The 2020 Tour was originally scheduled to take place from 27 June to 19 July. To keep the flame of the race burning, letour.fr will relive every day a glorious or curious race event that happened two, fifteen or forty years ago. A trip down memory lane…
The disaster-movie conditions made for an unbelievable stage on the cobbles. With British rider Chris Froome abandoning and Spain’s Alberto Contador losing lots of time, it made for the perfect storm as Italy’s Vicenzo Nibali proved particularly at ease in the conditions.