Riders and teams react to Tour de France 2016 route announcement

The reaction to the 2016 Tour de France route seems to be generally positive, with something in it for climbers, sprinters and time triallers

Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel at the Tour de France route presentation (ASO/P.Ballet)

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago there was a sense that the Tour de France route planners had created a parcours that few people actually wanted to ride.

Indeed, Chris Froome even suggested he might have skipped the race, such was his disappointment with the lack of time trials and the difficulty of the first week.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.