Tour de France 2013

The centenary Tour de France will have a brutal final phase with a twin climb of l'Alpe d'Huez on the final Thursday and a gruesome summit finish at Mont Semnoz, high above Annecy, on the closing Saturday. The combination of a viciously hard time-trial on the last Wednesday, followed by three Alpine stages back to back, make this a strong candidate for the hardest finish to any Tour de France.

Good to see they are doing their bit to encourage clean racing...