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    Les Deux Alpes

    Jan 04, 2023 4 minutes

    The map Les Deux Alpes

    Country France

    Municipality Auvergne Rhones-Alpes

    Start Barrage du Chambon

    Finish Les Deux Alpes

    Road D213

    It’s Stage 15 of the 1998 Tour de France. The oppressive July heat has faded overnight and by morning the hairpin bends of Les Deux Alpes are consumed by thick fog and lashing rain. The apocalyptic weather that greets the 189km mountain stage from Grenoble to Les Deux Alpes seems to symbolise a race in crisis. Doped-up riders have been taken into custody. Teams have been thrown out of the race. Riders are staging protests, and fans are in despair.

    The Tour needs a miracle – a heroic reminder of the courage, romance and drama that pro cycling can evoke. And the twisting road to Les Deux

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