Tour De France 2017: Stage 11 Route, Distance, Live Stream and TV Schedule

Marcel Kittel will be looking to make it five wins in 11 Tour de France stages this year on Wednesday, with the 203.5-kilometre route from Eymet to Pau tailored for another sprint finish.

The German was supreme on Tuesday, blasting his way to the front of the field to win Stage 10 in Bergerac. In what may turn out to be the final sprint stage before the grand finale in Paris, the Quick-Step Floors man will be confident of further cementing his position in the green jersey.

With just one fourth-category climb to negotiate, the stage is unlikely to make for the most fascinating viewing until the final dash to the line. However, it's tough to say for sure in what has been an eventful Tour so far.

Read on for full details for the stage, including broadcast information and a preview of what's poised to be another fascinating sprint.

Date: Wednesday, July 12

Start Time: 11 a.m. (BST), 12 p.m. (Local), 6 a.m. (ET)

TV Info: Eurosport 1 (U.K), ITV 4 (U.K.)

Live Stream: Eurosport Player (U.K.), ITV Hub (U.K.)

Stage 11 Preview

Ahead of Stage 11, here's a look at how the race for the yellow jersey is shaping up, per the Tour's official Twitter feed:

Team Sky's Chris Froome will have another chance to recuperate on Wednesday, and he'll need it with the Pyrenees looming.

Froome and a clutch of the general classification contenders were heavily involved in a brutal day on Sunday, culminating in a monster ascent to Mont du Chat, a devilish descent and a 13-kilometre surge to the finish line. Froome, Fabio Aru and Romain Bardet would have cherished Monday's rest day and the flat profiles that have followed.

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The race leader stayed out of trouble on Tuesday and should have no issues doing so again on Stage 11. As the man himself noted on social media, he will be wearing a landmark maillot jaune when he sets off from Eymet:

All eyes will be on the big men again on Wednesday, as an early breakaway will almost certainly be reeled in by the peloton to set up a sprint finish.

At the moment, the man in green, Kittel, is looking almost unbeatable on the drag to the line. The German didn't have a great Tour at last year's race, taking a solitary win and struggling to get the better of men such as Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan, who are both out of this year's race. But now he's seemingly in the form of his life.

Tuesday's stage win, the 13th of his career, was the most emphatic indication of that yet. As we can see, Kittel turned in a stunning acceleration to win his fourth stage of this year's Tour:

Cycling journalist Mihai Cazacu believes that with better team-mates around him, Kittel would have won even more races in 2017:

"I never really expected to be even in the Tour," said the 29-year-old after his latest win, per Cycling News. "I was hoping maybe at one point to become a professional, but that I would be at this level with these wins, it's hard for me to imagine."

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It's now hard to imagine anyone beating Kittel on the type of stage they'll encounter on Wednesday, especially with Cavendish and Sagan out of contention.

Andre Greipel has yet to show his best in any of the sprints despite some strong lead-offs, while the likes of Dylan Groenewegen, Alexander Kristoff and John Degenkolb have been easily breezed past by the Quick-Step Floors man.

Kittel, barring any errors, should have few issues wrapping up a fifth stage win before the Pyrenees add further clarity to the general classification tussle.