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Title: Tour de France goes extra-high this year, testing riders’ limits
Post by: SportsNut on July 05, 2019, 05:55 PM
Tour de France goes extra-high this year, testing riders’ limits

For the first time in its 116-year history, the race that starts Saturday features three stages that finish on mountain climbs to above 2,000 meters (6,500 feet). The unprecedented assault on altitude will likely prove decisive in deciding the Tour winner.
                        For the first time in its 116-year history, the race that starts Saturday features three stages that finish on mountain climbs to above 2,000 meters (6,500 feet). The unprecedented assault on altitude will likely prove decisive in deciding the Tour winner.

Source: Tour de France goes extra-high this year, testing riders’ limits (https://globalnews.ca/news/5465391/tour-de-france-altitude/)