The tour de France heads back into the mountains after two days of sedentary flat stages that Marcel Kettel dominated, today’s stage honours a controversial British cycling legend Tom Simpson who died on the Mont Ventoux in 1967 TDF,
Froome still leads by 18-second has he starts the 214.5km ride from Pau to Peyragudes. His biggest threat is Aru of Asatana, Froome looks to maintain the gap, ahead of the decisive final time trial in Marseille.
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