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Wildfires to shorten final stage of Tour de France

July 25, 2026 01:45 PM

Brent Bookwalter and Tejay van Garderen preview the final stage of the 2026 Tour de France, which will now be shortened to 89 km (55.3 miles) from the original 133-km route due to wildfires affecting France.

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