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James Moultrie

What is the Col de la Loze? Inside the highest climb of the 2023 Tour de France

Miguel Angel Lopez tamed the high-altitude climb of the Col de la Loze at the Tour de France in 2020

The Col de la Loze was destined to feature at the pinnacle of the Tour de France as soon as the asphalt was laid here in 2019 and after its 2020 debut, the new 'monster' of the Alps is back.

It may be a Tour de France climb without the historic status of L'Alpe d'Huez or Mont Ventoux and it has only appeared once in cycling's most prestigious race, but it’s slowly beginning to build that mythical reputation due to its unrelenting gradients up to high altitude.  

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