Remco Evenepoel’s key climbing support rider Mikel Landa is certain that the Tour de France’s first, unusually early, encounter with the high mountains on Tuesday will offer what the Basque star describes as “the first big test of the race.”
Tuesday’s return to France will see the Tour tackle the Galibier, one of the best-known and toughest Alpine ascents that has featured 39 times in cycling’s biggest bike race. For the fortieth occasion and in a replica of the 2019 stage finale over the climb, the Galibier will come be tackled again from its southern side before a rapid drop down to the finish in Valloire.
