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Simon Richardson
By Simon Richardson
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Nine of the first eleven stages of next year's Tour de France may be ones for the sprinters and escape groups, but once the race hits the mountains the riders are in for a tough second half.

There are six stages in the high mountains in the 2011 Tour; three in the Pyrenees followed quickly by three in the Alps. The first mountain climbed is La Hourquette d'Ancrizan (1,538m) on stage 12 while the last is the iconic Alpe d'Huez (1,850m) on stage 19.

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Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.


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