Chris Froome on Mont Ventoux, stage 15 of the 2013 Tour de France (Photo: Graham Watson)
Mont Ventoux will feature in the Tour de France for the first time in three years in 2016, according to a report in Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.
The Bald Mountain last appeared on a Tour de France route on 2013, when Chris Froome beat Nairo Quintana to the top by 29 seconds on stage 15.
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