There is something odd exitiment by taking a glance at the route, how Col du Télégraphe looks like a little heap, when the race approaches it right after climbing Col du Galibier.
Both Galibier and Télégraphe are “old giants” of the Tour de France, frequently included in the program of the race since 1911. Usually they’re going together, and most of the time, Télegraphe comes first, then Galibier. Like on the previous stage.
Neverteless, it’s not the firts time at all. For example, this was the (almost) same route in 1986, when Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond arrived on the top of Alpe d’Huez together.
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MORE TOUR DE FRANCE IN THE ALPS
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MORE TOUR DE FRANCE IN THE 1950S
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