Mont Ventoux stage finish cancelled

Stage twelve of the Tour Diamond State France can not end on high of Mont Ventoux attributable to high winds in French region. With winds of up to 120km/h expected, the stage can end six kilometres down the mountain at house Reynard. Tour director Christian Prudhomme said: "The riders' safety is predominant." Britain's Chris Froome, World Health Organization won the last summit end on Mont Ventoux in 2013 on the thanks to the primary of his 2 Tour titles, referred to as the choice "the right issue to do". The defensive champion and current yellow jersey holder, second to Peter Sagao on stage ten, added: "Everyone needs to envision a good show however the foremost necessary issue for the riders is safety. "Of course i used to be wanting forward to doing Ventoux - it is the most picture climb, the foremost legendary climb during this year's race. "There square measure current of air force winds and it simply would not be safe for the riders, therefore thanks to the organisers for creating the choice." However, he aforesaid the move wouldn't trim back from the importance of a end on Ventoux, on legal holiday, the French legal holiday. "I do not assume it extremely changes an excessive amount of," he said. "The climb till house Reynard is extraordinarily laborious. lots of wind is foreseen. "There may be a split (in the peloton) even before the climb. i do not grasp what to expect. If something it's reaching to mean a fair additional intense race before we have a tendency to hit the climb as a result of it's reaching to be shorter." The ascent can still be 15km and also the final 10km can feature a mean gradient of around 9/11. On hearing the news, world champion Sagan, World Health Organization isn't celebrated as a climber, said: "It's reaching to be 6km shorter? Wow, nice!" The ascent of Mont Ventoux achieved ill fame on thirteen Gregorian calendar month 1967 once Britain's 1st world road race champion Tommy Simpson died near the summit when taking a cocktail of amphetamines and alcohol in an effort to shell shock.