an opportunity to win a stage in front of his adoring fans slip away. Get on at 2/1.
Value Bet: Richie Porte 25/1
The Aussie showed just how strong he can be on the flatter parts of these fast-paced time-trials. He was two seconds down on Martin in the Dauphine TT at the first intermediate check but stormed back on the latter parts of the course to win by 12 seconds. He may well target this time-trial, too in a bid to put Froome on the back foot early. The Brit finished 37 seconds behind Porte in the Dauphine TT and a similar showing now would lay down a serious marker. Not a bad 25/1 value bet.
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