I mean; who can't be excited by the following description?

"Hilly? Chablis? Burgandy? It's a winning combination and certainly the press room buffet is well stocked, but the racing is even better than the wine, with narrow back roads, short steep climbs and twisting descents, continue all day, with a twisting 6km descent preceding the finish in Autun. This town of 18,000 has a Roman amphitheatre and a medieval cathedral among its tourist attractions." - From VeloNews live report.