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Le Tour Stage 6 Update: Breaking down what happened (or didn't happen) on Mont Aigoual
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Le Tour Stage 6 Update: Breaking down what happened (or didn't happen) on Mont Aigoual

The Tour is still waiting for fireworks after a fast day through the Massive Central

Spencer Martin
Sep 3, 2020
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Le Tour Stage 6 Update: Breaking down what happened (or didn't happen) on Mont Aigoual
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Following an unprecedented day without a breakaway on stage 5, Alexey Lutsenko took the Tour’s first win out of the breakaway on stage 6 atop Mont Aigoual in the Massive Central. The same climb has achieved cult fame due to its setting of Tim Krabbé’s excellent book ‘The Rider’, which is widely recognized as the best book ever written about cycling. Per…

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