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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Cattle cull forces change to Tour de France stage route

Friday’s Tour de France route has been abridged to avoid the site of a cattle cull (Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP) - (AP)

Changes have been made to Friday’s stage 19 of the Tour de France due to the culling of cows taking place in the Col des Saisies area.

The discovery of a contagious disease amongst cattle has meant the route will be shortened from 129.9 kilometres to just 95km with two climbs – the 11.3km Cote d’Hery-sur-Ugine and the 13.7km Col des Saisies – removed.

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