Le Tour hits the Maurienne Valley;

The Tour de France comes within to within a stone’s throw of us here in the Espace Killy.

Stage 19 on Friday 24^th July takes the riders from St Jean de Maurienne to La Toussuire - Les

Sybelles.

Along the way the riders encounter one of our featured cols: the Col de la Croix de Fer, which is one of 3 climbs on the stage. Here’s how the climb of the Col de la Croix de Fer looks on paper:

The race finishes at the mountain resort of La Toussuire,

It seems that Chris Froome has it wrapped up now. Fingers crossed though!...