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The bleached summit of Mont Ventoux with its weather tower and a one-kilometre-to-go marker

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The Fallen Giant

Revered by fans and thronged by cyclists, Mont Ventoux had barely appeared in modern racing. Jeremy Whittle on the mountain's first one-day race.

By Jeremy Whittle

Photography by Photographs by Julia Grassi

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1 JULY 2020 | UPDATED 11.12 AM BST

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Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.