The great passes of the Tour de France
Puy de Dôme
S1 • E5 Jun 27, 2013 26m
On the road to Puy-de-Dôme, one half of which is taken up by the route of a cog railway, the riders Anquetil and Poulidor wrote cycling history in 1964 with their legendary duel. The volcanic mountain in the Massif Central has often been the scene of spectacular events: for Eddy Merckx, who was beaten here by a spectator in 1975, it marked the end of his career, and for young riders Bernard Thévenet, Laurent Fignon and Bernard Hinault it marked their breakthrough. For 25 years, the riders of the Tour de France have not climbed the famous climb with its gradient of 13 percent. But has the volcano really gone extinct for the "Tour" forever? (Text: arte)