Next year’s Tour de France will be a treacherous affair featuring two treks through the Alps as organisers avoid Paris
Winner set to be crowned in Nice after Grand Départ in Italywill be a treacherous affair featuring two treks through the Alps as organisers avoid Paris ahead of the Summer Olympics, while the women’s race will have a grand finale at L’Alpe d’Huez in August.
The peloton will enter the Alps as early as the fourth stage and will return for the final block of racing, which will be decided with a mountain stage ending at the Col de la Couillole and a hilly individual time trial between Monaco and Nice.Since Greg Lemond won a time trial on the Champs-Elysees to pip France’s Laurent Fignon by eight seconds in the overall rankings, the final stage has always been a procession with only the final sprint being contested.