MONTPELLIER, France (Reuters) - Its moon-like summit looms large from miles away, a perverse, rocky oddity in the lush Provence region, intimidating the riders as they pedal towards Bedoin, where the ascent starts. It is time for the Ventoux.
On Thursday, the Tour de France's 12th stage will take the peloton up one of the most iconic climbs in cycling, where the greatest have triumphed and where, in 1967, Briton Tom Simpson died.
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