The long wait is over; the riders are gathering in Bilbao and the 110th edition of the Tour de France is almost upon us. Two stages in the Basque Country are followed by an undulating coastal schlep over the French border to Bayonne for the first of what could be eight frantic sprint finishes.
But it will not be long before the focus shifts towards the battle for yellow with the first GC showdown coming in Stage 6 in the Pyrenees with a mountaintop finish at Cauterets after an ascent of the…
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