The 16th stage of the Tour de France 2016 will see the riders travel along a relatively flat 209km course from Moirans-en-Montagne in eastern France to Bern, Switzerland on Monday. The occasion will be special for Fabian Cancellara, who is riding in his final Tour de France and his final season. 

The 35-year-old Swiss rider will try to win in his home town of Bern while keeping Bauke Mollema safe for the general classification. "Of course I’m quite looking forward to Monday, especially arriving in my home town, it’s pretty special", Spartacus said according to Cycling Weekly. "It’ll be a lifetime experience because I live 4km from the finish line…but I try to be as relaxed as possible."

"I think [Monday] will be more emotional because there’s kind of my own expectation but there’s also for sure somehow some expectation from others, but I think that’s normal", he added. "I’m riding on all home grounds and roads, I know all the last kilometres blind. It’s not just a criterium race that finishes in the city it’s the Tour, so it’s going to be a big race for sure. If it’s a one-day race then it’s different, after a day like today [stage 15] which we’re gonna have, tomorrow the whole thing will be a totally different scenario. It’s going to be a tough one because it’s tricky, it’s cobbles and it’s not a secret that I’m living in this town."

The sprinters will also hope to shine in Bern.

"We did almost the same finish in the Tour de Suisse two years ago and so I know it a little bit", Gregory Rast explained. "It’s clear the real sprinters are going to have trouble there; it’s going to be for guys like Fabian, Greg Van Avermaet and Peter Sagan of course. It’s going to be a bit of a gamble [with Bauke], because of the breakaway maybe, and maybe if it’s not a breakaway then it’s clear that Fabian knows he needs to be on the front and that’s maybe an advantage because we can stay with him and Bauke can then stay with us. It’s clear For the GC guys they can’t be sitting in the back riding into the finish they need to fight tomorrow."