Strava stats reveal how tough Galibier and Col d’Izoard really were on Tour de France stage 18

It was a brutal return to the mountains in the Alps

(Image credit: Tim de Waele)

The 2019 Tour de France is still balanced on a knife edge with just two more mountain stages left before Paris.

Stage 18 to Valloire included some of the most daunting climbs in the Tour, the Col d’Izoard which then ran into the Col du Galibier, before a long descent to the line.

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