Tour de France 2017: Stage 4 Route, Distance, Live Stream and TV Schedule

The sprinters should have their second chance to triumph in the 2017 Tour de France during Tuesday's Stage 4, a 207.5-kilometre, largely flat, run from Mondorf-les-Bains in Luxembourg to Vittel in France.

Quick-Step Floors' Marcel Kittel won the bunch sprint on Stage 2 and is now just one triumph away from drawing level with rival Andre Greipel of Lotto-Soudal on 11 career stage wins at the Tour, so he will be hugely motivated to be first over the line. 

As will Dimension Data's Mark Cavendish, who was impressive in finishing fourth on Sunday having only recently recovered from glandular fever. He would love to lay down a marker and prove his form with victory.

Stage 4 will be live in the UK on Eurosport 1 and ITV 4, with live streams available via the Eurosport website and the ITV Hub. For American viewers, coverage can be found via the NBC Sports Live service.

Here's a look at the stage route and profile, via CyclingnewsTV:

In all likelihood, a breakaway will be allowed to go early on before being reeled in late ahead of a bunch-sprint finish.

As well as the likes of Kittel, Greipel and Cavendish, French sprinters Arnaud Demare of FDJ and Nacer Bouhanni of Cofidis should be in the mix at the end, along with Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen of LottoNL-Jumbo and Peter Sagan, winner of Stage 3.

The Slovak Bora–Hansgrohe rider produced a brilliant finish in the uphill sprint in Longwy on Monday to prevail despite unclipping from his pedal just a few hundred metres from the line, per Le Tour:

He will be a danger again on Tuesday but, given the flat profile of Stage 4, the pure sprinters will be the main competitors once again.

In the general classification, Team Sky's Geraint Thomas remained in the yellow jersey after Stage 3, while his team-mate and defending champion Chris Froome is now 12 seconds back in second.

On Tuesday it will be a case of keeping out of trouble for the GC contenders, ahead of a summit finish on La Planche des Belles Filles on Stage 5.

Per Cyclingnews.com's Baden Cooke, the top contenders for the yellow jersey will have to be careful they do not fall foul of crosswinds, which could "be a point of danger for the smaller climbers who have eyes on the overall title."