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Stephen Farrand

Stage 9 of Tour de France shortened amid 'red alert' heatwave warning in central France

Tour de France peloton rides through a gorge.

Stage 9 of the Tour de France has been shortened as a red alert for heat has been issued in the Corrèze department where the stage is set to finish on Sunday.

The stage will now be 155.5km long instead of the planned 185.5km, with 30km cut from the route between Malemort and Ussel.

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