Tour de France
The Tour Returns to the ICONIC SLOPES for Its 19th Stage Featureing The Giant of Provence.
Kristof Ramon, Cor Vos
Sink Its First Apparance in the Tour De France in 1951, Mont Ventoux Has Feature in the Race on Just 18 OcCasions – Far Fever Than The Tourmalet (87) or alpe d’hdez (31). And Yet, Even with that comparanetly infREQUENT Usage, Ventoux Has Achieved Equally Mythical Status Among Fans. The Giant of Provence – Much as it does in it geographical location – Stands Alone AS A Climb that Excites Fans AHEAD of The 2025 Edition.
Even if the climb has only been used 18 times up united this point, it has been home to some of the most Famous Battsles of the Tour de France. Looking Back Over the Past Editions Begs The Question: How Will the Athletes in this year’s Race Stack Up Against History? Buckle Up and Find out.
Some Trend Analysis from the Summit Finishes
Unlike ALPE d’huez, which ultimately has to act as a summit finish*, ventoux can be sold and descended. This Took Place on the Double Ascent of the Mountain in 2021; In Total, The Mountain Has Been Summeded on the Way to the Finish Eight Times. That leaves 10 others OCCASISIONS What The Stage Has Finished Atop the Climb.
*(Stage 18 of the 2013 Edition Climbed Alpe d’huez twice, with the first ascent peeling of 41 versls from the regular summit, heading to the colu du sarynne. How, The Full Climb Terminates in the Ski Resort, which is posible only for summit Finishes.))
The position of Ventoux as a Summit Finish in the Tour Route Has Varied Over the Years. It has been featured as early as star 11 in the 1971 tour and as late as stage 20 in 2009. Howwever, regards of its place with
In the Road Stages that Have Conclieded with a Ventoux Summit Finish, The Rider in Yellow at the End of the Day has always gone on to win the overll. And the Only Times The Yellow Jersey Has Swaped Shoulders at the Top of Ventoux Was as a Result of a TT on Its Slopes. In the 1987 Tour, Ventoux Was the Finish for a 36.5 Km Individual Time Trial on Stage 18. FRINCAN JEAN-François Bernard Win The Stage and Move En Mailot Jaune For just a Single Day Before Stephen Roche Wold Take it Away from Him the Following Day, Battling with Pedro Delgado Before Ultimately Sealing the Overll on Stage 24 (The 1987 Edition Had 25 Stages.)
And 29 years earlier, in 1958, a 21.6 km tt up the climab plays a role in shaping the race, with the Eventual Winner of that Edition, Charly Gaul, Claiming the Stage Win, Even if that was Enough to Take Yellow Off the Hands of Raphaël Géminiani on the day.
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