Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana neTour de France, bangaki abagibeli abasemjahweni
Context:Ngokuvamile kunamaqembu angu-20 kuya kwangu-22, ngalinye linabadlali abangu-8. Zonke izigaba zibalwa isikhathi kuze kube sekugcineni; izikhathi zabagibeli zihlanganiswa nezikhathi zabo zesiteji esedlule. Umgibeli onesikhathi esiphansi kakhulu sokuqeda umncintiswano uhola emncintiswaneni futhi ugqoka ijezi eliphuzi. Nakuba ukuhlukaniswa okujwayelekile kunakwa kakhulu, kuneminye imincintiswano eqhutshwa ngaphakathi kweTour: ukuhlukaniswa kwamaphuzu kwabasubathi, ukuhlukaniswa kwezintaba kwabakhuphukayo, ukuhlukaniswa kwabagibeli abasha kwabagibeli abangaphansi kweminyaka engama-26, kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwamaqembu, okususelwa kubadlali abathathu bokuqala abaqedile eqenjini ngalinye esigabeni ngasinye. Ukuzuza ukunqoba isigaba nakho kunikeza udumo, ngokuvamile okufezwa uchwepheshe weqembu le-sprint noma umgibeli obamba iqhaza ekubalekeni.
Cishe kunabamahhashi abaphakathi kuka-160 no-176 abaqala iTour de France. Iqembu ngalinye linamalungu angu-8 abagibeli abanamaqembu aphakathi kuka-20 no-22 abamba iqhaza.