This year’s Tour de France is a real ‘Tour of France’, taking place entirely within French borders for the first time since 2020.
It’s also one of the most brutal routes in recent history, featuring a real ‘Who’s Who’ of the Tour’s most fearsome, infamous climbs: Mont Ventoux, Hautacam, Superbagneres, and one stage features the trifecta of hors-categorie ascents the Col de la Madeleine, Col du Glandon, and Col de la Loze, the highest point of this year’s race (Souvenir Henri Desgrange, named after the Tour’s intrepid founder).