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The final day of the triptych in the Pyrenees has arrived. Again forgo a day. Today the word to the pure climbers, since there are four big cols must be mitigated. Are Nairo Quintana Tour to make exciting and he throws the cat among the pigeons

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Thanks to the Col de Portet d’Aspet, the Col de la Core, the Port de Lers and Plateau de Beille promises to be a real war of attrition

The climb to the Plateau. Beille debuted in 1998 in the Tour, in an edition that if Doping Tour goes through life because of the scandals notably the teams Festina and TVM.

Armstrong and Pantani

Later winner Marco Pantani in ’98 took the stage victory on the climb outside, where early this century Lance Armstrong twice first emerged. It is the heaviest of the Pyrenees Rides with even two passes of the first and second category, the Col de Portet d’Aspet.

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