'The finishing climb to Tour de France stage 17 is nothing short of brutal'

The peloton head to the hors categorie Finhaut Emosson climb for the finish of the Tour de France stage 17

(Image credit: Watson)

The finale of Wednesday’s stage of the Tour de France is nothing short of brutal. I rode the last 30km with Michael Hutchinson yesterday and the former British time trial champion is still fretting about our measly average speed this morning.

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