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  Stage 6: Friday, July 17 - 127 miles Posted: Friday, July 10, 1998 Friday July 17 - This sixth stage over 204 kms takes the Tour from La Chatre, the town of novelist George Sand, to the ruggedness of Brive-la-Gaillarde, home of the 1997 European Rugby champions.
Constructed on the hillsides dominating the Indre river, in the heart of the Vallée Noire, La Châtre has preserved its atmosphere that had charmed George Sand. One always rediscovers with an equal pleasure the old quarters and the private mansions of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The famous market of Brive immortalized by a song of George Brassens, a meeting place full of colors, flavors and atmosphere, the center for the culinary traditions of the SouthWest. In the middle of the foie gras, truffles, mushrooms, nuts and chestnuts, thousands of amateurs can appreciate an art de vivre.
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La Chatre 
Brive la Gaillarde