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Tom Davidson

'I'm expecting the worst' – Tour de France Femmes peloton braced for iconic Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux.

The landscape is unforgiving on Mont Ventoux. Lunar and barren, the road gives onto an open expanse, bending upwards to the transmitter tower at the summit, where the wind either whistles or howls.

It’s here, on these slopes, where the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will climb on its queen stage this Friday, on what is set to be a decisive day in the battle for the yellow jersey.

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