Brutally mountainous route awaits Tour de France riders next summer

A brutally mountainous route awaits riders in the 110th edition of the Tour de France next summer while the second Tour de France Femmes heads for a dramatic climax on the summit of the Tourmalet

BRUTAL: Organisers have unveiled a mountainous route for the 2023 Tour de France. Pic: Pete Goding/PA

A brutally mountainous route awaits riders in the 110th edition of the Tour de France next summer while the second Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift heads for a dramatic climax on the summit of the Tourmalet.

The routes for both races were unveiled by the Amaury Sports Organisation in Paris on Thursday, with the rumoured severity of the men’s race confirmed.