Why the Tour de France is so brutal
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The Tour de France is the most prominent cycling race in the world— and the toughest. The best riders rely on their teammates to get them through the long, flat, and hilly stages, before they take on the mountain stages on their own. Vox explores the hardest and most brutal stages of the race that make the Tour de France famous.
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