Your guide to the 2015 Tour de France cobbled stage (video)

Stage four of the 2015 Tour de France sees the peloton traversing the cobbles of Northern France where a rider's title ambitions could come unseated

Vincenzo Nibali on stage five of the 2014 Tour de France (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

The Tour de France returns to the cobbles for a second year running, and just like in 2014, the stage promises an early test for the overall contenders on stage four.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.