• Race will include 30 categorised climbs, with three over 2000m
• Grand Depart set for Brussels on centenary of yellow jersey
The route of the 2019 Tour de France will feature 30 categorised climbs, five mountain finishes but only 54km of time trialling in what the organisers are promising will be “the highest Tour in history”, and which they have set to up encourage breakaways and attacks.
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Written by Guardian sport and agencies
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/25/tour-de-france-2019-highest-in-history-cycling under the title “Tour de France route for 2019 unveiled as ‘highest in history’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
