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BREAKING RANK

For me, the Tour is one of the biggest races. It’s one of the hardest races as well. Not only because of the parcours, but because of the stress, the way people talk about the Tour. Everybody has a lot of respect, but it gives a lot of pressure as well, all of which feeds into making it one of the hardest races that you can do.

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