Pogacar gives resounding thumbs-up to Tour de France 2023 route

Tadej Pogacar seems to like the 2023 Tour de France route
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Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar has given the 2023 Tour de France route a resounding thumbs up, saying that its particularly difficult profile is one that he appreciates a great deal.

Published in Paris on October 26th, the 2023 Tour visits all five mountainous regions of France and includes 30 categorised cols  - climbs graded second-category or above, a record-breaking seven more than in 2022.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.