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ventoux means forever

tour de france stage eleven

jackson roman
Jul 08, 2021
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What does Mont Ventoux mean to you?

I’ve been thinking a lot about it, after trying to explain to loved ones what it means to win on what very well might be the world’s most famous cycling climb.

It’s ugly, and there’s absolutely no point in pretending otherwise — a solitary giant standing stark against an otherwise empty Provençal skyline. Top barren due…

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