The Tour de France will miss Paris for the first time in over a century due to the Olympic Games, as organisers set the stage for a repeat of the race's most heartbreaking finish in history.
Next year's Tour de France will feature a final stage time trial for the first time since 1989, and finish outside of Paris for the first time ever as a brutal parcours was announced in Paris on Wednesday.
"The Tour peloton has never climbed so high, so early," Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said. Lemond edged past Frenchman Laurent Fignon to win arguably the greatest Tour in history by just eight seconds, overcoming a 50-second deficit heading into the stage as Fignon battled with saddle sores."Thirty five years later, we can but dream of a similar duel."two-time defending champion Jonas VingegaardRoglič, who was beaten by compatriot Tadej Pogačar in dramatic fashion in 2020
On the cusp of Tour de France history, British rider Mark Cavendish crashed out of the race on stage eight.The 38-year-old currently shares the record for the most number of wins in stages at the Tour de France with Eddie Merckx, having claimed 34 victories in his stellar career.He will have plenty of competition at the sport's premier showcase though, potentially including Australian sprinters Kaden Groves and Caleb Ewan on the limited number of sprints available on the route.
"We went to the Tourmalet last year, we wanted to go to iconic places and l'Alpe d'Huez is part of cycling's history," women's Tour director Marion Rousse told reporters."Women have proved they have the level for that."Heartbreak for Tour de France legend as record remains intact
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