Mont Ventoux - 07.08.2026: The wind sweeps across the barren summit, the road climbs relentlessly: for Demi Vollering, the stage that this Tour de France has been building towards is beginning. The Dutch rider from FDJ United-Suez starts the seventh stage from La Voulte-sur-Rhone to Mont Ventoux second in the overall standings. After six days of racing, she is twelve seconds behind Marlen Reusser.There are 146.8 kilometres between the start in the Ardeche and the summit. The finale follows the classic ascent from Bedoin: 15.7 kilometres at an average gradient ...
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